After racing for the Russian team at the Tokyo Olympics, cyclist Pavel Sivakov announced his nationality switch to France on Friday citing the war in Ukraine as a factor. The 24-year-old Sivakov said he grew up in France and long planned the eligibility change with the International Cycling Union (UCI). “I have wanted to become a French national for some time and had made the request to the UCI, but given what is happening in the Ukraine at the moment, I wanted to fast-track this,” Sivakov said in a statement released by his British team Ineos. Seven months ago, he competed for his parents’ co…