Peter Sagan

Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan in 2022
Personal information
Full namePeter Sagan
Nickname
  • "Peťo"
  • "Peter The Great"[1]
  • "Three-Pete"[2]
  • "Tourminator"[3]
Born (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 34)[4]
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[4]
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb)[5]
Team information
Current teamPierre Baguette Cycling
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Mountain biking
RoleRider
Rider typePuncheur
Sprinter
Classics specialist
Professional teams
2009Dukla Trenčín–Merida
2010–2014Liquigas–Doimo
2015–2016Tinkoff
2017–2021Bora–Hansgrohe[6][7]
2022–2023Team TotalEnergies[8]
2024Pierre Baguette Cycling
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification
(2012–2016, 2018, 2019)
Combativity award (2016)
12 individual stages
(2012, 2013, 2016–2019)
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (2021)
2 individual stages (2020, 2021)
Vuelta a España
4 individual stages (2011, 2015)

Stage races

Tour de Pologne (2011)
Tour of California (2015)

One-day races and Classics

World Road Race Championships
(2015, 2016, 2017)
European Road Race Championships (2016)
National Road Race Championships
(2011–2015, 2018, 2021, 2022)
National Time Trial Championships (2015)
Tour of Flanders (2016)
Paris–Roubaix (2018)
Gent–Wevelgem (2013, 2016, 2018)
E3 Harelbeke (2014)
GP de Montréal (2013)
GP de Québec (2016, 2017)
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2017)
Brabantse Pijl (2013)

Other

UCI World Tour (2016)
UCI World Ranking (2016)
Vélo d'Or (2016)
Medal record
Representing  Slovakia
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bergen Elite road race
Gold medal – first place 2016 Doha Elite road race
Gold medal – first place 2015 Richmond Elite road race
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Plumelec Elite road race
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Val di Sole Junior cross-country
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Sankt Wendel Junior cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Cappadocia Junior cross-country
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Treviso Junior
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Hittnau Junior

Peter Sagan (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpeter ˈsaɡan]; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak former professional cyclist, who competed in road bicycle racing and mountain bicycle racing. Sagan had a successful junior cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing career, winning the junior cross-country race at the 2008 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, before moving to road racing. Following 121 victories in road racing, Sagan is scheduled to return to mountain bike racing in 2024 with Specialized Factory Racing.[9][10]

Sagan is considered one of cycling's greatest talents, having earned many prestigious victories,[11][12] including three consecutive World Championships, one European Championship, two Paris–Nice stages, seven Tirreno–Adriatico stages, one in the Tour de Romandie, three and the overall classification in the Tour de Pologne, a record seventeen stages and the overall in the Tour of California,[13] and another fifteen in the Tour de Suisse.

Following his win at the 2017 UCI World Road Race Championships, Sagan wore the rainbow jersey for the duration of 2018 for an unprecedented third consecutive season.[14]

  1. ^ Bogaert, Dimitri Eeckhaut en Glenn (3 April 2016). "'Peter De Grote' vijfde wereldkampioen die Ronde wint, Cancellara vloekt, Vanmarcke knap op drie". Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ^ "'Cycling's saviour': Why Sagan's 'three-Pete' was so significant". Eurosport. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Fenomén Sagan: Tourminator, anjel, cyklistický Messi i Forrest Gump". Pravda (in Slovak). 5 July 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Peter Sagan". Team TotalEnergies (in French). Team TotalEnergies. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Peter Sagan". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ^ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  7. ^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  8. ^ Farrand, Stephen (3 August 2021). "Peter Sagan signs with Team TotalEnergies for 2022 and 2023". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Peter Sagan uz nebude sucastou Totalenergies" [Peter Sagan will no longer be part of TotalEnergies: He is changing the bike and the team!]. Nový čas (in Slovak). FPD Media, a.s. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  10. ^ Weislo, Laura (13 August 2023). "Peter Sagan prepares to join Specialized MTB team after storied road career". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  11. ^ Wilcockson, John (28 February 2011). "Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Man of the week Sagan — a Merckx in the making?". Velonews.com. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  12. ^ Benson, Daniel (7 December 2014). "Breschel: Peter Sagan is the biggest talent in cycling". CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Sagan nabs record-breaking seventh career Amgen win in Clovis". VeloNews. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  14. ^ "World Championships: Peter Sagan claims second world title in 'lottery' sprint". Cyclingnews.com. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2022.