Peter Sagan

Peter Sagan
	Peter Sagan in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Peter Sagan
Nickname	"Peťo"; "Peter The Great"; "Three-Pete"; "Tourminator";
Born	26 January 1990 (age 34); Žilina, Czechoslovakia; (now Slovakia);
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb)
Team information
Current team	Pierre Baguette Cycling
Disciplines	Road; Mountain biking;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Puncheur; Sprinter; Classics specialist
Professional teams
2009	Dukla Trenčín–Merida
2010–2014	Liquigas–Doimo
2015–2016	Tinkoff
2017–2021	Bora–Hansgrohe
2022–2023	Team TotalEnergies
2024–	Pierre 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
European Championships
Men's mountain bike racing
World Championships
European Championships
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships
European Championships

Peter Sagan (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈpeter ˈsaɡan]; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak professional cyclist, who competes in road bicycle racing for UCI Continental team Pierre Baguette Cycling.^[9] 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.^[10]^[11]

Sagan is considered one of cycling's greatest talents, having earned many prestigious victories,^[12]^[13] 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,^[14] and another fifteen in the Tour de Suisse.

He has won a number of classics, including the Monument races Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders, three Gent–Wevelgem races and E3 Harelbeke, together with eighteen stages in Grand Tours: twelve at the Tour de France, four at the Vuelta a España, and two at the Giro d'Italia. After having become the first rider to win the points classification of the Tour de France on his first five attempts, he went on to win it a record seven times, in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[15]

^ 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.
^ "'Cycling's saviour': Why Sagan's 'three-Pete' was so significant". 25 September 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "Fenomén Sagan: Tourminator, anjel, cyklistický Messi i Forrest Gump". 5 July 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Peter Sagan". Team TotalEnergies (in French). Team TotalEnergies. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "Peter Sagan". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "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.
^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ Farrand, Stephen (3 August 2021). "Peter Sagan signs with Team TotalEnergies for 2022 and 2023". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ Cotton, Jim (25 November 2023). "Peter Sagan to Ride with Pierre Baguette Road Team to Tune up for MTB Olympics". velo.outsideonline.com. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Benson, Daniel (7 December 2014). "Breschel: Peter Sagan is the biggest talent in cycling". CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Sagan nabs record-breaking seventh career Amgen win in Clovis". VeloNews. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
^ "World Championships: Peter Sagan claims second world title in 'lottery' sprint". Cyclingnews.com. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[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". 25 September 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[3] "Fenomén Sagan: Tourminator, anjel, cyklistický Messi i Forrest Gump". 5 July 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[TotalEnergies2-4] "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.

[TotalEnergies-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] Cotton, Jim (25 November 2023). "Peter Sagan to Ride with Pierre Baguette Road Team to Tune up for MTB Olympics". velo.outsideonline.com. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

[10] "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.

[11] 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.

[12] 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.

[13] Benson, Daniel (7 December 2014). "Breschel: Peter Sagan is the biggest talent in cycling". CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[competitor1-14] "Sagan nabs record-breaking seventh career Amgen win in Clovis". VeloNews. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

[15] "World Championships: Peter Sagan claims second world title in 'lottery' sprint". Cyclingnews.com. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

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