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Coronavirus, News, Peter Sagan - February 6, 2021

Peter Sagan has COVID-19

Peter and Juraj Sagan, as well as Erik Baska, are all in quarantine after catching virus at training camp

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Sagan solos to his first win of 2020 on Giro stage 10

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Peter Sagan took his first victory of the season after an impressive solo performance on a dramatic stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia. The day saw no shortage of storylines from even before the riders rolled out from Lanciano, as Michael Matthews, Steven Kruijswijk, and several Mitchelton-Scott staff members tested positive for COVID-19, leading to …

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Sagan’s green jersey hopes are still alive, but fading

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For the first time since 2011, seven-time points classification winner Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) looks likely to finish the Tour de France in Paris wearing his own team kit. With five stages to go at the 2020 Tour, Sagan finds himself 65 points behind Sam Bennett in the battle for the green jersey. Although he has …

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Culture, Features, Peter Sagan - September 15, 2020

Peter Sagan is selling a US$21,000 commemorative medal

Are you the world’s biggest Peter Sagan fan? Do you have a small fortune burning a hole in your pocket? Well boy howdy, has Sagan himself got a deal for you. For the low low price of just €17,687.64 (US$21,037 / AUA$28,700) you can be the proud owner of a limited edition Peter Sagan commemorative …

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A brief history of Grand Tour sprint relegations

Another Tour de France, another sprint relegation. Sprinting is a discipline that tends to favor adrenaline over caution, aggression over wariness, so it’s no great surprise that many of the Tour de France rule violations that result in relegation or disqualification come from the last few hundred meters of flat stages. The rule governing sprint …

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