PETER SAGAN
Date of birth: 26/01/1990
From: Žilina, Slovakia
Team: Tinkoff
Previous teams: Cannondale (2010-2014)
Peter Sagan career profile
One could easily assume that the palmarès of Peter Sagan belongs to a rider fifteen years his senior. Remarkably, this winner of three stages in the Vuelta a Espana along with others in the Tour de Suisse, Tour of California and Paris-Nice is only 21 years of age.
The manner in which Peter Sagan has burst onto the scene of professional cycling mirrors the way he has taken many of his wins. A rider of immense physical strength and tactical nous, Sagan is already widely feared for his powerful sprint.
His talent doesn't stop there, as he has shown he is perfectly capable of transferring his sprinting ability to uphill finishes.
Nicknamed ‘Terminator' for the manner in which he tested mountain bikes to breaking point when starting out at Liquigas, the quiet and polite rider has shown a tremendous versatility in the short amount of racing he has completed.
In fact, Sagan's success could be the greatest threat to him being able to add to his bulging tally of victories.
If Liquigas can continue to nurture and develop his capabilities and resist the temptation to throw him into two many races too soon, he has the potential to become one of the most dominant riders in contemporary road cycling.
Sagan realised his full potential in 2012, sweeping to win stages of several major stage races topped by three stage wins and the green jersey in the Tour de France, at his first attempt.
Sagan took his first classics win at Ghent-Wevelgem in 2013, attacking from an 11-rider lead group to solo across the line - with enough time to pop a crowd-pleasing wheelie as he did so.
Sagan signed for Tinkoff-Saxo for the 2015 season, but failed to take a victory during his targetted spring classics, and did not take a win until a stage of Tirreno-Adriatico. In mid-May Sagan took his first major stage race win, clinching the overall title in the Tour of California after winning two stages, including the time trial.
Sagan took arguably the biggest one-day race result of his career in September 2015, taking a convincing victory in the men's road race at the UCI World Championships to earn the rainbow jersey.
A run of second places at the beginning of the 2016 season was finally broken by victory in Ghent-Wevelgem followed by his first monument win at the Tour of Flanders.
Peter Sagan results
2016
Ghent-Wevelgem
Tour of Flanders
Tirreno-Adriatico; points classification
Tour of California; stage one
2015
Tirreno-Adriatico; stage six
Tirreno-Adriatico; points classification
Tour of California; stage four
Tour of California; stage six (ITT)
Tour of California; overall
Tour de Suisse; stage three
Tour de Suisse; stage six
Tour de France; points classification
Vuelta a Espana; stage three
National champion; road race
World champion; road race
2014
Tour of Oman; stage four
Tirreno-Adriatico; stage three
Tirreno-Adriatico; points classification
E3 Harelbeke
Three Days of De Panne; stage one
Tour of California; stage seven
Tour de Suisse; stage three
Slovakia road race national champion
Tour de France; points classification
2013
Tour of Oman; stage two
Tour of Oman; stage three
Gran Premio Citta di Camaiore
Tirreno-Adriatico; stage three
Tirreno-Adriatico; stage six
Ghent-Wevelgem
Three Days of De Panne; stage one
Brabantse Pijl
Tour of California; stage three
Tour of California; stage eight
Tour de Suisse; stage three
Tour de Suisse; stage eight
Tour de France; stage seven
Tour de France; points classification
Three Days of De Panne; stage one
USA Pro Challenge; stage one
USA Pro Challenge; stage three
USA Pro Challenge; stage six
USA Pro Challenge; stage seven
Tour of Alberta; prologue ITT
Tour of Alberta; stage one
Tour of Alberta; stage five
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal
2012
Tour of Oman; stage two
Tour of Oman; points classification
Tirreno-Adriatico; stage four
Three Days of De Panne; stage one
Tour of California; stage one
Tour of California; stage two
Tour of California; stage three
Tour of California; stage four
Tour of California; stage eight
Tour de Suisse; stage one ITT
Tour de Suisse; stage three
Tour de Suisse; stage four
Tour de Suisse; stage six
Tour de France; stage one
Tour de France; stage three
Tour de France; stage six
Tour de France; points classification
2011
GP Industria e Commercio di Prato
Vuelta a Espana; stage 21
Vuelta a Espana; stage 12
Vuelta a Espana; stage six
Tour de Pologne; overall classification
Tour de Pologne; points classification
Tour de Pologne; stage five
Tour de Pologne; stage four
Slovakian National Championships, road race
Tour de Suisse; points classification
Tour de Suisse; stage eight
Tour de Suisse; stage three
Tour of California; stage five
Giro di Sardegna; overall classification
Giro di Sardegna; stage four
Giro di Sardegna; stage three
Giro di Sardegna; stage one
2010
Tour of California; stage six
Tour of California; stage five
Tour de Romandie; stage one
Paris-Nice; points classification
Paris-Nice; stage five
Paris-Nice; stage three
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