What is known about an athlete like Peter Sagan? What started his career in cycling? What success did Peter Sagan achieve? All this will be discussed in our publication.
early years
Peter Sagan was born on January 26, 1990 in the city of Zilina, which is located in the north-west of Slovakia. The boy was the youngest child in the family. In addition to him, the parents were engaged in raising their daughter and two more sons. The father and mother of our hero were passionate about developing their own business, and more specifically, the content of the grocery store in their hometown. Therefore, little Peter Sagan was actually under the care of an older sister.
Already at an early age, the guy became interested in cycling. The boy devoted most of his free time to his hobbies. Having reached the 9th anniversary, Peter Sagan began to monitor the success of professional athletes and seriously thought about becoming a cyclist. The initiatives of our hero were also supported by his older brother Jurai. The boys could not even imagine that in the future they would achieve serious success, speaking for the same team.
Career start
Peter Sagan joined cycling in 2008. At this time, the young man began to take prizes in mountain bike racing competitions on rough terrain. Having become a champion among juniors, our hero attracted the attention of reputable sponsors. Soon, the guy was offered to go to road cycling.
During the first performance of Peter Sagan on a professional level, a funny incident happened. The novice cyclist immediately attracted general attention, speaking at the World Cup, using the usual bike that he borrowed from his older sister. The fact is that just before the start of the competition, Peter foolishly sold his road bike, hoping for a spare vehicle from sponsors. However, this did not happen. As a result, young Sagan had to enter the race on an unprofessional model, which had poor-quality tires and bad brakes. Despite this, the novice athlete miraculously managed to win the championship of Slovakia.
Achievements
In 2010, Sagan was granted the license of a professional bicycle racer, which opened the way for him to sports. The outstanding achievements of the guy at the junior level attracted the attention of the Liquigas Cannondale team, with which Peter soon signed a contract. In January of the same year, the first major stage began for a novice athlete. Sagan took part in a series of road races Tour Down Under championship. In one of the races, the athlete collided with rivals, fell unsuccessfully and received quite impressive injuries. However, even with stitched seams, Peter continued to fight for the championship in a series of races. The young man several times took places in the top five racers.
Our hero won the first victory in professional cycling in the third stage of the Paris-Nice series of races. Here, the athlete won the first place in the sprint qualification.
Already in 2011, Peter won the stages in Sardinia and the Polish tour. Then followed the titles in several more multi-day. Thanks to such successful starts, Sagan was among the leaders in the world classification of road racing cyclists.
2012 was also extremely successful for the athlete. This season he managed to win 3 stages of 7 starts in the Tour de France series of races. This was enough for Sagan to get the leader's green jersey, which is awarded to the rider that scored the most points in the overall standings.
Peter confirmed his champion status again in the 2015 and 2016 world championship series. During the competition, the Slovak athlete managed to get ahead in the overall standings of all applicants for the honorary title.
Disqualification
In 2017, Peter Sagan was disqualified while playing for the Bora – Hansgrohe team in the Tour de France series of races. During the finish of the fourth stage of the multi-day race, the Slovak cyclist, inadvertently, hit the elbow of his opponent Mark Cavendish from the Dimension Data team. The result of an unpleasant incident was the receipt by the British athlete of several abrasions, as well as damage to the collarbone. Thus, the organizers of the competition decided to remove the world champion Peter Sagan from further participation in the races. At this "Tour de France" 2017 for the cyclist was completed. However, disqualification does not put an end to the career of an athlete. Admirers of his talent will be able to continue to follow Sagan’s performances next season.
Finally
Peter Sagan is still a young and promising athlete. In a short time since the start of his professional career, he managed to loudly declare himself to the whole world. Sagan repeatedly obeyed the world title in group road racing. In addition, the Slovak athlete repeatedly became the winner of a number of prestigious events. To date, one of the most outstanding achievements of the cyclist remains the victory in the famous Tour de France championship.