Peter Sagan

Peter Sagan (born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak former cyclist who raced on the road and in mountain biking and ended his career in 2024. He won the junior cross-country title at the 2008 Mountain Bike World Championships before turning to the road, where he took 121 professional victories. His greatest feats were three consecutive men's road race world championships from 2015 to 2017 and a record seven points classifications at the Tour de France. He also won two Monuments, the 2016 Tour of Flanders and 2018 Paris-Roubaix, and received the Vélo d'Or in 2016, the season he topped the UCI World Ranking. Born in Žilina, the youngest of four children whose parents ran a small grocery shop, he began riding at nine with a local club; his brother Juraj also rode professionally.