Peter Sagan Archives

Sagan to Race MTB in 2024 with Specialized Factory Racing

August 18, 2023 at 12:37 pm3 min reading

After finishing a distant 63rd in the Elite Men’s MTB Cross-Country World Championship in Scotland on August 12, 7:14 behind winner Tom Pidcock, Peter Sagan will leave road racing and resume his MTB career.

Ups and Downs at the UCI Cycling World Championships

August 14, 2023 at 9:38 am4 min reading

Road cycling

I think it’s fair to say that Mathieu van der Poel came out of the UCI World Championships with mixed feelings. There was the brilliant success in the Elite Men’s Road Race on August 2 in which he overcame a late crash to take an…

Off-Road Cyclists Bring Panache and New Skills to WorldTour Roads

August 11, 2023 at 2:17 pm3 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

There was an exceptional moment in Mathieu van der Poel’s superb ride to victory in this year’s UCI World Championship Road Race: he crashed. He was riding on his own, well ahead of his pursuers, Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogačar and Mads Pedersen, when he lost…

A Menu of Can’t-Miss Treats at the UCI Cycling World Championships

August 2, 2023 at 9:37 am5 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships kick off on August 3 in Glasgow and offer eleven days of don’t-you-dare-miss events across seven disciplines showcasing the best bike riders on the globe.

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Opinion: Philipsen Easily Won the Škoda Green Jersey – But…

July 25, 2023 at 10:54 am4 min reading

Road cycling

It took 17 stages to decide the yellow jersey winner of the 2023 Tour de France. The battle for the Škoda Green Jersey was effectively over after stage 11 in which Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Jasper Philipsen won his fourth bunch sprint (out of five runs) in this…

Photogallery: The Legendary Moments of the Past 20 Years of the Tour

June 30, 2023 at 6:00 am3 min reading

Road cycling

It’s been 20 years since Škoda partnered with the Tour de France and what a ride it’s been! Let’s look at the most iconic moments we all lived through.

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Two Farewells + Strong Contenders = Hot Škoda Green Jersey Race at the Tour

June 29, 2023 at 5:02 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

It would be crass to begin this preview of the race for this year’s Tour de France Škoda Green Jersey with anyone other than Mark Cavendish, though he has only a slim chance of winning. The greatest sprinter of them all has won 57 Grand…

Van der Poel Wins Paris-Roubaix After Flat Punctures van Aert’s Dream

April 10, 2023 at 11:36 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceunick) took advantage of a flat tire suffered by his arch-rival, Wout van der Aert (Jumbo-Visma), with 15km to go in the race and rode away to victory in a brutal Paris-Rubaix. The puncture occurred on the five-star (for extremely difficult)…

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Pogačar Wins Tour of Flanders with Majestic Ride

April 3, 2023 at 10:06 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Most superlatives have already been used to describe Tadej Pogačar, so a new word is probably needed to describe his victory in the legendary Tour of Flanders. How about fantabulous? Stupendulous? It’s still early in his career but based on his performances to date, when…

It’s Official: The Final Relegation Status

December 19, 2022 at 9:01 am5 min reading

Road cycling

The other shoe has finally dropped. The UCI officially announced what has been assumed for months, that Israel-Premier Tech and Lotto Soudal have been relegated from the WorldTour and replaced by the former ProTeams Alpecin-Deceuninck and Arkea-Samsic, who will now race in the sport’s top…