{"id":147563,"date":"2017-04-10T13:22:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=147563"},"modified":"2017-04-10T13:22:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:22:32","slug":"peter-sagan-paris-roubaix-bit-unlucky-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/10\/peter-sagan-paris-roubaix-bit-unlucky-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Sagan after Paris-Roubaix: \u201cIt Was a Bit of an Unlucky Day for Me.\u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world champion suffered a disappointing end to the Classics season. Sagan appeared to be in a good form yesterday, so good in fact, that it might have been even enough to win the race. But he had two punctures and that have taken its toll.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d spent a lot of energy to go on the attack, because it\u2019s not easy for me to get away when they see me move. I managed to do it twice but I was slowed by punctures. It was a bit of an unlucky day for me but then I ran out of energy to be up front in the action.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Slovakia’s Peter Sagan and Czech Republic’s Zdenek Stybar ride on the cobblestones in a breakaway during the 115th edition of the Paris-Roubaix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sagan had the first puncture right when he formed a leading group with team-mate Maciej Bodnar, Daniel Oss, and Jasper Stuyven 77 kilometers away from the finish line. The second puncture slowed Sagan down 32 kilometers away from the finish line.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a hard day when you work hard to get a result, and you don\u2019t have the best of luck,\u201d sports director Patxi Vila said.<\/p>\n

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Tough @Paris_Roubaix… No wonder why it's called the Hell of the North. Thanks @veloimages<\/a> for these shots pic.twitter.com\/P8m2YssNE6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Peter Sagan (@petosagan) April 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n