{"id":165480,"date":"2018-06-25T16:19:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T16:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=165480"},"modified":"2018-06-25T16:19:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T16:19:35","slug":"peter-sagan-becomes-slovak-champion-again-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/06\/25\/peter-sagan-becomes-slovak-champion-again-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Sagan Becomes Slovak Champion Again and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sagan wins his sixth national title<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The combined Czech Republic and Slovakia Road Championships were held in Pilsen, Czech Republic over the weekend. And it was a big success for the Bora-Hansgrohe Team. Peter Sagan soloed to victory after an 80-kilometre breakaway. His brother Juraj, who was the defending champion, crossed the finish line two minutes after him, and Michael Kol\u00e1\u0159, another Bora-Hansgrohe pro, finished third in the Slovakian part of the race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nice video from today&#39;s race at the Slovak and Czech national championships. Happy to be the Slovak champion for the 6th time (Video courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtvs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rtvs<\/a>) @BORAGmbH <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hansgrohe_PR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Hansgrohe_PR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamspecialized?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iamspecialized<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportful?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sportful<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ride100percent?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ride100percent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fg3sBNno6C\">pic.twitter.com\/Fg3sBNno6C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Peter Sagan (@petosagan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petosagan\/status\/1010978225332342784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Juraj for his second place overall in the combined Czech-Slovak classification and to Michael Kol\u00e1\u0159 who closed the Slovak podium. Thanks to my team Bora-Hansgrohe for the support and to the thousands of fans from both countries that cheered us here in Pilsen,\u201d Peter Sagan said after his sixth triumph.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Final Results<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1. SAGAN Peter (Bora-Hansgrohe) 04:55:55<br \/>\n2. SAGAN Juraj (Bora-Hansgrohe) + 2:16<br \/>\n3. KOL\u00c1\u0158 Michael (Bora-Hansgrohe) + 6:07<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is this the Nigerian prince?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mmmhh, anybody else thinks i should NOT answer to this mailadresse?!! WTF <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wwokmK52BT\">pic.twitter.com\/wwokmK52BT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jens Voigt (@thejensie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thejensie\/status\/1009802350188482561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>He\u2019s a saint!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There are some really niche gifs on my computer guys&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/procycling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#procycling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sONJ79X3zr\">pic.twitter.com\/sONJ79X3zr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; tom owen (@tomowencc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomowencc\/status\/1009458649851400192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Who did it better?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who did it better?<\/p>\n<p>Gandalf vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BORAhansgrohe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BORAhansgrohe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;YOU SHALL NOT PASS&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude1c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LmddMJwJdK\">pic.twitter.com\/LmddMJwJdK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sam Bennett (@Sammmy_Be) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sammmy_Be\/status\/1009414409196851200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>What a speed<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">In salita non mi stacca &#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vincenzonibali?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vincenzonibali<\/a> ma in discesa&#8230; che fatica a seguirlo&#8230; @Bahrain_Merida <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p1DIhJ5zxb\">pic.twitter.com\/p1DIhJ5zxb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PaoloSlongo (@SlongoPaolo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SlongoPaolo\/status\/1009059607921258499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. 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