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Seven-time Tour de France green jersey winner Peter Sagan has dropped out of this weekend\u2019s Tour of Flanders because of fitness problems, the French sports weekly L<\/em>‘\u00c9quipe<\/em> reported<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Citing a staff member of his TotalEnergies team, the three-time World Road Race Champion will undergo tests to determine the cause of his physical problems and the appearance of \u201ctoxins after 200 kilometres\u201d of riding. This would render him incapable of helping teammate Anthony Turgis at the end of the 272-km race. That was also the reason the 32-year-old Slovak was pulled out of last weekend\u2019s Gent\u2013Wevelgem ahead of the final climb.<\/p>\n

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Sagan at the ‘E3 Saxo Bank Classic’ race in March. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sagan will be replaced in the Tour of Flanders by French teammate Geoffrey Soupe. Instead, Sagan will be pointed to the less demanding Tour de Sarthe, a four-stage race to be run April 5-8. This has not been a good year for Sagan. It began with him coming down with Covid in January for a second time, which delayed his training start. He then suffered from a problem with his derailleur at the Milan\u2013San Remo, finishing 92nd<\/sup>, and struggled in the E3 Saxo Bank Classic where he finished 68th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

His best result this season was fourth on the second stage of Tirreno-Adriatico but he was forced to drop out of the race ahead of the following stage after falling ill with a stomach bug. He did, however, finish fifth in the Milano-Torino, losing in a sprint finish, which was won by Mark Cavendish of Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl. Significantly, that race was run over only 199 km. In addition to his physical problems, Sagan has also expressed his displeasure with current rider behaviour on the pro tour, calling today\u2019s professional peloton \u201ctotal anarchy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview with Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad<\/em><\/a>, \u00a0Sagan complained that riders no longer pull out of the peloton to take a comfort break, even when there is no action. \u201cThe bathroom break just doesn\u2019t exist anymore,\u201d Sagan said. \u201cI saw it again in the Haut Var. You used to have the fixed time to stop to urinate together\u2026 I understand if you ride the final of, say, the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix.<\/a> But at a dead spot in the race? You don\u2019t lose anything by stopping for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sagan went on to say that riders are no longer slowing to allow the race leader to have a nature break. \u201cI first noticed it when as a leader in a stage race I stopped to urinate,\u201d he said. \u201cThey kept on attacking while that used to be a moment of rest in the peloton.\u201d It\u2019s not the first time that Sagan, who has been riding professionally since 2010, has complained about a lack of respect in the peloton. In previous 2015 and 2018 interviews, he spoke of riders \u201conly thinking about themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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