This has been a terrible year for Peter Sagan, which was made even worse on Saturday when the seven-time winner of the Tour de France green jersey announced on Twitter that he had come down with Covid for the third time and was dropping out of the Tour de Suisse.<\/p>\n
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Sagan was one of more than 40 riders forced to abandon the race because of the coronavirus, in what one French newspaper described<\/a> as \u201ca carnage.\u201d It is unclear if this mass outbreak will have consequences for the Tour, which kicks off in Copenhagen in less than two weeks. But for Sagan, this latest setback may just be the proverbial last straw in his quest to be ready for the Grand D\u00e9part\u00a0in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n Sagan had previously been sidelined by Covid in February 2021 and at the beginning of this year, an illness that provoked a series of setbacks, which caused him to miss three months of racing. Ironically, his victory in a mass sprint in stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse seemed to signal a return to form for the 32-year-old Slovak. It remains to be seen how much this latest misfortune will set him back.<\/p>\n