Peter Sagan

30-year-old will also ride in a support role at Paris-Roubaix on April 7

Cannondale's Peter Sagan leads a talented crop of young riders during this season's classics

After seeing how Peter Sagan won Sunday's Ghent-Wevelgem, it's clear there is more to come from the Cannondale rider

Sky put forth two performances on Sunday: A GC 1-2 finish in a stage race and a missed opportunity in a classic

Sagan checks one item off his to-do list with victory in a cobbled classic

Boonen, Cancellara and a general unwillingness to do Sagan any favors are roadblocks in the young Slovak's spring campaign

Fabian Cancellara draws out his inner "Spartacus"

Read one reporter's take on what it's like to ride in a 100-strong peloton with Peter Sagan

Friday's 211-kilometer course, dotted with cobbled sections and steep ascents, will tell us a lot about the classics season

With historic courses, frenzied fans, and dynamic racing, these men are the ones to watch from Harelbeke to Roubaix

The 135 finishers at Sunday's Milano-Sanremo dealt with some of Mother Nature's worst blows. It was exactly what the sport needed

The young Slovak gave it his all, fell short and still calls the brutal Milano-Sanremo "beautiful"

Strongman Sagan says he feels no pressure despite his most-favored status and sees two chances to win — from a break and in a sprint

"It's Sanremo; everything changes with the wind and the weather," says Tom Boonen

Cancellara, Gilbert and Chavanel seem like Sagan's strongest rivals for "La Primavera" title

After a near-miss last year, Fabian Cancellara says he has an idea how to win Sunday's Milano-Sanremo. But he's keeping it to himself

Cannondale rider will face stiff competition in 2012 winner Simon Gerrans, Fabian Cancellara, Mark Cavendish, and Matt Goss

Sagan's diversity and the weather's role were just two of the lessons learned in Tuscany as we look ahead to the season's first monument

Slovak champion outdoes the pure sprinters in a rainy finale at Narni Scalo before Tirreno-Adriatico heads for the mountains

With ingredients like Froome Dog, Shark, Spartacus, and Terminator, Italy's stage race is a delicious first course for March

Defending champion Fabian Cancellara can only manage fourth as Cannondale goes one-two

1. Peter SAGAN, Cannondale, in 4:17:34 2. Diego ULISSI, Lampre-Merida, at :00 3. Rinaldo NOCENTINI, Ag2r La Mondiale, at :00 4. Matthew BUSCHE, RadioShack-Leopard, at :00 5. Mauro SANTAMBROGIO, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, at :00

The peloton takes to the white roads of Tuscany on Saturday and riders like Cancellara and Sagan are looking for first classics blood

Attention set to turn to Nibali, Contador and the Sky tandem after Sagan wins two in Oman

Slovak champion surges to his second win in as many days

Slovak champion jumps away on final climb to win his first race of 2013

Cannondale maestro attacks to solo win, overall lead in Oman

Omega director eyes Sagan, Boasson Hagen as biggest challengers to repeat of his team's 2012 classics supremacy

The WorldTour series may be contrived, with the peloton yet to embrace it, but for the five favorites in 2013, the points chase is on

Sagan will return to the Amgen Tour of California in 2013

Peter Sagan will aim for the classics aboard his Cannondale SuperSix Evo, with a new cockpit and wheels

Some think the young Slovak stalwart can eventually win a grand tour

With top performances in 2012 from world champion Cavendish, breakthrough John Degenkolb and entertaining Peter Sagan, which was our top sprint?

Peter Sagan is our Most Exciting Racer of the Year, while Moreno Moser is our International Rookie of the Year

The youngster has had a busy season and arrived at worlds a touch overweight

Italy's top squad will become a bit more American as Cannondale appears set to take on top sponsor duties in Liquigas' wake

Mark Cavendish is the favorite for gold on Saturday, but a cadre of challengers is mulling how best to beat the Manx Missile

If he can get over the Box Hill climb, which many feel he can, Mark Cavendish is the top favorite for Olympic gold on The Mall

Peter Sagan is the second youngest to win the Tour's maillot vert and says there are always races to be had

The big German edges the green jersey with a bike throw at the line

Cannondale employees made a bet with Sagan after his fourth win at the ATOC: if he won another, he'd get a special paintjob for the Tour

Columnist Dan Wuori ruminates on Farrar’s mild-mannered outburst, Fabs’ Russian admirer and more

Winning stages is great, says Peter Sagan, but the goal is the general classification for Vincenzo Nibali

GC race heats up Saturday at the 2012 Tour de France after crashes wreak havoc on the overall standings in stage 6

Double stage winner finishes second in Metz after nearly dropping out of the finale with shoulder pain

Peter Sagan is the next Peter Sagan. But who is that?

Bernie Eisel says Sky will miss Belarusian Soldier in the leadout and recalls an emotionally trying day yesterday

Tour green jersey is a paradoxical figure, one moment attacking, stone-faced, and putting on a show the next

The young Slovak has a big points buffer heading into three sprint stages and then the Vosgues Mountains

Peter Sagan is unbeatable in terrain that suits him and Tuesday was a stressful, classics-style race, Fabian Cancellara tells VeloNews after stage 3 of the 2012 Tour de France

We break down the Tour's third stage, while riders nurse wounds and Liquigas teammates tell Sagan to "Run, Peter, run"

Slovak champ, now a double Tour stage winner, says he'll shine Ivan Basso's shoes as thanks

Fabian Cancellara is back where he belongs, but is Peter Sagan ready to take his torch?

Fabian Cancellara should back off and take notes from Cavendish's tactical stage 2 win

Team Sky manager David Brailsford is hoping to have the last laugh this year if Bradley Wiggins manages to win the Tour de France

We can take a few things away from the Tour's opening weekend; an idea for the GC competition isn't one of them

Peter Sagan has made quite a splash in his Tour debut, latching onto a surging Fabian Cancellara and beating him to the line

Slovak champs takes a tactical sprint in Belgium as Cancellara goes on the attack in yellow

The big Swiss will face challenges from Martin, Wiggins and Sagan on tight, technical course

If Sagan can't get a grip on green, he'll work to help team captain Nibali

Slovak wins his fourth stage in six tries in Switzerland

Sagan within one of German sprinter's lead in the wins tally for top-level pros

Liquigas man wins another sprint in Tour de France build-up

Slovak wins his second stage of the Tour de Suisse, three days into the race

Liquigas-Cannondale strongman out-speeds resurgent Fabian Cancellara in stage-1 time trial

In our midseason report card for the sprinters, Cav is still the king of speed, but many are nipping at his heels

Five-stage winner says his popularity in California is nice, but comes at a price

Peter Sagan does it yet again at AToC today, while Robert Gesink wins the overall after grabbing yellow yesterday

Overall leader's fourth stage win in as many tries was his favorite, because he expected it least

Overall leader makes a clean sweep ahead of Thursday's time trial

Peter Sagan tells VeloNews about keeping his cool with late mechanicals and winding it up for the final corner in Santa Cruz to win stage 2 of the 2012 Amgen Tour of Calfornia

Sagan was surgical, strong and explosive in Santa Rosa on Sunday; Horner says Liquigas rider could win five stages

Matthews misses chance with late crash

After a post-classics break, Liquigas tandem takes aim at nearly every stage of the Amgen Tour

It's a matter of when, not if, the young Slovak earns his first classics win

Freire escapes late, but Gasparotto pushes the favorites aside on the Cauberg to open Ardennes week

Two top favorites suffer hard crashes at Brabantse Pijl

Slovak isn't targeting De Ronde, but didn't aim to win at De Panne

Liquigas reaps the rewards of an active day in first De Panne stage