How Peter Sagan rewrote the script of modern pro cycling
From Tour de France green to Paris-Roubaix perfection, Sagan's all-terrain talent and sponsor savvy paved the way for riders like Van Aert, Van der Poel.
With his three world championship kits, Paris-Roubaix win, and six Tour de France green jerseys, Peter Sagan is a cycling phenomenon.
From Tour de France green to Paris-Roubaix perfection, Sagan's all-terrain talent and sponsor savvy paved the way for riders like Van Aert, Van der Poel.
The prolific and popular star says he will finish out the season on the road and transition to mountain bike for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Colombian ace kicks to first victory since joining Movistar.
Bora-Hansgrohe sprinter debuts with a win and says he's 'back to my old self' after rocky 2022 season.
Peter Sagan, Remco Evenepoel, Egan Bernal all have something to prove in 2023 – they'll be hoping to set the tone in their season debuts.
The king of the Tour de France’s green jersey may be at a crossroads in his career.
Here's what I'm hoping cycling Santa will bring me ahead of the 2023 racing, riding, and reporting season.
The German team enjoyed its best season ever in 2022 after its bet on stage races and grand tours paid off.
Some of the biggest names in the men's WorldTour will be facing make-or-break seasons during 2023.
The Argentine race returns to the calendar for the first time since 2020.
'Van der Poel is a very strong rider but, in my view, you should never underestimate anyone, especially in a world championship,' Sagan tells VeloNews.
From Sagan to Van der Poel, to some surprise picks including Alexandre Vinokourov and Davide Rebellin.
Favorite status or not, Sagan hoping for revival in Wollongong: 'I never really had much pressure during the world championships.'
The three-time world champion heads to Australia with quiet optimism despite bad luck in Canada.
A tan, rested, and fit-looking Sagan is hoping to post some big rides on Québec on Friday and Montreal on Sunday.
North America's only WorldTour races are back following a two-year hiatus with COVID with a superstar field.
Tour de France stage-winner Hugo Houle will also start as Canadian races are back on calendar after two-year stop.
Slovak star to engage motor at e-worlds after being usurped by new generation at Tour de France.
Peter Sagan has lost a key rider from his TotalEnergies squad with the retirement of Daniel Oss from this year’s Tour.
Here's what some of the peloton's biggest names counted on for the cobblestones of stage 5.
No celebrating second this time for Jumbo-Visma star: 'It's the first big disappointment.'
'I cannot judge, we have a jury for that,' Sagan said after finishing fourth in stage 3.
Three-time world champion hoping to roll back the years and win at the Tour de France.
'Ewan has to take something out of this Tour, otherwise it’s starting to look like a really disastrous season for him,' says former green jersey king.
Sagan’s annual limited edition sunglass collection remixes his TotalEnergies team colors.
From Cavendish and Balsamo to Kopecky and Ganna: Here's your index of 2022 national champions, plus some watercooler trivia to store up your sleeve.
Three-time world champion returns to racing on Sunday at Slovakian national championships: 'Peter is very good, he’s really good'
Slovak star infected for third time, exits Tour de Suisse: 'I have no symptoms, and I feel well.'
Arch-rival Alexander Kristoff was impressed: 'He looked like a bit like the old Sagan.'
The battle for the green jersey between Peter Sagan, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel could be one for the ages.
Triple world champion wins for first time since last September and opens account for new team TotalEnergies.
Evenepoel joined by Tour-bound Martínez, Yates, Thomas, Vlasov, Pinot and more for a week of grinding long stages and huge summit finishes.
The Slovakian will make his gravel debut at Unbound before returning to Europe for the Tour de France.
'I can't wait to be in Emporia for some serious fun with the thousands of other participants,' says three-time world champion.
Three-time world road race champion is participating in his first gravel event.
Sagan set to race Tour de Suisse after what coach says was a 're-set mentally and physically' in wake of string of setbacks and poor performances.
Triple world champ back on bike, scheduled for Tour de Suisse, Tour de France.
The cobblestoned roads of northern France are the cruel setting for cycling's most spectacular singular day of racing.
Triple world champ and 2018 Roubaix winner to fly to France for medical assessment after abandoning Circuit de la Sarthe.
Mathieu van der Poel, hot off winning Dwars door Vlaanderen and Tour of Flanders, confirmed he will race Amstel Gold Race.
Though it's not in the race for 2022, we look back at the climb simply known as the Muur.
Who does the three-time world champion most admire? What makes him happiest? And what qualities does he most value in others?
Riders continue to struggle with illness and fitness ahead of Sunday's De Ronde: ‘We are all chasing shape.’
The 2016 winner has decided to skip the race after struggling to find form at the start of the season.
From the significance of Girmay's glory to Quick-Step's hard questions and Sagan's form, we take a look at the major talking points from the men's race.
E3 Saxo Bank Classic is often called the 'mini Tour of Flanders' for its narrow roads, steep bergs, and highly competitive field. Here are five things to watch for Friday.
A rescheduling to Sunday, a longer distance and a homage to World War I have helped elevate the status of Gent-Wevelgem on the international calendar.
Report on 2022 paypackets for male racers gives some interesting insights into what's going on in the big business of bike racing.
With its distance, its prestige and hard-to-predict nature, there is no race like it on the international calendar.
From Peter Sagan to Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock, VeloNews picks the riders to watch ahead of Saturday's monument.
From ‘Top Ganna’ to Americans rising, last week's ‘Race of the Two Seas’ packed more storylines than another Pogačar exhibition.
Will Peter Sagan be ready in time for the northern classics? Officials confirm he will race next week in Italy to chase form and results.
Former world champion was vomiting inside the team bus on the way to the start of stage 3.
Peter Sagan hits his best result since September and his first top-5 since joining TotalEnergies. Will it be enough to shine in the classics?
Sagan launches masterclass at sidestepping significant questions ahead of form-chasing week in Italy.
The Slovakian rider says that the current peloton is 'total anarchy' as a new generation ignores cycling's unwritten rules.
The Russian entrepreneur made headlines as the flamboyant owner that hired Peter Sagan and Alberto Contador.
VeloNews is on the ground at the 'opening weekend' – we caught up with some of the biggest stars on the Omloop startline Saturday.
What Belgium's 'opening weekend' can tell us, and why the results sheet isn't always the best barometer of classics success.
The double whammy of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne will whet the palette as the cobbled classics ramp up.
Wout van Aert has wingmen, Mathieu van der Poel is MIA, omicron is raging and Roubaix is rescheduled – top teams expect chaos on the cobbles.
The three-time world champion shows off new team colors at the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var.
Peter Sagan will begin a new chapter Friday when he debuts in TotalEnergies team colors.
Polish Tour de France stage-winner says it’s ‘great news’ that Total Énergies saw its wild card invitation to the 2022 Tour confirmed.
Team Total Energies and B&B Hotels-KTM are the two invitations as ASO confirms its peloton for the 2022 edition.
TotalEnergies already look like a team revitalized at the Étoile de Bessèges as they await Peter Sagan’s debut.
So many big names were born in the same calendar year they became known as the 'Class of 1990,' and would win cycling's biggest races.
Team officials are hopeful the three-time world champion can return to form in time for the major northern classics this spring.
After a second bout of the coronavirus, the three-time world champion is excited to train with his new team.
Jean-René Bernaudeau believes his newly reinforced team can take it to the likes of van Aert and van der Poel in 2022.
Sagan 'not afraid' of pressure to perform with new team despite latest health setback – can Slovak star return to the top in 2022?
The new kit is produced by Sportful, which was one of many sponsors and support staff that joined Sagan at the French team.
A special edition Specialized for the superstar Slovak.
Slovakian star becomes infected for the second time with coronavirus just days ahead of a pre-season camp.
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The team unveiled its new kit inspired in part by US collegiate sports.
TotalEnergies want Sagan to retain rockstar appeal and ‘regain instinct and freedom' while successfully integrating to traditional French squad.
Slovak superstar extends long-running relationship with Italian apparel brand.
Wheelies, rainbow jerseys and a one-of-a-kind personality: Sagan is a rider and character like no other.