Peter Sagan

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Peter Sagan is a professional cyclist who has emerged as the highest scorer winning the green jerseys at the Grand Tours

Jan 26, 1990

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: January 26, 1990
  • Nationality: Slovak
  • Famous: Bicycler, Slovak Men, Sportspersons, Cyclists
  • Hobbies: Racing
  • Siblings: Juraj Sagan
  • Birth Place: Žilina
  • Height: 183cm

Peter Sagan born at

Žilina

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Birth Place

Peter Sagan has never been married but he is currently dating the model Katarina Smolkova.

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Personal Life

Peter Sagan was born on January 26, 1990 in Zilina, Slovakia. He is the youngest child in his family and has two brothers, Milan and Juraj, and one sister, Danka. During his childhood, both of his parents, father Lubomir and mother Helena operated a small grocery store.

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Childhood & Early Life

He began to ride bicycles when he was 9 years old, inspired by his older brother Juraj Sagan, who is also currently a professional cyclist.In 2007, Peter won the ‘Slovak Cup’ in which he competed using a bicycle loaned to him by his sister.

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Childhood & Early Life

Peter won the ‘Junior World Championship’ for mountain bikes in 2008. In the same year, he placed second in the ‘Junior Paris-Roubaix’cyclocross competition.

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Childhood & Early Life

Sagan began to compete professionally in 2009 when he cycled for ‘DuklaTrencin Merida’, a Slovakian cycling outfit. A few months later he joined the team ‘Quick Step’ but failed to sign a contract. His parents encouraged him to return to the sport.

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Career

In 2010, he signed a two-year contract with ‘Liquigas-Doimo’. During training camp, he impressed his sponsors by destroying several mountain bikes. The same year, he competed in the ‘Tour Down Under’ and crashed during the second stage, severely injuring his arm and thigh. Despite his injuries, Sagan completed the race.

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Career

During the 2010 ‘Paris-Nice’ road race, he won both the first and second stages. With determined effort, he pulled ahead to win the fifth stage in ‘Aix-en-Provence’. Because of his outstanding showing in the race, he was awarded the green jersey, given to the bicyclist with the most points during the racing year.

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Career

During the ‘2010 Tour of California’, Sagan successfully won the fifth and sixth stages of the race. He won both the ‘Youth Competition’ and the ‘Points jerseys’ but finished the race in eighth place.

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Career

In 2011, he finished first in the ‘Giro di Sardegna’ and claimed the green jersey for the most points after successfully claiming the first, third and fourth stages of the race.

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Career

From 2012-2014, Peter Sagan accumulated more points than any other bicyclist, making him the most accomplished athlete in the sport for those years.

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Awards & Achievements

Peter's professional cycling record is 61 wins, 42 second place finishes and 21 third place showings.

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Awards & Achievements