This is news that will undoubtedly sadden his many fans and some observers. The end of a generation… Arriving in the professional peloton in 2010, Peter Sagan (Pierre Baguette Cycling) will end his road career at the end of the 5th and final stage of the Tour of Slovakia this Sunday. He who has a list of achievements as long as his arm: triple world champion (2015, 2016, 2017), double European champion 2016, seven green jerseys on the Tour de Francetwo Monuments (Tour of Flanders 2016 and Paris-Roubaix 2018) and three editions of Gand-Wevelgem. A great figure of modern cycling!
Sagan’s dedication in the middle of the Tour of Hungary
Peter Sagan not qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics in mountain biking
At the end of May, at the end of the 3rd round of the 2024 Cross-Country Mountain Bike World Cupthe qualification period for Paris 2024 Olympic Games ended. And when it comes time to take stock, it is cruel for Peter Saganwho will not be able to participate in these Jeux ! Only 35th in the ranking of nations while you had to be in the top 19 to have at least one Olympic quota (the countries present in the top 8, which is the case of France, even have two), Slovakia does not will be able to send any mountain bikers to Paris this summer, which de facto excludes the seven-time winner of the green jersey on the Tour de France.
Not being able to apply for the place of universality (this only concerns nine nations, in this case theAlbania, Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Monaco and San Marino), Slovakia certainly still has a micro-chance of being able to send a mountain biker to Paris (several nations would have to decide to give up their quota), but the hypothesis is so improbable that we can already note the absence of Peter Sagan to Paris OlympicsHaving undergone two heart operations since the start of the year, the former triple world road champion has missed too many events to be able to achieve his goal of competing in the JO in mountain biking for the second time in his career, eight years after his 35th place obtained in Rio de Janeiro.
