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This is a list of career achievements by Peter Sagan, a Slovak professional racing cyclist for UCI WorldTeam, Bora–Hansgrohe. Originally a cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing competitor as a junior, Sagan has also competed on the road as a professional since 2009. Sagan is a noted cycling sprinter and Classics specialist, and as such is a prolific winner of individual stages in stage races as well as winning World and European titles. Sagan has fifteen Grand Tour stage victories, and is a six-time winner of the points classification in the Tour de France, equaling Erik Zabel.
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Career highlights[edit]
- 2010
- Sagan wins his first World Tour stage at the 2010 Paris–Nice, on the third stage.[1] He won another stage later in the race,[2] as well as the points classification.
- 2011
- Sagan wins his first Grand Tour stages, winning three during the Vuelta a España.[3][4][5]
- 2012
- After a fourth successive stage win in the 2012 Tour of California, Sagan establishes a record number of stage wins at the race, with seven.[6]
- Sagan wins the opening road stage of the 2012 Tour de France, his first Tour, aged 22 years, 157 days. As a result, Sagan became the youngest rider to win a Tour stage since Lance Armstrong in the 1993 Tour de France.[7]
- Sagan becomes the ninth rider to win the points classification in the Tour de France in his first appearance in the race.[8]
- 2013
- Sagan wins a total of 22 races, the most for any professional rider in 2013.[9]
- 2015
- Sagan becomes the first Slovak rider to win the World Road Race Championships, soloing to victory in Richmond, Virginia.[10]
- 2016
- Sagan becomes the first Slovak rider to win a Monument classic, winning the 2016 Tour of Flanders.[11] In the process, he assumes the number one position in the UCI World Ranking.[12]
- Sagan surpasses Hugo Koblet and Ferdinand Kübler for most stage wins at the Tour de Suisse, with his twelfth victory coming on the second stage of the 2016 Tour de Suisse.[13]
- Sagan becomes the second rider to win the points classification in the Tour de France five times.[14][15]
- After the event is opened to elite riders for the first time, Sagan becomes the inaugural winner of the men's road race at the 2016 European Road Championships.[16][17]
- Sagan tops the individual rankings for the 2016 UCI World Tour, doing so for the first time.[18]
- Sagan retains the World Road Race Championships in Qatar,[19] becoming the first rider to retain the world title since Paolo Bettini in 2006 and 2007.[20]
- 2017
- Sagan takes 100th career win at Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.
- Sagan becomes the first rider to win the elite men World Championship road race three years in a row and also the first one to win three titles on three different continents, by winning the road race in Bergen.[21] He also becomes the fifth and the youngest rider to win three career titles.
- 2018
- Sagan wins his second Monument by winning the 2018 Paris–Roubaix after attacking from the peloton 54 km from the finish.[22]
- After stage 15 in the 2018 Tour de France Sagan received his 100th green jersey.
- Sagan becomes the second rider to win points classification in the Tour de France six times.
Career achievements[edit]
Major results[edit]
- Road
- 2006
- 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2007
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 2nd Overall La Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz
- 4th Road race, UCI Juniors World Road Championships
- 6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 1st Stage 4
- 8th Road race, European Junior Road Championships
- 2008
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Po Stajerski
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 1 & 2
- 1st
- 1st Overall Kroz Istru/Tour d'Istrie
- 1st Stage 3b Trofeo Karlsberg
- 1st Stage 4 Giro della Lunigiana
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix Juniors
- 2nd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 1st Stage 4
- 8th Road race, European Junior Road Championships
- 2009
- 1st Grand Prix Kooperativa
- 2nd Overall The Paths of King Nikola
- 3rd Grand Prix Boka
- 4th Overall Grand Prix Bradlo
- 4th Tour of Vojvodina II
- 7th Overall Dookoła Mazowsza
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st
- 9th Giro del Belvedere
- 10th Road race, European Under-23 Road Championships
- 10th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2010
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Philadelphia International Championship
- 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2nd Giro del Veneto
- 4th Giro della Romagna
- 7th GP Ouest–France
- 8th Overall Tour of California
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 5 & 6
- 1st
- 2011
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 4
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 4 & 5
- 1st
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 3 & 8
- 1st
- Tour of California
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 6, 12 & 21
- Held after Stage 7
- 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 2nd Philadelphia International Championship
- 3rd Classica Sarda
- 4th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 2012
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 6
Combativity award Stage 14
- 1st
- Tour of California
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 8
- 1st
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 (ITT), 3, 4 & 6
- 1st
- Tour of Oman
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne
- 2nd Gent–Wevelgem
- 2nd Dutch Food Valley Classic
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 8th UCI World Tour
- 2013
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 7
- 1st
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 8
- 1st
- USA Pro Cycling Challenge
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 3, 6 & 7
- 1st
- Tour of Alberta
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 5
- 1st
- Tour of California
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 8
- 1st
- Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stages 3 & 6
- Tour of Oman
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne
- 2nd Strade Bianche
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 2nd E3 Harelbeke
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 4th UCI World Tour
- 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 2014
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st E3 Harelbeke
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- Held after Stages 1–7
- 1st
- Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- Tour of California
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 7
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Oman
- 1st Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne
- 2nd Strade Bianche
- 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 7th Coppa Bernocchi
- 10th Milan–San Remo
- 2015
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour of California
- 1st Stages 4 & 6 (ITT)
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- Held after Stages 3–9
- Combativity award Stages 15 & 16
- 1st
- Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 3 & 6
- 1st
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 3
- Held after Stages 4–6
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 6th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 10th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2016
- 1st UCI World Tour
- 1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st
Road race, UEC European Road Championships - 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2, 11 & 16
- Held after Stages 2–4
- Combativity award Stage 10 & Overall
- 1st
- Tour of California
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd E3 Harelbeke
- 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 3rd Overall Eneco Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 1st
- 4th Strade Bianche
- 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2017
- 1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 1st
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 5 & 8
- 1st
- Tour of California
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- Tour de Pologne
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de France
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
- 4th UCI World Tour
- 7th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2018
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- Tour de France
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2, 5 & 13
- Held after Stage 2
- 1st
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- Tour Down Under
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 2nd UCI World Tour
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
- 6th Tour of Flanders
- 6th Milan–San Remo
- 8th Strade Bianche
- 10th EuroEyes Cyclassics
- Vuelta a España
- Held after Stage 10
- Held
- 2019
- 1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- Criteriums
- 2011
- 2nd Criterium de Alcobendas
- 2012
- 1st Criterium Aalst
- 1st Profronde van Lommel
- 1st Internationaal Criterium Bavikhove
- 2nd Profronde Stiphout
- 2nd Profronde van Surhuisterveen
- 2nd Antwerpen Derny Rennen
- 2nd Oslo Grand Prix
- 3rd Tourcriterium Ninove
- 3rd Gouden Pijl
- 2013
- 2nd Saitama Critérium by le Tour de France
- 2014
- 2nd Tour de France Saitama Critérium
- 2015
- 1st Criterium Aalst
- 1st Profronde van Surhuisterveen
- 2nd Profronde van Lommel
- 2016
- 1st Tour de France Saitama Critérium
- 2017
- 3rd People's Choice Classic
- 2018
- 1st People's Choice Classic
- 1st Tour de France Shanghai Criterium
- 1st Criterium Aalst
- 1st Criterium Roeselare
- 1st Criterium Herentals
- 2019
- 2nd People's Choice Classic
Career statistics[edit]
Major championships timeline[edit]
| Event | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Olympic Games
|
Time trial | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | ||||||
| Road race | 34 | — | ||||||||||
| Cross-country | — | 35 | ||||||||||
 World Championships
|
Team Time trial | Not held | 4 | 7 | 9 | 27 | — | — | — | |||
| Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Road race | — | DNF | 12 | 14 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | ||
.png){kind=small} European Championships
|
Time trial | Not held | — | — | — | |||||||
| Road race | 1 | — | DNF | |||||||||
 National Championships
|
Time trial | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Road race | 10 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Grand Tour record[edit]
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | DNE | |
| Stages won | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Points classification | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tour | DNE | 42 | 82 | 60 | 46 | 95 | DSQ-4 | 71 | |
| Stages won | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Points classification | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DSQ-4 | 1 | |
| Vuelta | 121 | DNE | DNE | DNF-14 | DNS-9 | DNE | DNE | 119 | |
| Stages won | 3 | — | — | 0 | 1 | — | — | 0 | |
| Points classification | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 1 | Winner |
| 2–3 | Top three-finish |
| 4–10 | Top ten-finish |
| 11– | Other finish |
| DNE | Did Not Enter |
| DNF-x | Did Not Finish (retired on stage x) |
| DNS-x | Did Not Start (no started on stage x) |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| N/A | Race/classification not held |
| NR | Not Ranked in this classification |
Number of wins per year[edit]
This table includes number of wins, second- and third-place finishes per year excluding UCI level 2 races.
| 2010[23] | 2011[24] | 2012[25] | 2013[26] | 2014[27] | 2015[28] | 2016[29] | 2017[30] | 2018[31] | 2019[32] | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | 5 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 110 |
| 2nd | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 96 |
| 3rd | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 47 |
- As of 15 March 2019
World ranking[edit]
| Ranking | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCI World Tour | — | 44 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| UCI World Ranking | Ranking did not exist | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| UCI America Tour | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | — | |
| UCI Asia Tour | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
| UCI Europe Tour | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | |
Cyclo-cross[edit]
- 2006-2007
- 1st National Junior Championships
- 3rd Junior Witloofveldrit
- 7th UEC European Junior Championships
- 10th UCI Junior World Championships
- Junior Cyclo-cross Gazet van Antwerpen
- 2nd Azencross
- UCI Junior World Cup
- 2007-2008
- 1st National Junior Championships
- 2nd
UCI World Junior Championships - 3rd
UEC European Junior Championships - 8th Overall UCI Junior World Cup
- 3rd Kersttrofee Hofstade
- 6th Trofeo Mamma & Papà Guerciotti
- 6th Cyclo-cross Liévin
- Junior Superprestige
- 2008-2009
- 6th Cyclo-cross International Podbrezová
Mountain-biking[edit]
- 2007
- 3rd European Junior Championships
- 8th UCI World Junior Championships
- 2008
- 1st UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st
European Junior Championships - 2009
- 2nd Grand Prix Dohnany
- 4th UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 4th Kutna Hora
- 2016
- 4th Czech Strabag Cup, Teplice
Awards[edit]
- Slovak Sportsperson of the Year: 2013, 2015, 2017
- Vélo d'Or: 2016[33]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Peter Sagan does it again at Paris-Nice". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. 12 March 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Peter Sagan wins stage 6 of the 2011 Vuelta a España as Sylvain Chavanel holds lead". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Sagan takes second 2011 Vuelta stage win". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ Atkins, Ben (11 September 2011). "Vuelta a España: Peter Sagan's third stage win seals Juan José Cobo's victory". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Sagan nabs record-breaking seventh career Amgen win in Clovis". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Gallagher, Brendan (1 July 2012). "Tour de France 2012: Peter Sagan wins first stage in sprint finish as Fabian Cancellara retains yellow jersey". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "2012 Tour de France Trivia". Irish Peloton. Cillian Kelly. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Victory Ranking 2013". CQ Ranking. Cycling Quotient. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Peter Sagan goes solo to win men's road race at world championships". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Press Association. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Wynn, Nigel (3 April 2016). "Peter Sagan wins Tour of Flanders". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Sagan tops UCI WorldTour and World Rankings". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (12 June 2016). "Peter Sagan wins record-breaking 12th Tour de Suisse stage". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (20 July 2016). "Tour de France: Sagan all but seals fifth consecutive green jersey". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Arthur, David (25 July 2016). "Peter Sagan's green Specialized Venge for final Tour de France stage". Road.cc. Farrelly Atkinson (F-At) Limited. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "World champion Sagan celebrates winning European title in Plumelec". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Men Road Race: Classement Final / Final Classification" (PDF). UEC.ch. Union Européenne de Cyclisme. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Wynn, Nigel (3 October 2016). "Peter Sagan 'honoured and thrilled' to top 2016 WorldTour". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "World Championships: Sagan beats Cavendish to defend elite men's world title in Doha". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Peter Sagan wins successive world title in Doha". Eurosport. Discovery Communications. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Better, Michael. "Three-Peter: Sagan wins world title for third year running". Velonews. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- ^ "Peter Sagan wins Paris-Roubaix". CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Peter Sagan Profile – 2010". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ "Peter Sagan Profile – 2011". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ "Peter Sagan Profile – 2012". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ "Peter Sagan Profile – 2013". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ "Peter Sagan Profile – 2014". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ "Peter Sagan Profile – 2015". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ "Peter Sagan Profile – 2016". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ "Peter Sagan Profile – 2017". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "Peter Sagan Profile – 2018". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Peter Sagan Profile – 2019". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Sagan awarded Velo d'Or". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
External links[edit]
- Peter Sagan at Cycling Archives
- Peter Sagan at CQ Ranking
- Peter Sagan at ProCyclingStats
- Peter Sagan at WVcycling
- Peter Sagan at Cyclocross24
