Juraj Sagan (born 23 December 1988 in Žilina) is a Slovak former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2022, for the Cannondale, Tinkoff, Bora–Hansgrohe and Team TotalEnergies teams. During his professional career, Sagan took four victories – all of which were at the Slovak National Road Race Championships,[2] in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
 Sagan at the 2013 Tour of the Basque Country | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Juraj Sagan |
| Born | 23 December 1988 Žilina, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Pierre Baguette Cycling |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Rider type |
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| Amateur team | |
| 2007–2009 | Dukla Trenčín–Merida |
| Professional teams | |
| 2010–2014 | Liquigas–Doimo[3] |
| 2015–2016 | Tinkoff–Saxo |
| 2017–2021 | Bora–Hansgrohe[4][5][6] |
| 2022 | Team TotalEnergies[7][8] |
| Managerial team | |
| 2023– | RRK Group–Pierre Baguette–Benzinol |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
| |
Following his retirement, Sagan now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Pierre Baguette Cycling.[9]
Personal life
editHis younger brother, Peter Sagan, has also competed professionally as a cyclist, winning more than 100 races,[2] including three consecutive world titles between 2015 and 2017.
Major results
editSource: [10]
- 2006
- 1st Stage 1 La Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz
- 9th Road race, UCI Junior World Championships
- 2007
- 9th Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc
- 2008
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Grand Prix Bradlo
- 2009
- 1st GP Boka
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 7th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23
- 8th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
- 2010
- 5th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23
- 6th Giro del Veneto
- 2011
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2015
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2016
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour of Croatia
- 2017
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2018
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2019
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2020
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2017 |
|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— |
 Tour de France
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DNF |
 Vuelta a España
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— |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Team Liquigas Cannondale – Athletes File". Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ a b c Treloar, Iain (30 September 2022). "The last ride of Juraj Sagan". CyclingTips. CyclingTips Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Cannondale (CAN) – ITA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "TotalEnergies". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Updated: Professional Cycling Transfers 2021-2022". Cyclist. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Gauthier, Nicolas (7 December 2022). "Route - Juraj Sagan rejoindra le staff technique d'une équipe slovaque" [Road - Juraj Sagan will join the technical staff of a Slovak team]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Juraj Sagan". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
External links
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Media related to Juraj Sagan at Wikimedia Commons
- Juraj Sagan at UCI
- Juraj Sagan at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Juraj Sagan at ProCyclingStats
- Juraj Sagan at Cycling Quotient
- Juraj Sagan at CycleBase
- velonation
