Peter Sagan on Wout van Aert: "He insulted me at the Tour, and he hasn’t apologised yet"
CyclingFriday, 16 December 2022 at 15:49
On the third stage of the Tour Dylan Groenewegen took the win, with the duo finishing second and fourth respectively. Sagan seemed pressed into the barriers and very visibly showed his discontent crossing the line. With no apologies between the two, the string of incidents has built a clear negative emotion.
As the former World Champion prepares for the 2023 season, he is fully ready to leave 2022 behind, a year where half of his season was hampered by two Covid-19 infections. "I’m doing my best, like always, to be ready to fight at the highest level. If I didn’t believe in it, I wouldn’t do it," he continued.
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Whilst he's expected to target the cobbled classics and the Tour de France this coming year, what is known is that he will start his campaign with the returning Vuelta a San Juan, followed by a stint in Colombia before returning to Europe for the main spring block.
“I turned pro in 2010, and my first race was the Tour Down Under in Australia. And when I managed to get placings there, I said to myself, ‘Hey, I can win too.’ And I started to do it, I said to myself, ‘I just need to win a race, one race, every year. I don’t need more than that.’ And I still think that way," he concluded.
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- Solid worker this guy 💪
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- I guess that I'll need to find another sport to follow then.
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Sagan and Evenpoel should be buddies!!!
Pretty sure it was Sagan who took out Cavendish once upon a time in a sprint for the finish that Cavendish would have won! AND, had he done so, he would already have beaten Eddie Merckx's record.
Sagan is a diva and frankly a hypocrite. He hit Wout so hard in the finish of stage 11 2020 that he got relegated, but then refused to apologize or even respond when Wout reached out. So he (Sagan) not only has no grounds on which to complain, he has to know that Wout's domination of the Green Jersey competition this year was a bit of payback.
And Remco is now the Hypocrite King, now that Sagan is passing the torch to him🤐