Last week, Peter Sagan announced through his social networks, in a video, that he will retire from road cycling and that, now, he has the objective of focusing on participating in the 2024 Olympics. his mind “long ago”.
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“I always said that I would like to finish my mountain biking career, because I started my mountain biking career. It gives me a certain pleasure at the end of my career because I’m doing something I really enjoy”, said the cyclist.
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Peter Sagan informed that the decision weighed in because he wanted to see a new side of life and be able to participate more actively in the lives of his children: “It is important for me to spend time with my son Marlon and see life from other angles, and not just as a cyclist . It was never my dream to race or be a professional racer until I was 40 or 50. I think now is the time. And if I manage to finish my career in Paris at the Olympic Games, that will be a good thing for me.”
The athlete has an impressive track record in professional cycling, being a seven-time Tour de France champion with 12 individual stage wins, second-highest active professional rider, and winning the junior mountain bike world title aged 18 in 2008.
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