Peter Sagan (33), rider for the TotalEnergies team, will end his road career during the Tour de Vendée this Sunday. The Slovak (professional since 2009; 121 victories) will have marked his era by notably winning 3 world champion titles ((2015, 2016, 2017), the Tour of Flanders (2016), Paris-Roubaix (2018), 12 stages of the Tour de France (accompanied by 7 victories in the green jersey classification)…
During the last Tour de France (which Sagan finished in 127th place without having been able to take part in the fight for a stage victory), Jean-René Bernaudeau, the manager of the TortalEnergies team, confided that he had no regrets about the subject. of the charismatic runner: “It will remain a great encounter in my life. He is a man who invests a lot in others, particularly with sick children’s associations. He gave pride to the team, but sportingly, it’s over. He had difficulty engaging with a new generation who had no respect on the road. And he doesn’t take it well. I asked him to do one last season, but he ended up telling me that he couldn’t do it anymore, even for a light program combined with mountain biking.