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Peter Sagan is out of the Tour de France

Injured Sagan pulls out of Tour de France

Triple world champion Peter Sagan will not start the 12th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday after sustaining a knee injury.

Cycling • 08 Jul 21

The sprint finish led to a nasty crash inside the final metres of the third stage

Chaos on Tour as Merlier sprints to stage win

Tim Merlier won a dramatic stage three of the Tour de France as a string of crashes caused chaos in the final 10 kilometres.

Cycling • 28 Jun 21

Peter Sagan celebrates on the podium after winning the 10th stage

Sagan wins Giro stage 10 as Martin stays eighth overall

Dan Martin remains eighth in the general classification at the Giro d'Italia after stage 10 which was won by Slovakia's Peter Sagan.

Cycling • 17 May 21

Sagan wins coronavirus-hit Giro 10th stage

Peter Sagan soloed to victory in the Giro d'Italia's 10th stage after two teams, Mitchelton and Jumbo-Visma, were forced to pull out before the stage because of positive Covid-19 tests.

Cycling • 13 Oct 20

Arnaud Demare took the honours once again

Demare claims third stage victory at Giro d'Italia

France's Arnaud Demare claimed his third stage win of the Giro d'Italia as he beat Peter Sagan in a scrappy sprint in Brindisi.

Cycling • 09 Oct 20

It was a close finish in Villafranca Tirrena

Demare takes stage win as Thomas withdraws from Giro

Geraint Thomas withdrew from the Giro d'Italia with a fractured pelvis before Arnaud Demare edged out Peter Sagan and Davide Ballerini to win stage four on the sea front in Villafranca Tirrena.

Cycling • 06 Oct 20

Ulissi beats Sagan to Sicilian stage win at Giro

Diego Ulissi sprinted to victory on the second stage of the Giro d'Italia in Sicily as the home nation continued its superb start to the race.

Cycling • 04 Oct 20

With four stages remaining, Sam Bennett holds a 47 point lead in the race for the green jersey

Kelly: Bennett looking good, but danger ahead on Friday

Seán Kelly believes Friday's stage of the Tour de France will be last chance saloon for Sam Bennett's rivals to wrestle the green jersey from the Irish cyclist.

Cycling • 16 Sep 20

Sam Bennett had a nervy finish to the stage but extended his lead in the race for the green jersey

Roglic passes Alpine test, Bennett extends points lead

Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez won the 17th stage of the Tour de France on a day when Sam Bennett tightened his grip on the race for the green jersey.

Cycling • 16 Sep 20

Sam Bennett lost ground at the top of the green jersey standings

Sagan makes up ground on Bennett in green jersey fight

Sam Bennett lost some ground to Peter Sagan in the fight for the green jersey in recent days on the Tour de France, but he remains on top after the 14th stage, a 194.5-km ride from Clermont-Ferrand.

Cycling • 12 Sep 20

Roglic strengthens Tour lead, Martin enjoys best finish

Primoz Roglic tightened his grip on the Tour de France overall lead on a day when Dan Martin had his best finish of this year's race and Sam Bennett maintained his green jersey lead.

Cycling • 11 Sep 20

Sagan takes green jersey after Van Aert wins 7th stage

Wout Van Aert won an explosive stage seven of the Tour de France to Lavaur as Adam Yates hung on to the yellow jersey, and Peter Sagan moved ahead of Ireland's Sam Bennett in the race for the green jersey.

Cycling • 04 Sep 20

Bennett had some joy today on the fourth stage

Bennett draws level with Sagan in green jersey battle

Sam Bennett bounced back from Monday's disappointment by taking intermediate sprint spoils on today's fourth stage of the Tour de France.

Cycling • 01 Sep 20

Sagan won the 175.5km stage from Saint-Die-des-Vosges in a sprint finish

Sagan sprints to win as Alaphilippe remains in yellow

Peter Sagan won stage five of the Tour de France in Colmar as Julian Alaphilippe retained the yellow jersey.

Cycling • 10 Jul 19

Dylan Groenewegen leads home the riders on stage seven

Dutchman takes Tour stage - Martin in the bunch

Dylan Groenewegen has won stage seven of the Tour de France in Chartres, with Ireland's Dan Martin finishing safely in the bunch.

Cycling • 13 Jul 18

Slovakia's Peter Sagan puts on the overall leader's yellow jersey

Peter Sagan sprints to victory to take yellow jersey

World champion Peter Sagan won stage two of the Tour de France into La Roche-sur-Yon to take the yellow jersey.

Cycling • 08 Jul 18

Peter Sagan: "Amazing. I'm so tired after this race."

Peter Sagan scorches to stunning Paris-Roubaix success

World champion Peter Sagan timed his effort perfectly to become the first rider since 1981 to claim the Paris-Roubaix 'Monument' classic with the rainbow jersey on his shoulders as he tamed his rivals in awe-inspiring fashion on Sunday.

Cycling • 08 Apr 18

Peter Sagan reacts to anther World Championships victory

Sagan claims another world title, Martin best of Irish

Peter Sagan won his third world title in a row in a dramatic finish to the men's road race at the World Championships in Norway, while Dan Martin was the best-placed of the Irish riders - two months after being diagnosed with a broken back.

Cycling • 12 Oct 17

CAS dismiss Sagan appeal, Kittel sprints to stage win

Peter Sagan's appeal against his disqualification from the Tour de France has been dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Cycling • 06 Jul 17

Mark Cavendish: 'I commend the jury on taking a decision that wasn't based on influences from social media or outside.'

Cavendish: It took a lot of courage to disqualify Sagan

Mark Cavendish praised the "courage" of the Tour de France commissaires after they disqualified world champion Peter Sagan for causing the crash that put the Manxman out of the race.

Cycling • 05 Jul 17

The moment Sagan's elbow collided with Mark Cavendish

Sagan and team protest against Tour disqualification

Peter Sagan's Bora-Hansgrohe team have launched an official protest against the world champion's disqualification from the Tour de France after the crash which ended Mark Cavendish's race.

Cycling • 05 Jul 17

A number of riders hit the deck in the race to the finish line in Vittel

Peter Sagan kicked out of Tour de France

World champion Peter Sagan has been disqualified from the Tour de France for causing a crash which looks to have ended Mark Cavendish's race.

Cycling • 04 Jul 17

Dan Martin is 15th overall at the Tour de France

Dan Martin takes third in Tour de France stage

Ireland's Dan Martin was pipped by world champion Peter Sagan and Australian Michael Matthews the third stage of the Tour de France, a 212.5-km ride from Verviers in Belgium, as he took third in an uphill sprint finish.

Cycling • 03 Jul 17

Peter Sagan finished this year's Tour de France in the green jersey awarded to the leading sprinter

Sagan hoping to add glamour to cross-country race

World road champion Peter Sagan will add some glamour to the Olympic cross-country race this weekend, having gone back to his roots for a crack at Olympic mountain biking gold.

Paris 2024 • 17 Aug 16

Nicolas Roche is switching jerseys for next season

Nicolas Roche leaves Team Sky to join BMC for 2017

Reigning Irish national champion Nicolas Roche will leave Team Sky to join BMC Racing for next season, his new team have announced.

Cycling • 01 Aug 16