Juraj Sagan
Sagan at the 2013 Tour of the Basque Country
Personal information
Full nameJuraj Sagan
Born (1988-12-23) 23 December 1988
Žilina, Czechoslovakia
(now Slovakia)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamRRK Group–Pierre Baguette–Benzinol
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider type
  • Puncheur
  • Domestique[2]
Amateur team
2007–2009Dukla Trenčín–Merida
Professional teams
2010–2014Liquigas–Doimo[3]
2015–2016Tinkoff–Saxo
2017–2021Bora–Hansgrohe[4][5][6]
2022Team TotalEnergies[7][8]
Managerial team
2023–RRK Group–Pierre Baguette–Benzinol
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships
(2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)

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.

Following his retirement, Sagan now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team RRK Group–Pierre Baguette–Benzinol.[9]

Personal life

His 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

Source: [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

Grand Tour 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia —
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Team Liquigas Cannondale – Athletes File". Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  2. 1 2 3 Treloar, Iain (30 September 2022). "The last ride of Juraj Sagan". CyclingTips. CyclingTips Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Cannondale (CAN) – ITA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "TotalEnergies". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Updated: Professional Cycling Transfers 2021-2022". Cyclist. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Juraj Sagan". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

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