Juraj Sagan (born 23 December 1988 in

Žilina Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of Sl ...

) is a Slovak former professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2022, for the , , and teams. During his professional career, Sagan took four victories – all of which were at the

Slovak National Road Race Championships The Slovakia National Road Race Championships take place annually and decide the national champion for the year in various categories. The winner of the championship gains the right to wear a distinctive jersey with a Slovak flag during races. Me ...

, in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020. Following his retirement, Sagan now works as a

directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' ( French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural ''directeurs sportifs'') is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is se ...

for UCI Continental team .

Personal life

His younger brother,

Peter Sagan Peter Sagan (; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Sagan had a successful junior cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing career, winning the junior cross-country race at the 2008 ...

, has also competed professionally as a cyclist, winning more than 100 races, including three consecutive world titles between 2015 and 2017.

Major results

Source: ;2006 : 1st Stage 1 La Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz : 9th Road race,

UCI Junior World Championships The UCI Juniors World Championships were a set of UCI World Championships events for junior bicycle cyclists in 2005 to 2009. In 2010 it was divided into: *The Junior men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships *The UCI Juniors Track World ...

;2007 : 9th Overall

Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc The Gemenc Grand Prix is a cycling race held annually in Hungary. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UC ...

;2008 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 8th

Grand Prix Bradlo The Grand Prix Bradlo was a cycling race held annually in Slovakia. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primaril ...

;2009 : 1st GP Boka : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23 : 8th

Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza The Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza (also known as Trofeo PIVA) is a professional cycling race held annually in the Province of Vicenza, Italy. It has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle rac ...

;2010 : 5th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23 : 6th

Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. The race is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2012 the race merged with another Italian classic, Coppa ...

;2011 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships ;2015 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2016 : 1st MaillotSlovakia

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 5 ( TTT)

Tour of Croatia The CRO Race (formally: ''Tour of Croatia'') is a men's road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race that takes place in Croatia since 2015. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour and is rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as a UCI race cl ...

;2017 : 1st MaillotSlovakia

Road race, National Road Championships ;2018 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 10th

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...

;2019 : 1st MaillotSlovakia

Road race, National Road Championships ;2020 : 1st MaillotSlovakia

Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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