Peter Sagan

This year's route is harder than in years past, with more climbs added into the course as the peloton preps for the Tour de France.

Reigning world champ Peter Sagan to trade road for MTB in Rio.

Will Peter Sagan end up wearing Astana blue? This writer sure hopes not.

An Italian newspaper report claims Peter Sagan and four of his current Tinkoff teammates will ride in an Astana kit next year.

Peter Sagan cuts loose at a spring mountain bike race, enjoying his "vacation" with wife, dog, and remote-control off-road car.

Peter Sagan guts out a tough, hilly finish at Laguna Seca to win a gritty sprint in stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California.

Defending overall champion Peter Sagan sprints to victory in the first stage of the Amgen Tour of California

Peter Sagan is the Amgen Tour of California's most successful racer, but the Gibraltar queen stage will challenge the defending champ.

World champion Peter Sagan makes an appearance at a Slovakian youth mountain bike event and leads out the kids race.

"It’s going to be good fun returning to my roots" says Peter Sagan, who will race two mountain bike events before heading to the Amgen Tour of California

Peter Sagan comes on the market in 2017 and he could command a record $6.77 million annual salary — greater than Chris Froome's pay.

Watch Peter Sagan's unbelievable save as he hops over a crashing Fabian Cancellara's bike on the Roubaix cobblestones.

Sagan and Cancellara are different riders at different points in their careers, but in the classics, they overlap in a way that lends itself to stats.

Peter Sagan has a zen mindset ahead of Paris-Roubaix, but it may be his comparatively weak team, not fate, that decides Sunday's race.

Tour of Flanders came down to one decisive attack on the Paterberg — see how it happened when Sagan attacked Vanmarcke.

Tom Boonen wore the rainbow jersey when he won Flanders 2006, and he salutes Peter Sagan for the same performance in De Ronde 2016.

Peter Sagan erases the asterisk that was on his palmares by winning Sunday's Tour of Flanders, leaving everyone behind on the Paterberg.

Having missed the decisive move Sunday, Fabian Cancellara was unable to deliver a record-breaking fourth career Tour of Flanders victory

Peter Sagan decides to 'drop everybody' en route to his first career Ronde van Vlaanderen title in Sunday's 100th edition of the race

De Ronde van Vlaanderen's top favorites give their takes on Sunday's big race

"It's no coincidence that the record holders for the Tour of Flanders have only won it three times," says Flanders hopeful Peter Sagan.

Here's the bike Peter Sagan will ride in Tour of Flanders — will this S-Works Tarmac cross the line first on Sunday, ridden by the world champ?

We asked top riders and sport directors who they think will win the Tour of Flanders and who could pull off a surprise victory.

Sagan will start Sunday's Tour of Flanders as one of the favorites to win, and his right-hand man on the road will be Oscar Gatto.

Peter Sagan plays it to perfection at Gent-Wevelgem, getting clear with a four-man group and leaving enough in the tank to sprint for the victory

Peter Sagan takes a second career Gent-Wevelgem title, besting fellow escapees Sep Vanmarcke and Viacheslav Kuznetsov in a cagey sprint

With the Tour of Flanders fast approaching, Peter Sagan has yet to nab a victory in 2016 despite racking up six second-place finishes

Former world champ Michal Kwiatkowski sprints to victory after a long-range attack with Peter Sagan at E3 Harelbeke.

Will Sunday's cobbled race end with a mad dash to the line thanks to a long run into Wevelgem, or will an opportunist take over?

E3 Harelbeke may be Peter Sagan's best opportunity yet to break the rainbow jersey curse with his first win of 2016.

A handful of top riders have come close to Sanremo glory — Andrew Hood considers five favorites who've never broken through in Italy.

Peter Sagan considers his odds for Milano-Sanremo, and talks about his amazing 2015 season.

The 300-kilometer Milano-Sanremo might seem predictable, but it's far from it. Andrew Hood takes a closer look at "la Classicissima."

Peter Sagan will try to win Milano-Sanremo wearing the rainbow jersey, and says the course could be even more challenging.

Peter Sagan criticizes Van Avermaet's tactics in pivotal Tirreno stage 6, but really, he should be learning from the winner instead.

Greg Van Avermaet ekes out the overall win at Tirreno-Adriatico, beating Peter Sagan by one second as Cancellara claims final TT.

If Tinkoff folds, where will world champion and all-around superstar Peter Sagan land for 2017? Here are five likely options.

Fabian Cancellara takes his third career Strade Bianche title, getting the better of defending champion Zdenek Stybar on the final climb

Scenes from Greg Van Avermaet's first win of 2016, and first career Omloop Het Nieuwsblad victory

Greg Van Avermaet takes his first win of 2016 at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, outgunning Peter Sagan in a reduced sprint

Peter Sagan leads Tinkoff in the first weekend of northern classics, Omloop and Kuurne, as he gears up for a run at a monument victory.

Peter Sagan says the road race course at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics is too hilly for him to be considered a medal contender.

Peter Sagan is spotted at Tour de San Luis with hairy legs, but that didn't stop him and his Tinkoff team from finishing fourth in the TTT.

Tinkoff reveals Sagan's custom-painted Specialized S-Works Venge, and as we'd expect, the colors are just as wild as the world champ.

Peter Sagan's stunning victory at Richmond worlds earns him the Ride of the Year award.

Peter Sagan reprises the classic song from the "Grease" musical, proving once and for all that he is cycling's most versatile rider.

With Segafredo sponsoring Trek for the next three years, team officials have more bargaining power as they search for another classics king.

The Tinkoff squad is in the midst of a training camp on the island of Gran Canaria ahead of the 2016 season.

The 100th edition of Ronde van Vlaanderen won't offer much novelty, but it could appeal to a fan favorite such as Peter Sagan.

The Cycling Academy Team adds three riders with WorldTour experience to its roster for the 2016 season.

Sagan will debut at the Tour de San Luís, and then will tackle the classics, the Tour de France, and the world championships.

The Sky rider out-sprints the world champion at the finish line of the second stage in the Middle Eastern race.

World champ Peter Sagan, feeling a bit run-down from post-Richmond travel and events, chose to work for Bennati on Thursday.

The Astana rider wins the stage in a high-speed bunch sprint in the desert heat.

Specialized unveils the special world champion edition S-Works Tarmac that Peter Sagan will ride in the Abu Dhabi Tour and next season.

After Peter Sagan's brilliant win at Richmond worlds, take a look back on some of the biggest victories of his young career.

Peter Sagan rode quietly until the last kilometers at worlds before he unleashed an attack no one could counter. Here's the bike he rode.

The Tinkoff-Saxo owner reacts to Peter Sagan's triumph in Sunday's road race at the UCI Road World Championships.

"I’m no good at strategy. I can just do what I did," says new rainbow jersey Peter Sagan

An economical Sagan makes one move, and it sticks, blazing the descent to the final Governor Street climb and the rainbow jersey

The elite men’s road race will be a wide-open affair; with three short, steep climbs in the closing 5km and a chance of showers, almost anything can happen

The cycling world will turn its attention to Richmond, Virginia starting this weekend at the UCI Road World Championships.

Vincenzo Nibali and Mark Cavendish are two of several top riders who will compete at the inaugural four-day race.

Fabio Aru won a Spanish grand tour that was filled with crashes, abandonments, and an ejection.

Peter Sagan is out of the Vuelta but not down ahead of Richmond world championships, which could likely favor the strong sprinter.

Tinkoff-Saxo team pens an open letter to the UCI and CPA to address concerns about the crash that took Sagan out of the Vuelta.

The Tinkoff-Saxo star, the latest high-profile withdrawal from the Vuelta due to injury, says moto drivers don't take rider safety seriously

Peter Sagan didn't have a chance at victory after a neutral support motorcycle took him out late in Saturday's stage

The Tinkoff-Saxo rider failed to win a spring monument this season, but a world title could make up for that.

Peter Sagan gets the monkey off his back, winning stage 3 at the Vuelta, his first grand tour victory since 2013.

After a couple rocky years with Lampre, Filippo Pozzato might join Peter Sagan on Tinkoff to serve as a super-domestique for the classics.

Chris Froome was the big winner after taking the yellow and polka-dot jerseys, while several riders came up short of goals

Amid questions about the legitimacy of his performance, Chris Froome pedaled through it all to win his second Tour de France title

Amid all of the chaos and commotion, the Tour de France remains equally exhilarating and exhausting — this year, more than most

Peter Sagan put it all on the line, descending like a madman into Gap, but he was unable to pull back lone escapee Ruben Plaza in stage 16.

An variety of nicknames — some humorous — are spread throughout the colorful Tour de France peloton

It wasn't an illegal feed, but Sean Yates got in trouble nonetheless after a Tinkoff mechanic chucked a bottle at a TV moto

André Greipel leads a one-two German finish in stage 15 as Peter Sagan, who featured in an early break, finds himself denied yet again