Juraj Sagan (born 23 December 1988 in

Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of European cities in different languages: U-Z#Z, 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 List of cities ...

) is a Slovak former professional

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, 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

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for

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Personal life

His younger brother,

Peter Sagan Peter Sagan (; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak former professional cyclist who competed in road bicycle racing and mountain bicycle racing. Sagan had a successful junior cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing career, winning the junior cross-c ...

, 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 ;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 in category 2.2 from 2005 to 2009 and back again in the same category in 2017. Winners References

* Cycle races in Hungary Recurring sporti ...

;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 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 ra ...

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

Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. Since 2023, the race has been on the UCI ProSeries calendar, having previously been a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

;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 ;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 () 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 of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipa ...

;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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sagan, Juraj 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Žilina Slovak male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Slovakia Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Directeur sportifs Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century Slovak sportsmen