Tour de France green jersey winner Peter Sagan, right, with overall champion Chris Froome at a race in Japan. Source: AFP
TOUR de France sprint sensation Peter Sagan will ride for a victory in Saturday's Subaru Australian Open criterium championship in Noosa but is unsure whether he will saddle-up for the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide in January.
Sagan said he has yet to speak to his team bosses about riding the week-long opening round of the World Tour series in January which regularly attracts the best riders in the professional peloton.
"I would like to but I do not know yet," said Sagan who has won back to back sprinters jerseys in the Tour de France.
"I rode it in my first year and I liked it. I like Australia very much."
One of Slovakia's top sporting exports, Sagan said he has delayed his end of season holiday to race well in the famous criterium which is part of the Noosa multi-sport festival.
"The holiday will come after the crit. I want to do well," he said today.
Tour de France sprint champion Slovakian Peter Sagan with overall winner Chris Froome and world road champion Rui Costa at a race in Japan. Source: AFP
One of the fastest men in the world, Sagan was forced to issue an apology after pinching the bottom of a podium girl post-race this year in Europe, Sagan was widely castigated for his actions on the podium at the Rhonde of Flanders Classic and eventually issued apologies via video and on Twitter.
"Was not my intention to disrespect women today on the podium. Just a joke, sorry if someone was disturbed about it," he wrote on Twitter.
Aside from this well-publicised incident Sagan is also known for his whacky finish celebrations and winning the green sprinters jersey in this year's Tour de France along with four individual stages in the epic race.
Sagan will race alongside his brother Juraj Sagan and Australian Cannondale team-mate Cameron Wurf in the circuit race on Saturday which precedes the famous Noosa Triathlon on November 3.
"There is no rider like him in the bunch,'' Wurf said.
"Not only does he win but his successes brings a huge amount of enjoyment for all those watching.
"Kids love a winner and they dream of one day doing the same. But Peter not only wins a truckload of races he also does it by showing so much excitement with each win. He really celebrates every success like it's his first."
01 Nov, 2013
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Source: http://www.news.com.au/sport/more-sports/slovakian-superstar-peter-sagan-unsure-if-he-will-race-tour-down-under/story-fndukor0-1226751299368?from=public_rss
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