Peter Sagan

Peter Sagan is a bicycle racer currently signed with Bora-Hansgrohe world team. He got interested in cycling after his older brother joined the sport. Today, he is one of the best cyclists in the world having won several prestigious tittles so far. He has won individual medals and medals while representing his country. A good example is in 2017 when he won his country a gold medal in the Road Race in the World Championships.

Biography and Early Life

Peter Sagan was born on 26^th January 1990 in Czechoslovakia which is currently known as Slovakia. He is the lastborn in his family of four children, (three boys and one girl). His father Lubomir Sagam and his mother Helena Sagan owned a small grocery store where they used to work.

This led to them leaving peter under his sister’s care most of the time. His family still lives in Slovakia with his elder brother also being a professional cyclist. Besides the information given above, not much is known about his family members.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Peter Sagan in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Peter Sagan’s age is 31 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 26 January 1990. Though, he is 6′ 0″ in feet and inches and 184 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 172 lbs in Pound and 78kg in Kilograms.

Education

Peter rarely talks about his education background making it difficult to know his education background. Having being born and raised in the city of Zilina, it’s believed this is where he got his early education but it’s not known he went up to which level.  At the age of 9, he started riding bikes and joined a local club in Zilina where he used to compete. All his junior years, he used to ride road bikes and also mountain bikes.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

Just like his childhood, not much information is known about his personal life. Sagan is known to have been dating Katarina Smolkova and the two later tied the knot on 11^th November 2015. They moved to France where they settled in Monaco.

On 25^th October 2017, they welcomed their firstborn who they named Marlon. Just like any other marriage, issues started popping up resulting to disagreements. On 18^th July 2018, Sagan announced the two have gone their separate ways. Currently, he is not known to be dating anyone.

Beside his marriage life, Sagan is known to be a practicing Catholic and attends mass regularly. In 2018 when he visited Vatican, he met with Catholic leader Pope Francis.

Is Peter Sagan Gay?

Sagan is not known to be gay as he has never been in the same sex relationship. All his past relationships including his broken marriage has all been with people of the opposite sex.

Professional Career

His profession career in bicycle racing came when Dukla Trecing-Merida team hired him to race for them. After his management company approached several cycling teams on his behalf, he got four positive answers for trials in road racing but failed in securing a contract with any of the team.

Frustrations started kicking in to a point he thought of quitting. His family was of much help in encouraging him to not to give up. He later tried with Liquigas-Doimo team that gave him a ten months contract which was later revised to two years contract. During Paris-Nice Road race, he shocked many experienced racers by winning first and second stages of the race.

He competed with Liquigas-Domo team for four years winning several races including Tour de Pologne in 2011. In 2015, he changed teams moving to Tinkoff team from Russia for two years before moving to his current team Bora-Hansgrohe in 2017. Sagan has won many accolades including numerous individual stages. When e is not competing for his team, he competes for his country where he has won Slovakia several gold medals in World Championships.

Awards

Since 2009 when he started competing professionally, Sag has won so many races including Tour de France points classifications in 2012, 2016, 2018 and 2019. He also won the Combativity award in 2016. In Giro d’Italia, he won one individual stage in 2020. These are just but a few mentions as he has won so many accolades we can’t list them down one by one.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Peter Sagan in 2021

All Sagan has been doing since he was 19 years old is bicycle racing. This has been his sole source of his wealth that has accumulated to around $40 million as of 2021.

Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know

One day when he heard of Slovak Cup, he borrowed a bicycle from his sister as he had by mistake sold his. His sister’s bike was a racing bike and everybody knew he had no chance. Surprisingly, he won the race with a bicycle that had limited gears and failing brakes. His determination to compete and win the race set him apart from others riders whose conditions to compete were favorable compared to his. This shows with determination, there is nothing you can’t achieve.