Peter Sagan: I miss the rainbow jersey

Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
Peter Sagan (Slovakia) (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

He has the prospect of history laid out before him, but Peter Sagan was true to his laid-back type on the eve of the World Championships elite men's road race.

Victory in Yorkshire on Sunday would give Sagan his fourth title – after Richmond in 2015, Doha in 2016, and Bergen in 2017 – and take him past Eddy Merckx, Alfredo Binda, Oscar Freire, Rik Van Steenbergen as the all-time record holder.

Patrick Fletcher

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