Peter Sagan's 'good foundation' for 2024 MTB racing starts February in Abu Dhabi

Peter Sagan (Slovakia) at the 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
Peter Sagan (Slovakia) at the 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (Image credit: Thomas Maheux/SWpix.com)

Peter Sagan’s quest for Olympic Games glory is expected to begin February 11, 2024 at the inaugural HERO Abu Dhabi cross-country MTB race. From there, he has scheduled three XCO races in Europe with international fields before taking the start in Brazil for the opening round of the UCI World Cup season.

Recently retired from his UCI road career, Sagan had a single focus for 2024 - Paris. But while he was ‘the man’ at the Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées winning seven points classification titles, this time the finish line is on dirt at Elancourt Hill for the Olympic Games, the men’s cross-country MTB event on July 29.

Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).