Peter Sagan's Worlds bid hit by illness

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Defending champion skips TTT as he recovers for road race

Peter Sagan at the finish of the GP de Montreal

Peter Sagan at the finish of the GP de Montreal (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Peter Sagan will not ride the team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships on Sunday and will now only travel to Bergen for the road race next Friday after falling ill on his return to Europe following the WorldTour races in Canada.

Stephen Farrand
Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.