List of career achievements by Peter Sagan

This is a list of career achievements by Peter Sagan, a Slovak professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam, Team TotalEnergies. Originally a cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing competitor as a junior, Sagan has also competed on the road as a professional since 2009. Sagan is a noted cycling sprinter and Classics specialist, and as such is a prolific winner of individual stages in stage races as well as winning World and European titles. Sagan has seventeen Grand Tour stage victories, and is a seven-time winner of the points classification in the Tour de France, a record.

Career highlights[]

2010

• Sagan wins his first World Tour stage at the 2010 Paris–Nice, on the third stage.^[1] He won another stage later in the race,^[2] as well as the points classification.

2011

• Sagan wins his first Grand Tour stages, winning three during the Vuelta a España.^[3][4][5]

2012

• After a fourth successive stage win in the 2012 Tour of California, Sagan establishes a record number of stage wins at the race, with seven.^[6]
• Sagan wins the opening road stage of the 2012 Tour de France, his first Tour, aged 22 years, 157 days. As a result, Sagan became the youngest rider to win a Tour stage since Lance Armstrong in the 1993 Tour de France.^[7]
• Sagan becomes the ninth rider to win the points classification in the Tour de France in his first appearance in the race.^[8]

2013

• Sagan wins a total of 22 races, the most for any professional rider in 2013.^[9]

2015

• Sagan becomes the first Slovak rider to win the World Road Race Championships, soloing to victory in Richmond, Virginia.^[10]

2016

• Sagan becomes the first Slovak rider to win a Monument classic, winning the 2016 Tour of Flanders.^[11] In the process, he assumes the number one position in the UCI World Ranking.^[12]
• Sagan surpasses Hugo Koblet and Ferdinand Kübler for most stage wins at the Tour de Suisse, with his twelfth victory coming on the second stage of the 2016 Tour de Suisse.^[13]
• Sagan becomes the second rider to win the points classification in the Tour de France five times.^[14][15]
• After the event is opened to elite riders for the first time, Sagan becomes the inaugural winner of the men's road race at the 2016 European Road Championships.^[16][17]
• Sagan tops the individual rankings for the 2016 UCI World Tour, doing so for the first time.^[18]
• Sagan retains the World Road Race Championships in Qatar,^[19] becoming the first rider to retain the world title since Paolo Bettini in 2006 and 2007.^[20]

2017

• Sagan takes 100th professional career win at Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.
• Sagan becomes the first rider to win the elite men World Championship road race three years in a row and also the first one to win three titles on three different continents, by winning the road race in Bergen.^[21] He also becomes the fifth and the youngest rider to win three career titles.

2018

• Sagan wins his second Monument by winning the 2018 Paris–Roubaix after attacking from the peloton 54 km from the finish.^[22]
• After stage 15 in the 2018 Tour de France Sagan received his 100th green jersey.
• Sagan becomes the second rider to win points classification in the Tour de France six times.

2019

• Sagan becomes the first rider to win points classification in the Tour de France seven times.

2020

• Sagan becomes the 100th rider to win stages in all three Grand Tours.

2021

• Sagan wins the points classification in the Giro d'Italia, his first points classification in a Grand Tour other than the Tour de France.

Major results[]

Road[]

Criteriums[]

Classic results timeline[]

Monument	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Milan–San Remo	—	17	4	2	10	4	12	2	6	4	4	4
Tour of Flanders	—	DNF	5	2	16	4	1	27	6	11	—	15
Paris–Roubaix	DNF	86	—	—	6	23	11	38	1	5	NH	57
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	Has not contested during career
Giro di Lombardia	DNF	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Classic	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	66	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	98
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne	DNF	—	—	NH	—	—	7	1	—	—	—	—	117
Strade Bianche	—	—	26	2	2	31	4	DNF	8	—	DNF	—	—
E3 Harelbeke	—	—	14	2	1	30	2	108	26	17	NH	—
Gent–Wevelgem	—	49	2	1	3	10	1	3	1	32	—	—
Scheldeprijs	—	—	—	—	70	72	DNF	DNF	—	—	—	—
Brabantse Pijl	—	—	DNF	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Amstel Gold Race	—	97	3	36	—	—	—	—	4	DNF	NH	—
La Flèche Wallonne	—	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	—
Clásica de San Sebastián	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	NH	—
Hamburg Cyclassics	79	—	14	—	—	—	—	—	10	6	Not held
Bretagne Classic	7	—	DNF	—	—	—		DNF	—	—	—	—
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec	19	—	26	10	—	—	1	1	—	2	Not held
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal	2	—	12	1	—	—	2	9	—	18

General classification results timeline[]

Stage race general classification results
Race	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Tour Down Under	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	71	32	55	—	NH
Tour of Qatar	—	—	39	—	—	6	—	Race discontinued
Tour of Oman	—	—	36	DNF	49	51	—	—	—	—	Not held
Paris–Nice	16	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—
Tirreno–Adriatico	—	—	43	33	29	50	2	47	43	105	—	130
Volta a Catalunya	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NH	126
Tour de Romandie	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		77
Tour of California	8	35	42	56	55	1	35	39	58	79	Not held
Critérium du Dauphiné	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—
Tour de Suisse	DNF	50	65	48	68	30	111	72	76	76	NH	—
Tour de Pologne	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	35	—	—	—	—
/ BinckBank Tour	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	7	—	—	—	42

Major championships timeline[]

Event		2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Olympic Games	Road race	Not held			34	Not held			—	Not held				—
	Cross-country				—				35					—
World Championships	Team time trial	Not held			4	7	9	27	—	—	—	Not held
	Road race	—	DNF	12	14	6	43	1	1	1	DNF	5	—	26
European Championships	Road race	Elite race did not exist until 2016							1	—	DNF	—	—	DNF
National Championships	Time trial	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Road race	10	—	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	4	—	1

Grand Tour record[]

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	92	117
Stages won	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Points classification	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1
Tour de France	—	42	82	60	46	95	DSQ-4	71	82	84	DNS-12
Stages won	—	3	1	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0
Points classification	—	1	1	1	1	1	—	1	1	2	—
Vuelta a España	121	—	—	DNF-14	DNS-9	—	—	119	—	—	—
Stages won	3	—	—	0	1	—	—	0	—	—	—
Points classification	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—

Legend

1	Winner
2–3	Top three-finish
4–10	Top ten-finish
11–	Other finish
DNE	Did Not Enter
DNF-x	Did Not Finish (retired on stage x)
DNS-x	Did Not Start (not started on stage x)
HD	Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x)
DSQ	Disqualified
N/A	Race/classification not held
NR	Not Ranked in this classification

Number of wins per year[]

This table includes number of wins, second-, third-, top 10-place finishes, Points classification wins and race days per year excluding UCI level 2 races.

	2009[23]	2010[24]	2011[25]	2012[26]	2013[27]	2014[28]	2015[29]	2016[30]	2017[31]	2018[32]	2019[33]	2020[34]	2021[35]	Total
Wins	0	5	15	16	22	7	10	14	12	8	4	1	5	119
2nd	0	8	7	8	10	11	18	12	11	10	8	6	3	112
3rd	0	1	4	5	5	7	5	6	4	8	5	3	4	57
Top 3	0	14	26	29	37	25	33	32	27	26	17	10	12	288
Top 10	1	23	35	40	50	46	52	47	37	44	35	22	23	455
Points	0	2	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	3	2	0	2	38
Days	1	51	75	77	90	91	79	73	61	82	71	64	70	885

World ranking[]

Ranking	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
UCI World Tour	—	44	21	8	4	15	17	1	4	2	No individual standings
UCI One Day Race	Ranking did not exist										10	52	91
UCI Stage Race											36	41	47
UCI World Ranking	Ranking did not exist							1	3	4	10	45	57
UCI America Tour	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	66	—	—	—	—	—
UCI Asia Tour	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—
UCI Europe Tour	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	193	460	9	35	48

Cyclo-cross[]

Mountain Bike[]

Awards[]

• Slovak Sportsperson of the Year: 2013, 2015, 2017
• Vélo d'Or: 2016^[36]

References[]

External links[]

• Peter Sagan at Cycling Archives
• Peter Sagan at CQ Ranking
• Peter Sagan at ProCyclingStats
• Peter Sagan at WVcycling
• Peter Sagan at Cyclocross24