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racing career 22, 86, 224–6
Team Peter and 224–6, 228
Tinkoff and 172
training rides with PS 265, 266
Tarmac, Specialized 276
Tchmil, Andrei 275
Team Peter 216–29, 241
bets/wagers and 84–7
birth of 23
BORA – hansgrohe move and 192–5, 196
captain of/agent 219–22 see also Lombardi, Giovanni
directeur sporitf (DS) 226–8, 271 see also Vila, Patxi
Juraj Sagan 218–19
mechanics 228–9
personal coach 224–6 see also Szmyd, Sylwester and Vila, Patxi
personalities within 216–29
PS contract negotiations and 63
PS thoughts of quitting cycling and 31, 49, 104
road manager 229 see also Uboldi, Gabriele
soigneur 222–4 see also Hlad, Maroš
team mates 216–17
Tinkoff and 41–2, 110, 117
Tour de France (2017) controversy and/yacht party 241–6
Terpstra, Niki 256, 273
Paris-Roubaix (2018) 285, 288, 290, 291
Tour of Flanders (2017) 210
Tour of Flanders (2018) 274, 275
World Championships (2016) and 187
World Championships (2017) and 9
Thomas, Geraint 156
Tinkoff 227
BORA – hansgrohe team atmosphere compared to 230–1, 271
contract negotiations with PS 61–3, 221–3, 284
demise of 117, 191
Oleg Tinkov and see Tinkov, Oleg
PS as world champion, changes within in reaction to 110–13
PS joins 40–54
PS leaves 117–18, 191–5, 196, 201–2
PS on 114–18
tensions/rivalries in management of 42–4, 45, 58
(2015) season 57–68, 84–99
(2016) season 121–31, 144–89
Tinkov, Oleg 49, 52
Bjarne Riis and 42–4, 45, 58
closes Tinkoff team 117, 191, 192
contract negotiations with PS 61–3, 221, 222, 284
Feltrin and 58
Olympic MTB Race/shape of PS (2016) season and 145, 148–9, 150, 151, 156, 158, 171, 172, 173, 176, 177–8, 179, 181, 182
personality 40, 61–3, 89, 115–18, 193, 271
possible return to cycling of 117
PS arrival at Tinkoff and 40
team owner, style as 115–18
Tour de France ambitions 154
Tirreno-Adriatico:
(2015) 43–4
(2017) 230, 231
Tour de France 22, 74, 75, 117, 123, 134, 139, 146, 147, 148, 180, 220, 224, 227, 251, 254, 255, 256, 279
green jersey 20, 23, 29, 31, 58, 59, 63, 66, 67–8, 85, 151, 152, 153, 154, 156, 159, 171, 220, 231, 234, 236, 255
(1986) 60
(1996) 40
(1997) 40
(2008) 254
(2012) 27–9, 85
(2013) 29
(2014) 30–1, 237
(2015) 57–68, 85, 221, 284
(2016) 14, 149, 150–9, 171
(2017) 202, 231–41, 243
yellow jersey 28, 53, 58, 64, 65, 152, 153, 154, 156
Tour de Romandie 46
Tour de Suisse (2018) 195
Tour Down Under 74
(2010) 24–5, 51
(2017) 201–2
(2018) 46, 138
Tour of California 57, 74, 148
(2010) 26
(2011) 26
(2015) 9, 52–4, 104
(2017) 202, 231
Tour of Flanders (De Ronde van Vlaanderen) 52, 62, 74, 119, 122, 123, 124, 134, 278, 290–1
(2012) 26
(2013) 30, 73, 120–1
(2014) 30
(2016) 119, 125–31
(2017) 202, 206–12, 230
(2018) 271, 274–5, 276
Tour of Poland (2009) 22–3
Tour of Spain 88
Tour of Switzerland:
(2015) 57, 62
(2017) 231
Trentin, Matteo 10, 12, 13
Uboldi, Gabriele:
European Road Championships (2016) 179, 180, 181
FIFA 18 opponent for PS 113, 162, 198
head shaved by sister of PS 80–1
Olympics (2016) and 145, 159, 160, 161, 162, 167, 169, 223
Paris-Roubaix (2018) and 292
PS as world champion, guidance of career and 110–13
PS road manager 28
relationship with PS 110–12, 229
Team Peter and 229
Tour de France (2016) and 152–3
Tour de France (2017) 235, 237, 241
Tour of California and 52, 54
Tour of Flanders (2017) and 211, 212
wagers with PS 28, 188, 196, 197–200, 292
World Championships (2016) and 186, 187, 188, 199–200
World Championships (2017) and 264, 266
yacht party, summer (2017) and 243, 244
UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) 2, 8, 13, 15, 20, 24, 47, 71, 82, 87, 89, 91, 103, 105, 109, 134, 151, 192, 199, 204, 218, 251, 257, 262, 268, 271, 293
doping and 58, 132
Junior World Championships see Junior World Championships, UCI
Mountain Bike World Championships see Mountain Bike World Championships, UCI
rainbow jersey 2, 7, 8, 13, 15, 75, 109–10, 128–9, 137, 138, 153, 167, 175, 176, 178, 182, 184, 188, 199, 204, 207, 210, 212, 257, 262, 268, 293
road-ranking points 148, 149, 224
rules on coaches 42
Tour de France (2017) and 240, 245
World Cycling Championship see World Cycling Championship, UCI
Ulissi, Diego 257
Ullrich, Jan 40, 218, 292
Urán, Rigoberto 11, 174, 261
Utah, U.S. 55, 57, 74, 159–60, 260
Valach, Ján:
cycling career 35–6
European Road Championships (2016) and 180–1
Olympics (2012) and 142
Paris-Roubaix (2018) and 288, 290
Peter Sagan Academy and 36
Team Peter and 228–9
World Championships (2016) and 186
World Championships (2017) and 12, 264
Valgren, Michael 90–1
Valverde, Alejandro:
PS and 249
Szmyd and 225
Tour de France (2015) 58, 65–6
Tour de France (2016) 152
Tour de France (2017) 231
Van Avermaet, Greg (GVA) 273
Daniel Oss and 217
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal (2017) 263
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (2016) 174
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (2017) 261
Milan-San Remo (2016) 122
Olympics (2016) 167–8, 169–70, 258
Paris-Roubaix (2017) 213, 214
Paris-Roubaix (2018) 280, 281, 285, 288, 290, 291
talent and personality 258–9
Tour de France (2015) 68
Tour de France (2016) 153
Tour de France (2017) 233
Tour of Flanders (2017) 208, 209, 210
Tour of Flanders (2018) 275
World Championships (2015) 96, 97, 98
World Championships (2016) 185, 186
World Championships (2017) 261
Van der Poel, Adrie 291
Van Looy, Rik 211, 258
Vanmarcke, Sep:
Gent-Wevelgem (2016) 124
Paris-Roubaix (2018) 285, 291
Tour of Flanders (2016) 127, 129, 130, 131
Venge, Specialized 276
Vila, Patxi 87, 104, 147
altitude training and 55, 56–7
directeur sporitf (DS) 228
Paris-Roubaix (2018) and 270, 271, 272, 277–8
PS personal coach, becomes 49–50, 51, 227
racing career 226–7
Team Peter and 226–7
Vinokourov, Alex
ander 143
Viviani, Elia 94, 104, 185, 186, 274
Vleuten, Annemiek van 170
Vos, Marianne 170
Vuelta e España 227
(2011) 26
(2015) 88–9
(2016) 146, 148, 149
Wallays, Jelle 286, 288, 290
Wiggins, Bradley 58–9, 60, 271
World Cycling Championship, UCI 74, 83, 142, 148, 206, 207, 218–19, 233, 257, 258, 278, 289
‘curse of the rainbow jersey’ 109–10
dropout rates 4–5
rainbow jersey, UCI 2, 7, 8, 13, 15, 75, 109–10, 128–9, 137, 138, 153, 167, 175, 176, 178, 182, 184, 188, 199, 204, 207, 210, 212, 257, 262, 268, 293
(2005), Plouay, France 171, 188
(2011), Copenhagen, Denmark 188
(2012), Limburg, Netherlands 89, 188
(2015), Richmond, U.S. 17, 20, 35, 75, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89–91
road race 91–9, 103–4, 109, 121, 131, 173, 175, 185, 233
Team Time Trial (TTT) 89–91
(2016), Doha, Qatar 4, 5, 15, 35, 101, 146, 149, 176, 177, 182–8, 196, 197, 199–200, 292
(2017), Bergen, Norway:
road race 1–3, 4–15, 35, 75, 138, 189, 200–1, 202, 246, 255, 261–2, 263–8
Team Time Trial (TTT) 3–4, 263–5
(2018), Innsbruck, Austria 46
Yates, Sean 58–9, 60, 87, 147, 167, 270, 271
Zabel, Erik 23, 220, 231
Zanatta, Stefano 215, 255, 284
Zani, Paolo 85
Zánický, Peter 38
Zubeldia, Haimar 53
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