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</h2><div><p>At the tender age of 20, Peter Sagan took home his first ProTour win in stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie ahead of Francesco Gavazzi. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20113296-156867.jpg" title="Sagan's first grand tour victory came at the 2011 Vuelta, when he sprinted out of a small group in stage 5 to win ahead of Pablo Lastras. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20113296-156867-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: First grand tour win
</h2><div><p>Sagan's first grand tour victory came at the 2011 Vuelta, when he sprinted out of a small group in stage 5 to win ahead of Pablo Lastras. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20113306-157424.jpg" title="Sagan collected another grand tour stage win in the Vuelta's stage 11, this time sprinting home ahead of another future star, John Degenkolb. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20113306-157424-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2011 Vuelta stage 11
</h2><div><p>Sagan collected another grand tour stage win in the Vuelta's stage 11, this time sprinting home ahead of another future star, John Degenkolb. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20113316-158079.jpg" title="By the end of the 2011 Vuelta, Sagan had amassed an impressive three stage wins. His third victory came on the last day, when he beat Danielle Bennati, proving that the Slovak could go the distance in a grand tour. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20113316-158079-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2011 Vuelta stage 20
</h2><div><p>By the end of the 2011 Vuelta, Sagan had amassed an impressive three stage wins. His third victory came on the last day, when he beat Danielle Bennati, proving that the Slovak could go the distance in a grand tour. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123616-174481.jpg" title="Sagan's first-career Tour de France victory was earned in 2012, ahead of yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara, who had won the prologue the day before. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123616-174481-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: First Tour de France win
</h2><div><p>Sagan's first-career Tour de France victory was earned in 2012, ahead of yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara, who had won the prologue the day before. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123618-174667.jpg" title="Sagan was on fire in the 2012 Tour, winning the stage 3 sprint by a country mile ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123618-174667-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2012 Tour de France, stage 3
</h2><div><p>Sagan was on fire in the 2012 Tour, winning the stage 3 sprint by a country mile ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123621-174924.jpg" title="He also proved he could go toe-to-toe with cycling's elite sprinters, beating Andre Greipel in stage 6 in Metz to make it a hat-trick at the 2012 Tour. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123621-174924-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2012 Tour de France, stage 6
</h2><div><p>He also proved he could go toe-to-toe with cycling's elite sprinters, beating Andre Greipel in stage 6 in Metz to make it a hat-trick at the 2012 Tour. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20134196-208738.jpg" title="Sagan's first classics win was earned with style in 2013. He rode solo to victory in Gent-Wevelgem and delighted the crowds with a wheelie at the finish. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20134196-208738-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: First classics win
</h2><div><p>Sagan's first classics win was earned with style in 2013. He rode solo to victory in Gent-Wevelgem and delighted the crowds with a wheelie at the finish. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20134076-199965.jpg" title="Sagan was back to his winning ways at the 2013 Tour, coming home ahead of Degenkolb, and well on his way to winning his second green jersey. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20134076-199965-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2013 Tour de France, stage 7
</h2><div><p>Sagan was back to his winning ways at the 2013 Tour, coming home ahead of Degenkolb, and well on his way to winning his second green jersey. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SaganwinsMontrealGP913-017_1.jpg" title="Sagan took the win at Grand Prix de Montreal after a solo attack on the final climb, holding off chasers the final 6 kilometers. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | <a href="http://www.cbgphoto.com">www.cbgphoto.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SaganwinsMontrealGP913-017_1-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2013 Montreal Grand Prix
</h2><div><p>Sagan took the win at Grand Prix de Montreal after a solo attack on the final climb, holding off chasers the final 6 kilometers. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | <a href="http://www.cbgphoto.com">www.cbgphoto.com</a></p></div></li><liclass="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2014/03/SPTDW113-4.jpg" title="Sagan proved that he liked cobblestones at the 2014 E3 Harelbeke. He made the winning move and out-sprinted Niki Terpstra and Geraint Thomas for his second classics victory. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2014/03/SPTDW113-4-660x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2014 E3 Harelbeke
</h2><div><p>Sagan proved that he liked cobblestones at the 2014 E3 Harelbeke. He made the winning move and out-sprinted Niki Terpstra and Geraint Thomas for his second classics victory. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SPTDW3067.jpg" title="Sagan shocked the 2015 Tour of California by storming to an overall victory after winning the time trial and stage 4. The Slovak has always done well in California — to date, he holds 13 stage wins and three green jerseys. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | <a href="http://www.cbgphoto.com">www.cbgphoto.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SPTDW3067-660x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2015 Amgen Tour of California GC
</h2><div><p>Sagan shocked the 2015 Tour of California by storming to an overall victory after winning the time trial and stage 4. The Slovak has always done well in California — to date, he holds 13 stage wins and three green jerseys. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | <a href="http://www.cbgphoto.com">www.cbgphoto.com</a></p></div></li><liclass="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/11_20150824_©BrakeThrough-Media_A10O24471.jpg" title="After a long drought without a grand tour stage win, Sagan out-sprinted Nacer Bouhanni in Malaga. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/11_20150824_©BrakeThrough-Media_A10O24471-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2015 Vuelta, stage 3
</h2><div><p>After a long drought without a grand tour stage win, Sagan out-sprinted Nacer Bouhanni in Malaga. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com</p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SPTDW1210.jpg"title="Sagan was pure class on Sunday at Richmond worlds, attacking on the steep 23rd Street climb, and riding fearlessly in the final corners to claim victory and the rainbow jersey ahead of a charging peloton. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SPTDW1210-660x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: Richmond worlds
</h2><div><p>Sagan was pure class on Sunday at Richmond worlds, attacking on the steep 23rd Street climb, and riding fearlessly in the final corners to claim victory and the rainbow jersey ahead of a charging peloton. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><a href="https://www.circsource.com/store/Subscribe.html?magazineId=364&sourceCode=I8ABNN"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/08/VeloSubOffer_640x480.jpg" /></a></li></ul></div></div>
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</h2><div><p>Sagan collected another grand tour stage win in the Vuelta's stage 11, this time sprinting home ahead of another future star, John Degenkolb. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20113316-158079.jpg" title="By the end of the 2011 Vuelta, Sagan had amassed an impressive three stage wins. His third victory came on the last day, when he beat Danielle Bennati, proving that the Slovak could go the distance in a grand tour. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20113316-158079-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2011 Vuelta stage 20
</h2><div><p>By the end of the 2011 Vuelta, Sagan had amassed an impressive three stage wins. His third victory came on the last day, when he beat Danielle Bennati, proving that the Slovak could go the distance in a grand tour. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123616-174481.jpg" title="Sagan's first-career Tour de France victory was earned in 2012, ahead of yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara, who had won the prologue the day before. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123616-174481-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: First Tour de France win
</h2><div><p>Sagan's first-career Tour de France victory was earned in 2012, ahead of yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara, who had won the prologue the day before. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123618-174667.jpg" title="Sagan was on fire in the 2012 Tour, winning the stage 3 sprint by a country mile ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123618-174667-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2012 Tour de France, stage 3
</h2><div><p>Sagan was on fire in the 2012 Tour, winning the stage 3 sprint by a country mile ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123621-174924.jpg" title="He also proved he could go toe-to-toe with cycling's elite sprinters, beating Andre Greipel in stage 6 in Metz to make it a hat-trick at the 2012 Tour. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20123621-174924-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2012 Tour de France, stage 6
</h2><div><p>He also proved he could go toe-to-toe with cycling's elite sprinters, beating Andre Greipel in stage 6 in Metz to make it a hat-trick at the 2012 Tour. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20134196-208738.jpg" title="Sagan's first classics win was earned with style in 2013. He rode solo to victory in Gent-Wevelgem and delighted the crowds with a wheelie at the finish. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20134196-208738-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: First classics win
</h2><div><p>Sagan's first classics win was earned with style in 2013. He rode solo to victory in Gent-Wevelgem and delighted the crowds with a wheelie at the finish. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20134076-199965.jpg" title="Sagan was back to his winning ways at the 2013 Tour, coming home ahead of Degenkolb, and well on his way to winning his second green jersey. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/20134076-199965-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2013 Tour de France, stage 7
</h2><div><p>Sagan was back to his winning ways at the 2013 Tour, coming home ahead of Degenkolb, and well on his way to winning his second green jersey. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SaganwinsMontrealGP913-017_1.jpg" title="Sagan took the win at Grand Prix de Montreal after a solo attack on the final climb, holding off chasers the final 6 kilometers. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | <a href="http://www.cbgphoto.com">www.cbgphoto.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SaganwinsMontrealGP913-017_1-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2013 Montreal Grand Prix
</h2><div><p>Sagan took the win at Grand Prix de Montreal after a solo attack on the final climb, holding off chasers the final 6 kilometers. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | <a href="http://www.cbgphoto.com">www.cbgphoto.com</a></p></div></li><liclass="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2014/03/SPTDW113-4.jpg" title="Sagan proved that he liked cobblestones at the 2014 E3 Harelbeke. He made the winning move and out-sprinted Niki Terpstra and Geraint Thomas for his second classics victory. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2014/03/SPTDW113-4-660x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2014 E3 Harelbeke
</h2><div><p>Sagan proved that he liked cobblestones at the 2014 E3 Harelbeke. He made the winning move and out-sprinted Niki Terpstra and Geraint Thomas for his second classics victory. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SPTDW3067.jpg" title="Sagan shocked the 2015 Tour of California by storming to an overall victory after winning the time trial and stage 4. The Slovak has always done well in California — to date, he holds 13 stage wins and three green jerseys. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | <a href="http://www.cbgphoto.com">www.cbgphoto.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SPTDW3067-660x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2015 Amgen Tour of California GC
</h2><div><p>Sagan shocked the 2015 Tour of California by storming to an overall victory after winning the time trial and stage 4. The Slovak has always done well in California — to date, he holds 13 stage wins and three green jerseys. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | <a href="http://www.cbgphoto.com">www.cbgphoto.com</a></p></div></li><liclass="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/11_20150824_©BrakeThrough-Media_A10O24471.jpg" title="After a long drought without a grand tour stage win, Sagan out-sprinted Nacer Bouhanni in Malaga. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/11_20150824_©BrakeThrough-Media_A10O24471-659x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: 2015 Vuelta, stage 3
</h2><div><p>After a long drought without a grand tour stage win, Sagan out-sprinted Nacer Bouhanni in Malaga. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com</p></div></li><li class="slide"><div class="viewLargerImage"><a class="fancybox" rel="gallery" href="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SPTDW1210.jpg"title="Sagan was pure class on Sunday at Richmond worlds, attacking on the steep 23rd Street climb, and riding fearlessly in the final corners to claim victory and the rainbow jersey ahead of a charging peloton. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.com target="_blank">TDWsport.com</a>" onClick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Image Gallery Carousel', 'Enlarge', 'View Larger Image']);">View Larger Image.</a></div><a href="#" class="p-next-img"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/09/SPTDW1210-660x440.jpg" class="cover secondary"/></a><h2 class="slideHed">Peter Sagan's top victories: Richmond worlds
</h2><div><p>Sagan was pure class on Sunday at Richmond worlds, attacking on the steep 23rd Street climb, and riding fearlessly in the final corners to claim victory and the rainbow jersey ahead of a charging peloton. Photo: Tim De Waele | <a href=http://www.tdwsport.comtarget="_blank">TDWsport.com</a></p></div></li><li class="slide"><a href="https://www.circsource.com/store/Subscribe.html?magazineId=364&sourceCode=I8ABNN"><img src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2015/08/VeloSubOffer_640x480.jpg" /></a></li></ul></div></div>
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