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Peter Sagan's book - My World

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The book My World is Peter's personal statement full of emotions and tension, but also information from behind the scenes, which no sports enthusiast can miss.

In this book, you will read about the beginnings of his career, what he experienced in the Tinkoff team and how he has experienced the most important races in the last three years. We will learn what his view of Slovakia is, as well as some of his privacy. He talks about relationships with the closest people and other competitors. However, he also talks about his big disappointments, such as the disqualification from the 2017 Tour de France.

Samples from the book:

(Spring 2015)
In retrospect, 2014 was not so bad, as - as a patch for all the difficulties - I won the third green jersey in the Tour de France scoring competition and scored seven more victories, but it was really terrible. I was realistic enough to know that I should think more about my rise so far. I was already known and they took care of me in every race, which inevitably led to a reduction in the number of my victories. I have been concentrating more and more on big races like Around Flanders or Roubaix, which are harder to win - that's their point, and everyone needs a little luck for that. I was even willing to come to terms with the fact that I would just step on the water for a season if it was to move me forward in the long run.

But this was not stepping on water. It was forever. I wasn't worth anything. I was constantly exhausted. I won the green jersey again, but in 2014 I left the Tour de France for the first time without a stage victory. No flying salute. Doriti, not even the usual winning salute. I seemed to disappoint everyone: my friends, my family, Peter's team, my teammates, Cannondale (renamed Liquigas), in short, everyone. It's time for a change. Otherwise, I will return to Žilina and give up the whole thing.

(Winter 2015)
We got married in Dolný Kubín, Katka's birthplace. As part of the preparations, I bought a white Cadillac, which we were supposed to take to the ceremony, but like the monster, it broke down the day before. However, I was determined not to let my plans come to my wedding in a truly exceptional car, so I got the second best model - an old green Trabant.

It was driven by my friend Martin, and for coughing and sizzling the engine, we made our way among all the friends and locals who came to congratulate us. However, the first stop was not to be a church, but Catherine's parents' house, to keep an important tradition. To be honest, I'm not sure if this is a traditional Slovak ritual or just a custom in lower Kubín, as I've never seen it before. A slender tree trunk lay across the driveway to the house. The groom's job was to pierce him with an old rusty hand saw so he could continue on his way. So I set to work. After a few minutes of fun and struggling with a blunt saw, the crowd began to crumble. Warmth came over me, and when a trickle of sweat ran down my skin under the heavy wedding suit I was wearing, I began to wonder if we shouldn't have started it the day before. But then, fortunately, my cavalry came, or rather Martin, who appeared by my side with a gas saw, which was found by a compassionate local. It was more to my liking, and the golden brocade that adorned my traditional dress was now more threatened by sawdust than sweat.

Vrrr. Prask. Thank God for that chainsaw. Otherwise, I would have been there so far, pinning my notch with the old blade in the woods, while on the steps of the church, Catherine would look angrily at her watch until her hair was as white as the wedding dress. I like traditions like everyone else, but I planned to get married that day.

(Autumn 2017)
There were about fifteen riders left in the group I was in. We later learned that the TV signal had dropped out at this point, which caused confusion and despair at the finish line, both among spectators and support teams, and led to mass nail biting. Since there is no visual evidence, I could now come up with a story about how I overtook everyone in a one-handed rear-wheel drive and launched a crushing attack that left the others in the dust for miles behind me. Then I stopped at the penultimate corner, where I drank beer and allowed the others to catch up with me, because I had a bad feeling about how I ruined the day for everyone.

However, the truth is that there was almost the same chaos in the group as in front of the snowing TV screen. As we were drawn to the approaching goal, we passed Vasil Kiryienka and my teammate from BORY - Hansgrös Lukas Pöstlberger, who represented Austria. Are they all? Not. I didn't see Alaphilippa. And I'm sure I've seen at least one Colombian on the road ahead, either Rigobert Uranus or Fernando Gaviria, or even both. But! Who is that Dan? Who actually leads in these races? And can we catch up with him?

Come on, Peter, I thought. Scroll to the destination and take care of the location afterwards. Now we were flying around the port, the road turned left, then right, and finally it was about a hundred-meter straight line to the finish line. My heart was in my throat, I felt blood on my tongue. You're close, Peter. Don't do it without trying.

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Môj svet, alebo čo prináša kniha Petra Sagana fanúšikom cyklistiky

Na túto knihu som bol veľmi zvedavý, pretože ma zaujímal pohľad do zákulisia najväčších pretekov a všetkého, čo človek vidí v televízii, alebo vo videách na internete.

Musím sa priznať, že prvá kniha, ktorú som mal v ruke (Peter Sagan Tourminátor) ma veľmi nezaujala a ani som ju nedočítal. Jednoducho sa mi nepáčil štýl, akým bola písaná, čo je vždy subjektívna záležitosť. Ale túto som doslova zhltol a rozhodne ju odporúčam všetkým fanúšikom cyklistiky. Prečo?

Je totiž písaná tak, že si viete veľa momentov doslova predstaviť, ako sa dejú a hlavne bude baviť tých, ktorých zaujíma v prvom rade cyklistika, než bulvár a omáčky okolo. Aj keď ani tým sa nevyhnete, no vždy sú v súlade s tým, čo sa dialo na pretekoch, prípadne súvisia s úspechom a neúspechom. Predsa len profesionálna cyklistika nie je už len o trénovaní a jazdení – veci okolo, sponzori, vzťah so šéfom, PR povinnosti. To všetko má na konečný výsledok viac než výrazný vplyv a vyhnúť sa tomu jednoducho nedá. Idea, že si človek len sadne na bicykel, odtrénuje a vyloží nohy, už je dávno minulosťou...

Nielen úspech

Veď určite si pamätáte sezónu 2015, teda presne tú, v ktorej sa Saganovi naozaj nedarilo a na dôležitých klasikách sa viditeľne trápil – spomína sa aj možný koniec kariéry. Možno si pamätáte ako na E3 Harelbeke doslova zvesil vyčerpaný nohy pár km pred cieľom a to bol v čelnom úniku so Štybarom a Thomasom. Stále bol samozrejme vidieť, no ľudia si veľmi rýchlo zvyknú len na víťazstvá a tie neprichádzali. Mnohí si mysleli, že už je vyhorený a Tinkoff len vyhodil peniaze z okna. Potom sa všetko začalo pomaličky otáčať na Tour of California, ktorú nečakane celú vyhral aj vďaka heroickému výkonu na stúpaní Mt.Baldy. Zlatým klincom a obrovskou úľavou bol prvý titul Majstra sveta z Richmondu. Čo všetko stálo za takýmto obratom?


Rovnako ako prebiehala trochu bláznivá účasť na olympijských hrách v Riu 2016, na ktorých sa predstavil na horskom bicykli. Doslova famózny štart z úplného konca, pohyb na čele v prvej skupine a následná séria defektov, za ktoré môže len on sám. Táto návšteva terénu rozhodne nebola len tak a neboli z toho všetci nadšení. Ako to dopadlo vieme, no návšteva do sveta MTB a olympiády je veľmi zaujímavá.


Pritom všetkom nechýba aj celkový pohľad Sagana na Olega Tinkova. Tento dočasný mecenáš sa zjavil ako vietor a následne aj zmizol. Pritom sa rozhodne nejednalo o tichého milionára a svoje názory dával patrične najavo. Všetko má ale aj svoje pozitívne stránky, o ktorých sa dozviete. Takýchto pohľadov aj na ďalších členov tímu a najbližších je viacero a dobre pretínajú jednotlivé kapitoly o cyklistike – teda tvoria vždy akési intermezzo.

Hlavne cyklistika

A práve to sa mi na knihe páčilo najviac. Je v nej hlavne veľa informácií a osobitého pohľadu na jednotlivé významné preteky a ak si ich pamätáte, bude sa vám kniha výborne čítať a všetko do seba zapadať. Prípadne stačí YouTube a môžete si ich osviežiť – tu už by snáď chýbal akurát nejaký priamy odkaz na video priamo v knihe . Následne si viete všetko dokonale predstaviť a bude vás kniha skutočne baviť. Či už sú to všetky 3 tituly majstra sveta vrátane skutočne najnudnejšej trate v histórii v Dauha, rôzne etapy Tour de France, prvý víťazný monument Okolo Flámska v dúhovom drese alebo legendárne Paríž Roubaix.



Nechýbajú ani tie, ktoré tak úplne nevyšli vrátane slávneho zachytenia bundy na Okolo Flámska, ktorá znamenala definitívny koniec aj pre bicykel a okuliare.


Prípadne, čo sa Paris-Roubaix týka, zrejme ste zachytili rýchlu opravu bicykla priamo počas pretekov. Ale vedeli ste, že tomu predchádzala ešte pomerne dlhá snaha a nie úplne vyberané spôsoby? .


No a taktiež najväčší škandál s vynúteným odchodom z Tour de France 2017 po kolízii s Markom Cavendishom. Paradoxne aj to otvorilo cestu za následným úspechom na Majstrovstvách sveta v Bergene. Veľa ľudí vníma len samotný úspech v Nórsku, ktorý zatienil všetko ostatné. No vedeli ste, že pár dní predtým a dokonca ešte priamo na štarte to nevyzeralo vôbec tak slávne? Resp. možno áno, ale detailný pohľad vie všetko celkom dobre ozrejmiť a dať to kontextu. Cyklistika je rozhodne tvrdý šport bez ohľadu na to, aké máte predpoklady alebo meno.


Why so serious

Celá kniha sa nesie v duchu Petra Sagana a jeho osobného motta: „why so serious“. Áno toho, ktoré tak rád používal Joker v Batmanovi a ktoré dokonale vystihuje celú jeho osobu. Žiadna pretvárka, alebo vytváranie "umelého" imidžu. Sagan je taký, ako ho vidíte, aj keď to niekedy trochu prepískne. Pritom mu ale nikdy nechýba rešpekt voči súperom. Rovnako si veľa ľudí myslí, že Greg Van Avermaet mu zrejme musí poriadne ležať v bruchu, keďže s ním neraz tesne prehral. Alebo ako mu Michal Kwiatkovski vyfúkol prvenstvo na Milano-Sanremo o milimetre v šprinte. Nič také, žiadne reči o tom, kto ťahal viac a kto menej, žiadne výhovorky. Dôležitý je rešpekt voči súperom a snaha sa z neúspechu poučiť a nechať hovoriť radšej nohy. To by si mali prečítať najmä všetci „cyklo-fanatici“ a znalci, čo si dookola melú len to svoje a prehry prežívajú horšie ako samotný jazdec. Veď sú to stále len preteky...

Rozhodne neberte tento text ako recenziu. Skôr som chcel poukázať na to, že v knihe je cyklistiky viac než dosť a bude sa určite páčiť aj tým, ktorých nebavia zbytočné omáčky okolo, ale pohľad na samotné preteky a ako sa to všetko vyvíjalo. Navyše ak ešte nemáte vianočný darček, rozhodne sa jedná o výborný tip a knižku nájdete aj u nás v MTBIKER shope.
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