Sagan uses top of cycling podium as pulpit for world peace (The Associated Press)

Peter Sagan had just climbed to the top step of the podium at cycling’s world championships on Sunday when the Slovakian star turned the spotlight on issues far greater than a bike race. ”We live in the moment now,” Sagan said, ”but maybe in the future, I don’t know. The 25-year-old Sagan was born in the former Czechoslovakia less than a year after the Velvet Revolution restored democracy in the country.