Cycling-World champion Sagan swaps road for mountains in Rio (Reuters)
Slovakia’s world road race champion Peter Sagan will compete in the mountain bike event at the Rio Olympics, returning to the discipline in which he began his career. Sagan, who will ride this year’s Tour de France for his Tinkoff-Saxo team, has been handed Slovakia’s only spot for the mountain bike race which will take place on Aug. 21. “Everyone thought that Peter Sagan, as world champion will start the road race.