Peter Sagan must have forgotten his razor as he sports hairy legs in San Luis time trial

Peter Sagan shows off a pair of hairy legs in the team time trial at the Tour de San Luis, bucking the trend of professional cyclists worldwide

Peter Sagan can do whatever he wants and pull it off, it seems. From white shorts with his World Champion's kit to serenading his new wife while dressed as Danny from Grease in a bizarre video.

But to start 2016 Sagan has taken it one step further by seemingly shunning a cycling tradition and competing with hairy legs.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.