Peter Sagan: 'Rainbow jersey or not, I have to keep training'

Peter Sagan says that he is not going to rest on his laurels, and is aiming to hit the 2016 season in peak form for the classics

Peter Sagan at the 2016 Giro d'Italia presentation

(Image credit: Gregor Brown)

Newly-crowned world champion, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) recognises that he still will have to sacrifice his life to remain on top.

The Slovak won the World Championships road race last weekend in Richmond, USA. He sat through the 2016 Giro d'Italia presentation near Milan today and rushed to the Malpensa airport to board a flight for Abu Dhabi, where he will debut in his new rainbow jersey on Thursday.

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