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Video: Peter Sagan turns MC to introduce his team at E3 Harelbeke

World champ once again grabbing attention - but nothing else this time - on podium in Flanders

Peter Sagan's antics on a podium in Flanders have once again been grabbing attention - and, this time, nothing else - as he introduced his Tinkoff team mates at the start of today's E3 Harelbeke in the Flemish Ardennes.

Running through the line-up which includes his brother Juraj, the Italian Oscar Gatto and Great Britain's Adam Blythe, he drew laughs from fans, photographers and fellow pros from BMC Racing as he introduced the Austrian rider Michael Gogl as "Google Maps."

Sagan stelt zijn ploegmaats voor

"En dit is Google Maps! Nee, grapje, het is Gogl."Waar Peter Sagan aan de start verschijnt, kan er gelachen worden. Ook in deze donkere tijden. #e3h

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Asked who would finish second to him today, Sagan said "I am not Copperfield" - a reference to the American illusionist, David - and was told by the announcer, "You're better than Copperfield," to which the world champion replied, "Yeah, maybe after I go to Las Vegas and make some shows."

Sagan hit the headlines at the Tour of Flanders in 2013 when he finished second to Fabian Cancellara and pinched the bottom of podium hostess Maja Leye who said afterwards that she briefly considered giving him a slap, but managed to keep her composure.

> Podium hostess reveals how she kept calm when Peter Sagan pinched her bottom

The Slovakian rider was back on the podium at the end of the race but on the second step as he was beaten in the finale by his predecessor as world champion, Michal Kwiatkowski of Team Sky - and on a great day for the British team, Ian Stannard, who had been able to sit in among a chasing group including Trek Segafredo's Fabian Cancellara, finished third.

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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Colin Peyresourde | 7 years ago
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"Tell us Peter, who is going to be second....."

Awkward! I don't think he really saved it by saying  "after you?"

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CXR94Di2 | 7 years ago
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It seems when Sagan is in the break away, he loses his ability to have a killer sprint.

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