World champion Peter Sagan has signed up to Eurosport for the Tour de France, which starts in Düsseldorf on Saturday and will be answering fans’ questions throughout the race during the TV channel’s coverage.
The 27-year-old Bora-Hansgrohe rider, who is seeking a record-equalling sixth green jersey, will respond on air to questions chosen from social media posts that carry the #AskSagan hashtag.
Questions can be put to the Slovak through the Eurosport Twitter, Facebook or Instagram accounts, as well as through Sagan’s own Facebook and Twitter feeds.
Sagan said: "I'm delighted to partner with Eurosport for this project that will further connect fans and spectators with the great sport of cycling.
“Be creative, ask me your questions using the #AskSagan hashtag and I will reply to the best ones every day during the Tour de France."
Laurence Schirrecker-Mothes, Eurosport’s Global Head of Cycling Production, commented: “Peter is the most recognisable and charismatic rider in the peloton – he truly transcends the sport – so we are delighted to be partnering with him.
“His success, style and fun-loving attitude has earned him a global fan base and we are thrilled that our viewers across Europe, and around the world via our digital platforms, will get the chance to put their questions to him during the Tour.”
The initiative will kick off with a Facebook Live event in Düsseldorf this Thursday.
Token do some good square taper bottom brackets, I have three on the family Islabikes. The bearings needed to be replaced after a couple of seasons...
Are you saying that whenever you travel you make it a priority to do the jouney in a time-inefficient manner?...
Family of three left shaken after horrific car crash into Bexley front garden...
I guess if you conduct a few small scale studies, too small to produce statistically significant results, they will likely throw up some...
Nice bit of victim blaming there.. like motorists saying cyclists riding on roads at much slower speeds than motor vehicles are part of the problem...
I had a similar size truck do such a close pass that I only managed to avoid contact by moving right over to the gutter; unfortunately no camera at...
"To save the street (for motor vehicle access) we had to destroy it".
I've cycled down Star Lane many times! I enjoyed that (half of) it was closed to traffic (less than it was ankle-deep in mud in winter at the east...
As I remember it Nibali's ride that day was incredible. A lot of very good technique.
Only one camera...