Sagan to recon Rio Olympics course after Tour de San Luis
Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) will begin his season at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina and the world champion will take advantage of the trip to South America to reconnoitre the 2016 Olympic Games road race course in Rio de Janeiro before he returns to Europe.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Sagan will ride the circuit, which features over 4,400 metres of vertical climbing, on January 26, two days after the conclusion of the Tour de San Luis, before attending an event organised by Specialized in Sao Paolo on January 27.
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The Slovak did not take the trouble to visit Richmond before his World Championships victory, incidentally, reasoning at the time: "The preparation is more important than looking at the course. We’ll ride around it I don’t know how many times in the race anyway, no?"
Sagan will reportedly undertake a stint of altitude training on his return to Europe before resuming competition at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne on February 27 and 28, his first appearance at Belgium’s Opening Weekend since his debut season in 2010.
Sagan is not the only rider to avail of the early-season trek to the Tour de San Luis to check out the Olympics course. Vincenzo Nibali will stop in Rio next week en route to Argentina to reconnoitre the circuit.
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