Peter Sagan cheekily stuck out his tongue after pulling on his third rainbow jersey in the elite men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Bergen and continued to show his unique, often brash and unpredictable character, as he talked about his latest stunning victory.
"I don't know, maybe it's karma that I won," Sagan said as he sat between Alexander Kristoff (Norway) and Michael Matthews (Australia), who he beat in the sprint, in the post-race press conference.
"I'm very happy. It's a special win for me, it's unbelievable. There are a lot of races in a year but this one is special. You need luck, it's a lottery, it could have happened or maybe not."
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Sagan was invisible for much of the 267km race, sitting near the back of the peloton as the laps counted down and riders were dropped or used up their chances in the attacks.
Sagan played a waiting game, gambling that Julian Alaphilippe's strong attack would be caught and that the race would come back together. He tried one move in the final kilometres and then focused on his sprint. He ensured that he was on Kristoff's wheel coming out of the final corner and then managed to go shoulder to shoulder with the Norwegian before winning with a perfectly-timed bike throw.
He explained he again raced in instinct rather than a carefully planned race tactic.
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