Peter Sagan has surgery less than two weeks before Olympic road race
Peter Sagan tangled with Caleb Ewan on the third stage of the race and went down hard at high speed.
Three-time world champion Peter Sagan had surgery to treat an infection in his right knee that occurred following a crash at the Tour de France, leaving his status for the Tokyo Olympics in question less than two weeks before they begin.
Sagan tangled with Caleb Ewan on the third stage of the race and went down hard at high speed.
The knee was hit by the chainring on his bike, leaving a deep gash that his Bora-Hansgrohe team treated with antibiotic ointment through the past 10 days. But eventually the infection became too serious for Sagan to continue with the race.
The surgery was performed near his home in Monaco and Sagan said he hopes to resume training in a couple days.
“We did everything possible on site at the Tour, but even antibiotic treatment couldn’t prevent an infection,” said team physician Christopher Edler.
