Peter Sagan accuses younger generation of 'lacking respect' and says 'everyone pees on everyone' in peloton

Peter Sagan has accused cycling’s younger generation of “lacking respect” and says the peloton at most races is “total anarchy”. Three-time world champion Sagan started out on the professional tour in 2010. Ad/> He made his debut for new team TotalEnergies at the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var in February, and has criticised riders for not even stopping for a comfort break.

Tour de FranceSagan to ride the Tour de France as 22 teams are confirmed11/02/2022 AT 12:35 “The bathroom break just doesn’t exist anymore,” he told Het Nieuwsblad. “I saw it again in the Haut Var. You used to have the fixed time to stop to pee together.

Now everyone is peeing from their bicycles. I then ask: Is that normal? I understand if you ride the final of say the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix. But at a dead-end in the race? You don’t lose anything by stopping for a while.

Wiggins concerned for Bernal's recovery after crash Wiggins: Time running out for Thomas at Tour “They don’t even bother going to the edge of the road. No names, but they just pee in the middle of the pack. I first noticed it when as a leader in a stage race I stopped to pee.

They kept on attacking, while that used to be a moment of rest in the peloton. “Everyone pees on everyone, nasty. And if you say something about it, you’re arrogant, so to speak, because you can’t decide what someone else should do.” Sagan has previously spoken about riders “only thinking about themselves” and has said it “gets worse every year”.

He was in action over ‘opening weekend’ as he competed at both Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. He added: “Fabian Cancellara used to say a lot of things about me, very provocative, especially for the classics. “It always made me laugh