After his fall, Sagan continued until stage 11, but was then forced to dismount: “In that fall, the chainring hit my knee and that caused a deep wound,” Sagan told the Bora-hansgrohe site yesterday.
“We did everything we could to prevent an infection, but an inflammation developed in the bursa on top of the patellar tendon. That’s why I had to leave the Tour.”
“Now that the surgery is over, I feel a lot better.” Christopher Edler, chief of medical staff at Bora, also said the surgery went well and Sagan will be able to resume training in a few days.
The Games sounded feasible yesterday, but today the Slovak Olympic Committee came up with a counter message. Tokyo comes too early. Peter Sagan is replaced by Lukas Kubis, younger brother Juraj Sagan is the other representative of Slovakia in the road race on July 24.
At the 2012 Games in London, Sagan finished 34th in the road race, 4 years later in Rio he competed in the mountain bike.
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