Peter Sagan abandons first road race after Olympics with illness

World champion Peter Sagan withdraws during the Bretagne Classic (GP Plouay) in France on Sunday suffering with a virus

Peter Sagan, 2016 Tour de France (Sunada)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

World champion Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) was forced to drop out of the Bretagne Classic-Ouest France on Sunday after suffering from an illness.

Sagan started the late season one-day WorldTour race in Brittany in north-west France, but withdrew soon after. The Tinkoff team tweeted that Sagan had been feeling unwell, possibly due to a 'viral infection'.

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Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly passed away, following a brave battle with a cancer-related illness, in 2018. He was a highly valued colleague, and more importantly, an exceptional person to work with - his presence is sorely missed.