Peter Sagan to undergo heart procedure
Slovak𓆉ian had abnormal tachycardic episode during MTB race in Spai♔n, with heart-rate exceeding 200bpm

Three-time road world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Peter Sagan is set to undergo a procedure on his heart tod🐠ay after suffering a tachycardic episode.
reports that the Slovakian had diffic𝄹ulties with an unusually high heart rate after the Chelva mountain bike race near Valencia last weekend. His heart rate monitor repeatedly recorded readings of over 200 bpm.
After 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:retiring from a fifteen-yea🦩r road career at the end of last season, Sagan is racing his first full season on the mou🎶ntain bike, with his ultimate goal being the Olympic Games in Paris in the summer.
It’s reported that the 34-year-old underwent a series of further tests early this week which confirmed episodes of abnor🐭mal tachycardia during high-intensity exercise.
Sagan’s procedure will take place in Ancona, Italy. This🍌 consists of an ablation, where an area of the heart is typically treated with freezing or heat to create scar tissue which aims to correct an arrhythmia. It should allow Sagan to get back to training in the near future.
Sagan now races on the mountain bike for the Specialized Factory Racing🍌 Team and has already compe🏅ted in two races this season – last weekend in Chelva and also at the inaugural HERO Abu Dhabi.
He was expected to compete 🌺in Banyoles this weekend, before going on to race the Marseille France Cup and then the first of the UCI World Cup races in Brazil in April. It’s reported that Sagan will now skip Banyoles but hopes to be back on his bike in time to race in France.
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To qualify for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Olympic Games in Paris, Sagan will need to secure a significant amount of UCI points. Only the top 19 nations qualify for a spot and Slovakia currently sit in 38th, more than a thousand points down on geographical neighbours and current 19th-placed Czechia. Sagan has until May 26th to b🌞ridge that gap.
Sagan competed in the cross-country mountain bike competition at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, although an early p🍬uncture took him out of medal contention. He missed the Tokyo Olympic Games due to injury. He was a junior world champion on the mountain bike in 2008.
Although his sporting roots are on the mountain bike, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sagan told Cyclingnews be♔fore his last road race at the Tour de Vendée last year that he feels he will have a lot to learn.
"🍌14 or 15 years ago, it was a totally different sport. The races were a lot longer, also if you don’t do these races for 14 or 15 years you lose a lot," he said. "For me, it's going to be lꦑike changing from Formula 1 driving to rallying.”
As part of h🎉is training for the mountain bike. Sagan is also set to race at continental l💃evel on the road this season for the Slovakian Pierre Baguette Cycling squad, where his brother, Juraj, is a Sports Director.
"I'm not sad I'm finishing on the road. I am more than happy to cꦗontinue with mountain bike and see if I am able to do something or no𓆏t," he said.
Dan is a freelance cycling journalist and has written for Cyclingnews since 2023 alongside other work with Cycling Weekly, Rouleur and The Herald Scotland. Dan focuses much of his work on professional cycling ꧒beyond its traditional European heartlands and writes a regular Substack called .