Peter Sagan gave an interview in Velonews and told a lot of things about his private life. The Tinkoff-Saxo rider explained how he began cycling. "It’s all thanks to Juraj, my brother who joined Tinkoff-Saxo with me this year. I saw him racing and I wanted to do the same thing. I started a year later when I was nine years old."

Even if the three-time Tour de France green jersey winner is one of the best riders in cycling, he confirmed that his first love was his mountain bike. "Mountain bikes. After a year of doing that, I began racing on the road. Now that’s my job, I really don’t get a chance to ride mountain bikes anymore. There is just not time when racing at the WorldTour level."

He has also no time to do video on Youtube in order to show his bike skills. "I have less and less time to do so, and I have more and more responsibilities so I can’t practise them as much as I used to. They are the tricks that I learned when I was a boy, training day after day, doing those things. At times, doing those jumps and wheelies were more exciting to me than training. I didn’t like training."

Something has changed his life recently: love. "I wouldn’t say it was love at first sight, I don’t think I’m that type of guy, but Idid fall in love later. It was three years ago we met. With my dad I wanted to create a sporting centre for young kids. We talked with construction companies about how we could do it. One of the men that I talked to happened to be Kate’s brother", he added. "For sure, yes. I don’t live the single life now. A girlfriend changes your life quite a bit."

Now, he lives in Monaco. He explained his choice to live there. "Monaco is different — firstly because I’m in Monaco for cycling. In Slovakia, it snows through the winter. The climate of Monaco is so much more favourable. It never rains over the winter, it’s always 14°C and it’s beautiful. Also, in Slovakia, my private life is almost nonexistent because everyone knows me there. In Monaco, I feel better. I can concentrate on my bike much more than I could back in Zilina."