Cycling. Sagan, fever and sore throat after Covid: but there will be at the Tirreno-Adriatico

Covid was not enough, which he had contracted for the second time after 2021. Once he returned from Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday, Peter Sagan was not well: the 32-year-old Slovak from this year at TotalEnergies had fever and sore throat that forced him to take antibiotics and also to take a swab for the coronavirus which gave negative results. The fact is that it was another unwelcome hitch in the preparation path of the 3-time world champion (2015-2016-2017), who had made his debut at the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et Du Var from 18 to 20 February, and then competed Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne last weekend, obviously without high notes. Now the Sagan program foresees the Tirreno-Adriatico from Monday and there is the firm will in Peter to be at the start of Lido di Camaiore: the Corsa dei Due Mari – in which in the past he won 7 stages in the various participations – becomes crucial to try to recover and build a form at least acceptable in view of the Spring Classics.