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Peter Sagan Tour of California wheelie Instagram video still (user Ron Hirshman).JPGVideo: Peter Sagan pulls wheelie for fan during race
World champion Peter Sagan’s doesn’t need much encouragement to pull crowd-pleasing stunts – but he obliged one fan at the Tour of California yesterday who called on the Tinkoff rider to pull a wheelie.
Sagan was riding in the autobus towards the summit finish of Stage 3 on Gibraltar Road, in Santa Barbara County and would cross the line almost 22 minutes behind the winner, Etixx-Quick Step’s Julian Alaphilippe.
The Slovak rider had some pretty high-profile company in the group looking to make the stage finish inside the time limit – including Mark Cavendish and Sir Bradley Wiggins, both of whom can be seen in this video posted to Instagram by Ron Hirshman, the fan who called out “Wheelieeeeee!” as Sagan approached.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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I blame the parents
Get out of the way you silly t**t
But "wheeeeliee!"