Peter Sagan, who is aiming to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in mountain biking after retiring from road racing, announced on Sunday that he would undergo a second heart operation to treat an arrhythmia.
“While I was training on the rocky roads of Marseille, my heart experienced a few jolts,” said the former three-time world champion on his social networks. Nothing alarming, but it looks like my heart needs a pit stop. I’m going to have surgery next week and thanks to my friend, sports cardiology specialist Dr. Roberto Corsetti, I’m sure I’ll be back in the saddle very quickly. »
Already operated in February
The 34-year-old Slovak, seven-time winner of the green jersey at the Tour de France, had undergone a first intervention in February in a hospital in Ancona, Italy, where Dr Corsetti works, after an abnormal episode of tachycardia during a race mountain bike where his pulse had exceeded 200 beats per minute.
Superstar of the last decade, Sagan hung up his road bike last fall after 121 victories during his career and now aims to defend his country’s colors at the Paris Games in mountain biking, his original sport. He was due to take part in the first round of the French Mountain Bike Cup this weekend in Marseille.
