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Tour de France: the jersey of popularity for Peter Sagan

2022-07-19T20:40:23.291Z


The Slovak from the TotalEnergies team is, according to an Italian study, the most popular rider in the peloton on social networks.


6th at Nyborg (2nd stage), 4th at Sonderborg (3rd stage), 5th at Calais (4th stage), 4th at Carcassonne (15th stage), Peter Sagan has, as soon as he had the opportunity, elbowed for put his top speed on the Tour de France.

Sagan (128th in the general classification at 3h27'03'' from Jonas Vingegaard), a runner appreciated by the spectators.

In Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland and France, of course.

The three-time world champion always makes time for an autograph or a selfie in the morning, before satisfying the signing protocol.

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  • The route of the Tour de France 2022

  • The general classification of the Tour de France

Peter Sagan who, according to a study by the cycling data company Fuoriclasse, taken up by L'Équipe, is the most popular active runner on Instagram.

With 1.9 million subscribers, the Slovak is ahead of Colombians Rigoberto Uran (1.48 million), Egan Bernal (1.39) and Nairo Quintana (1.38).

The first Frenchman is Julian Alaphilippe (6th with 879,000 subscribers).

The rider of the Quick-Step formation, conspicuously absent from this Tour (the double world champion will be at the start of the Vuelta which starts on August 19 from Utrecht, in the Netherlands) is ahead of Romain Bardet (23rd; 266,000 ) and Thibaut Pinot (25th; 223,000).

The most significant advances in one year are, according to the study, the work of Dylan Groenewegen, winner of the 3rd stage of the Tour in Sonderborg (481,000; +49%), Wout Van Aert, the green jersey, winner of 2 stages on the Tour (671,000; +40%), Primoz Roglic, one of the great unfortunates of this Tour, forced to retire before the 15th stage (560,000; +34%) and Tadej Pogacar (600,000; +33% ), 2nd in the general classification of the Grande Boucle.

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Source: lefigaro

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