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Peter Sagan will start 2017 season at Tour Down Under

First race with new Bora-Hansgrohe team in January

Current UCI Road World Champion, seven-time Tour de France stage winner, 11 time Grand Tour stage winner, and mega-star of cycling, Peter Sagan, will take to the start line of the race's 2017 edition.

The Slovakian powerhouse announced he will start his 2017 cycling season with new team Bora-Hansgrohe at the Santos Tour Down Under following a simple twitter message, "See you next January at @tourdownunder, my first race of the new season!"

Sagan later went on to say, "I'm excited to announce that I will race at the Santos Tour Down Under next year. This iconic Australian race brings the world's best riders on a course that features tough climbs and fast sprints and I'm convinced its 19th edition could be the best so far.”

“The Santos Tour Down Under will be the curtain-raiser of the 2017 season and my first race wearing the Bora-Hansgrohe colours, but it also holds a special place in my heart. I first took part in 2010 in what was my maiden WorldTour race and I still remember the excitement and anxiety on the start line of the first stage in Clare."

Peter Sagan announced his participation via Twitter, along with a video of himself in a breakaway with Cadel Evans, Alejandro Valverde, and Luis Leon Sanchez in the 2010 edition of the event.

The 2010 Tour Down Under was his first ever race as a professional.

In his professional debut he placed third and fourth on two separate stages.

Sagan enjoys early season races, having competed in January’s Tour de San Luis in Argentina for three out of the last four years.

“Returning, after seven years, to the race that set off my professional career is a great feeling and I look forward to riding on the roads of Adelaide and South Australia.” - Peter Sagan

The Tour Down Under will be Sagan’s first race with Bora-Hansgrohe, and will run from 14 – 22 January.

Peter Sagan will start 2017 season at Tour Down Under