Can this only happen in Slovakia? The police are investigating the training of cyclists, including Petr Sagan in Valaliky – ŠPORT.sk

Slovak cycling fans were given the opportunity to admire the biggest stars of world cycling on our roads. Never in the history of the event did the starting list contain the name of the four-time winner of the Tour de France or the three-time world champion in road cycling. Names like Peter Sagan or Chris Froome were a guarantee of quality.

According to the information provided by the East Slovak regional diary Corsair, however, this enthusiasm did not seem to be shared by everyone. The police received a complaint concerning the training of cyclists, including Petr Sagan and his sports colleagues in the village of Valaliky in the district of Košice-okolie.

Cyclists apparently went in a group and two next to each other, which Slovak law does not allow. “The Košice-okolie District Transport Inspectorate of the District Directorate of the Košice-okolie Police Corps received a forwarded complaint in connection with a road traffic event from the Traffic Police Department of the Presidium of the Police Corps. It concerns a suspicion of a road safety and traffic offense committed in the municipality of Valaliky, “ clarified for diary Corsair regional police spokeswoman Jana Mésarová.

“Persons suspected of committing an offense against the safety and smoothness of road traffic must first be identified. In the case of proving the commission of an offense against the safety and smoothness of road traffic by a specific person, this will be resolved in accordance with the Act on Offenses, “ she added.

The President of the Slovak Cycling Association (SZC) Peter Privara just shakes his head incomprehensibly at such a stimulus. “During the training of cyclists, a group is organized, which is secured by an accompanying vehicle. The two also ride side by side in training. These are licensed racers and, in addition, organized trainers, “ explained to the daily Korzár that cyclists all over the world ride like this.

And he continued: “I repeat, everything is secure. It may happen that they say, go guys for training, I’ll come to you in a few minutes, because I’m going to take bottles, wheels or to the toilet. So they go alone for a while. But it’s all bullshit. Probably someone has nothing to do. ”