I have a feeling that this guy is going to win more than one world championship

The Spirit of Richmond from Slovakia amazing victory

the best cycling I've ever seen!!!

What's not to love about Peter Sagan? He's the best all-around cyclist in the world, and also a great guy with a great attitude and personality. I'm looking forward to watching him win much more in the coming years.

Absolutely beautiful finish , congrats world champion :)

We are lucky to have him in our sport. And that day was magical. The whole week was stellar.

The most charismatic rider in the peloton and then he is also the best allround at the same time. What a winner!

His attack was timed perfectly at the toughest part of the course. Brains and heart! Well deserved. This may take him to the next level of dominance this spring. Going to be a fun year of racing!

Sagan three years in a row!!! Legend!!!!!

Doesn't get any better than this!

I am so happy for him! he totally deserved it. What a champ...literally!

Peter Sagan is the new Wind of cycling. Is the Nr. 1 Is the phenomenal man. I happy for this..

The way he cornered the turn at full gas at 5:36, that might have been the most decisive move to stay clear of Van Avermaet and Boss Hogg. Incredible.

What a champion he is!

Anytime I don't feel like working out, I come here and watch this to motivate myself!

Peter totally deserve this!!! much needed trophy!!

He'll be a good world champ.

Congrats to Peter , Well deserved in my humble opinion .

The Dominance! I am proud to be from same town (Zilina, Slovakia), watching Sagan's all great successes since his childhood.

Finally a win and a most important win

Seen this finish atleast 6 times... still gives mi chills. What a win.

This is so earned after all the 2nd positions in the Grand Tour Etappes. What an incredible technique! Give it to them, Peter!!!

yeah!!!!!!!!!!!! way to go sagan..u are the world champ now!!

"El Bicho" Peter Sagan is incredible, amazing race; simply the best

I'm so happy for him and proud too. PEŤO SI PÁN! ĎAKUJEME!

Sagan you legend, well done!

Sagan is the best! Well deserved!!!

What a finish and what an attack from Peter... the way that man descends is absolutely insane and filled with skill...

Amazing, shed tears for this man today!

excellent, excellent........................

I am absolutely honored to see these champions riding the road I I road before. This past week was amazing experience for my hometown!! RVA PRIDE!!!

Bravo Peter! The rainbow is yours.

OMG P.sagan!!!!!! I am so happy congraturation!!!!You are a CHAMP!!!!

6 years later and I still get chills

great commentary too!

I like Peter also, I think he is becoming the best all time sprinter.

so awesome! thanks richmond and uci!

A real phenom I've still chills in 2016

Triple champ, sad to see you retire from the WT this year but thanks for the memories.

finally a worthy champion

Peter Sagan, in the name of power and strategy!

I know to win 3 World Championship is Phenomenal, how about a number 4, Pete?

OMG how hetook the bullet there!!! AMAZING CYCLING !!!! The HULK smashed the rest of the field!!!

Sagan always seem to perform really well in the US roads.

hopefully oleg will finally be happy

So happy for Peter, gotta love Tom Boonen too!

Unbelievable finish!

Fantastický Petrov výkon. Excelentné, grandiózne. Titul majstra sveta je v tých najsprávnejších rukách. Obrovská gratulácia.

almost 2 years ago but still gives me chills me everytime! great attack, great commentary, a legendary Champion! hope he wins a third in a row this year. if not, he still is now a one-of-kind cyclist!

Great race, well deserved first place.

And now sagan is a living legend!!

Hero!

excelente por peto! se lo merece

Peter Sagan is a living legend of professional cycling and with so many years left in his career.

announced he's retiring at the end of the season, what a boss

Briliant attack, Congatulation peter

great stuff Peter! Commentator said 32 times Sagan during the last 2.9 km, lol.

Absolutely deserved the rainbow jersey. His consistency and aggression during the TDF was epic. It seemed for weeks that any time there was a break, he was there. Mopping up points like some sort of innovative machine that you see on the shopping channel, except unlike those gadgets he consistently worked... He copped some flak for the number of times he finished second on a number of stages, but seriously I believe that this guy is the best all around cyclist on the planet, and that's by some margin. And now lets face facts, he's won the one which really counts. Here's an idea, #PS1t1tRC’s. UCI was simply stupid to fine him for what happened in Spain. These guys are not only superb athletes, but they are (at best) the kind of people who get more than a bit grumpy when they loose, and let not only themselves but most of all their team down. Having that weight bearing down on you, and then to be taken out by a film crew? You increase the heat on a pressure cooker, what happens? Bottom line the reaction is outside the pressure cooker's control. Hand on heart (therefore typed slowly and methodically with my left hand) Peter Sagan is the future of cycling. The next "X" number of years outside the Alps or the Pyrenees anybody watching a race will be asking themselves, "where's Sagan?". And the simple answer will remain, "Exactly where he wants to be."

This would have been exciting to watch. But the person who posted it made sure there was a picture of Peter Sagan on the thumbnail, so when I searched "Mens elite race world championships 2015" and it came up, I already knew who had won, without watching the video, or any other video of this race. Thanks a lot, you complete MUPPETS at the UCI.

Amazing!

Sagan the great at it again!

Sagan earned it so bad after the Vuelta fail

what ? no wheely at the end ? Congratulations to a classy rider

BEAST !

Love trying to max out on richmond course on zwift. Gives you a sense of a freak of how hard sagans attack was

The final few kilos of this race indicate that Sagan's ability is as a strongman and breakaway specialist, rather than trying to mix it up every stage amongst the pure sprinters. He may even have a future in winning short and prologue time trials. Chapeau Peter Sagan !

the best

Yessss

Kwiatkowski good result ,respect , Sagan AMAZING!

If anyone is in richmond, go see the cobblestone hill they're climbing up (23rd and E Franklin St). First time I came up to it on my bike, I immediately hopped off and walked it up the hill. (Which was strenuous in and of itself.)

good job Peter

This is the official UCI highlights video and there's not a single shot of Libby Hill, the main highlight of the course...sure 23rd street was arguably even better viewing and the winning move went from there, but it's like not showing the Ghisallo in a highlights video for Lomdardia or Arenburg for Roubaix.

Perfectly as described!

Mark cavindish is my favorite sprinter but sagan is class at those uphill sprints

the camera really doesn't make it look like a big gap till they go to camera above.

Not a single clip from Libby Hill?

superb!

peter je len jeden.:))go slovakia men..))

Feeling great for living in messi ronaldo and Sagan era

感動！！

He so looked so tired in the last 500m, not something you often see from him. What an effort.

I was there!!!

@6:22 futile but the last slim chance they had to catch him... the Belgian moves over but gets no help. what display of pure power and handling by Sagan... that is what we call going balls out. great finish and worthy winner!

I actually remember seeing some of these guys train while I used to live in RVA

2015 Road World Championships

finally did it!:D

1. Crappy venue / course ... other than those two short hills. But then again, we're all used to Europe and mountains and castles and all that. 2. Sagan descends and corners like I walk down stairs. I've descended Ventoux hitting 100+kph and I'm still utterly in awe. 3. Sagan is the (new) man. Someone come up with a Spartacus-like name for him, will you? Sagan deserves it. We all want it. 4. 2015 cyclist of the year = Sagan ... hands down. Most interesting and important and involved rider in TdF, and now 2015 WC. Plus, Ioved how he stuffed it to the organizers of the Vuelta with their staffer who took him out on his motor bike ("get your act together; meantime, I'm outta here" -- lol).

There once were some highlights for us

“Pretty special day in the history of Richmond” lol it’s like one of the most historically significant cities in the US

seriously uci, don't spoil the race by using the image of the winner for the video thumbnail. i've seen other people request that you don't do it. i don't know why you aren't listening. it is incredibly frustrating for those of us who want to watch races after the fact.

Grande Sagan ma l'Italia non è riuscita a prendere in nessun giro gli strappi davanti

Wow.

17 Sagan haters voted it down.. must be everyone from 2nd place down to 19th lol

STOP PUTTING THE WINNER IN THE THUMBNAIL!

PETER SAGAN is SUPERSTAR....PETER SAGA is HULK.....PETER SAGAN is KING :)

Sagannnn

In his mind now or never

No 'on board' summary?

Who on earth is KooCowski? Why don't commentators learn how to pronounce the riders' names?

Started following cycling consistently about 2 years ago, and Sagan was the rider that i drew to first. So glad that he won this championship. I live in Virginia and cannot believe i had to miss this even due to work. I have a question for they cycling race experts out there though. Sagan is such a talented rider but why can't he compete with guys like Froome, Nibali, and contador when it comes to big time tour racing like the giro, vuelta and tour de france. Is he just a different type of rider? not a climber? and if he's not a climber why wouldn't you work on it to win these big events? maybe i have too many questions but I'm just trying to understand more because i truly love this sport.