Peter Sagan apologizes after injuring policeman and breaking curfew in Monaco
Peter Sagan was fined 5,000 euros after injuring a police officer and breaking the curfew on April 25 in Monaco, where he lives, revealed this Monday Nice-Matin. While in a vehicle driven by his brother Juraj, also a cyclist, the three-time world champion, “Drunk at the time of the facts”, according to the regional daily, and violating the curfew then in force in the Principality, “Debated like a madman from the decision to extract it from the passenger compartment to the point of inflicting severe pain on the right hand of a sergeant, with two days of ITT”, is it also specified.
“He justifies this anger by the fear that he will be forced to be vaccinated. “
“Heard in police custody, he no longer had any recollection of what had happened and had apologized for it, said the magistrate in charge of the case. He justifies this anger by the fear that he will be forced to be vaccinated. Finally, it was clear that the reason for all these problems was linked to excessive alcohol consumption which he is not used to. “ On Monday, Sagan posted a short message on social media, in which he apologized. “It was a bad experience that made me think and from which I draw valuable lessons, he writes. I am very sorry for this incident which will never happen again. “
To the site Cycling news, the runner also explained that he was going home that evening “Because it is (his) address for doping controls”. “I traveled the 500 meters between the two apartments on an electric scooter driven by my brother, he specifies. But the police wanted to take me to the hospital to be tested, which I did not understand. This is what pissed me off and led me to push the police officer. I am really sorry. “ Sagan contracted the Covid last February, which had turned his preparation upside down, and now has a complete vaccination schedule.