The end of the road…
After so many years on the road, it’s hard to believe that my journey in professional road racing […]
Excited to join Specialized Factory Racing in 2024
Excited to announce my next chapter with Specialized Factory Racing 🚴♂️ It’s nice to be part of this […]
First training ride ahead of Internacionales Chelva Challenge
Training ride ahead of the Internacionales Chelva Challenge, checking the trails Specialized Bicycles Sportful 100Percent Photos @zubikophoto
My final UCI Road World Championship Race !
That’s it, my last UCI Road World Championship race is over! I have represented my home country, Slovakia, […]
More Pyrenees and the Tourmalet in the Tour de France
Second hard stage on the Pyrenees The Tourmalet might be an iconic climb but it isn’t easy… #AllezTotalEnergies […]
First Tour de France stage on the Pyrenees
First, hard, Le Tour de France stage on the Pyrenees Tomorrow, more mountains on the menu, including the […]
Up and down in Basque Country on Tour de France stage 2
Up and down in the Basque Country on stage 2 of Le Tour de France. It was the […]
Tour de France stage 1
It’s hard to find the right words to describe these photos! Absolutely amazing spectators and extraordinary ambience on […]
Tour de France team presentation
Team presentations at Le Tour de France are always amazing, but this one in Bilbao had a special […]
First road stage at Tour de Suisse
First road stage at the Tour de Suisse and a fast bunch sprint, as expected. I’d like to […]
Great atmosphere in final Strade Bianche participation
One thing I will always fondly remember from my final participation in the Strade Bianche is the impressive […]
Guatapé, cool place to train
Training and enjoying the great scenery in Guatapé Team TotalEnergies TotalEnergies Département de la Vendée Specialized Bicycles […]
Training in such a beautiful place
Bikes and climbs . One more nice day of training in Medellín. How can anyone not fall in […]
Training in Medellín, Colombia
Nice weather and great terrain to train with my friend Daniel Oss in Medellín, Colombia. Thanks Andres F. […]
Final stage of the Vuelta a San Juan
A fantastic week of cycling came to a close today in San Juan. Once again, the Vuelta a […]
Queen stage at the Vuelta a San Juan 2023
It was the queen stage in the Vuelta a San Juan OK and, of course, a day for […]
An update on my programmes for the future
An update on my programmes for the future
Sprint finish on stage 4 of Vuelta a San Juan
I could say it was a good day and I’d like to thank my Team TotalEnergies teammates for […]
First stage at the Vuelta a San Juan, first race of the season
First stage of the Vuelta a San Juan OK and first race of the season. The team did […]
Press conference in San Juan
La conferencia de prensa oficial de Vuelta a San Juan OK ha acabado y me gustó tanto estar […]
Training in San Juan !
Training in San Juan with my Team TotalEnergies teammates. Great weather, beautiful landscapes and nice amateur riders joining […]
Meet & greet with sponsors and fans in Vendée!
Journée chargée aujourd’hui dans le Département de la Vendée, le pays du Team TotalEnergies. Premier arrêt chez Toyota […]
Overall victory at the Tour of Slovakia
This is a special day. It is my first ever participation in the Okolo Slovenska, so claiming the […]
A cycle is closing in my professional career
Today, I would like to announce that a cycle is closing in my professional career and that I […]
Giro d’Italia ciclamino jersey!
I’m very happy and proud to step on the final podium in Milan, wearing the ciclamino jersey of […]
Third in fast sprint on Giro d’Italia stage 13
It was a long stage that finished with a very fast sprint, not the best suited to me, […]
Brilliant teamwork and victory on Giro d’Italia stage 10
Today was a very good day for the team. Big thanks to my teammates for their fantastic effort. […]
Fourth in fast sprint on Giro d’Italia stage 5
As expected, it was a day for the pure sprinters with quite technical and tricky final kilometers. The […]
Third on Giro stage 3 after a day of incredible teamwork
I think we had the perfect strategy for today and the team worked very well to execute it. […]
First road stage of the Giro and hectic sprint
The stage was quite straightforward and it played out the way we were expecting, with a fast sprint […]
Very wet and tough Tour de Romandie stage 3
Thanks to all my teammates for their work today, they put in a very strong effort to bring […]
Victory on Tour de Romandie stage 1
I’m really happy to win again in the Tour De Romandie. In 2010 I had taken the first […]
Good prologue in Tour de Romandie
Good opening time-trial in the Tour De Romandie that brought back nice memories from my first year as […]
Hard but good week in Volta a Catalunya
I had a hard but good week in Volta a Catalunya. It was my first participation ever in […]
Victory on Volta Catalunya stage 6
It was our goal today to go for the stage win, so the plan was to control the […]
Milano-Sanremo 2021
It was a bittersweet Milano Sanremo for me. On the one hand, I’m happy because I’m feeling better and […]
First race of my 2021 season
First stage of the Tirreno Adriatico and, as expected, it came down to a fast bunch sprint. For […]
Second on Giro d’Italia stage 11
There was no surprise today and this flat stage came down to a fast bunch sprint. The team […]
Victory on Giro d’Italia stage 10
I’m very happy with this victory which also has a special meaning to me since it is my […]
Second on Giro d’Italia stage 7
It was a very fast stage, very nervous as well, and marked by many crashes. The guys did, […]
Sprints don’t always go the way you would like
The team did a great job today to control the breakaway and set everything for the finale but, […]
Ciclanimo jersey at the Giro d’Italia after second place in a very close sprint
Today, I went all out for the win. It was such a close finish, I didn’t know who […]
Second on Giro d’Italia stage 2 and mountain jersey
The final climb of the stage was pretty hard, 3.7km and from the bottom to the top we […]
Windy first stage at the Giro d’Italia
It was a pretty fast time trial and the wind was much stronger than what we had in […]
Goodbye Tour de France
As expected, it all came down to a fast bunch sprint. I was well-placed, in Sam’s wheel but […]
Tough individual time trial
I knew it was going to be a hard time-trial, so I rode at my own pace to […]
Hard fight on Tour de France stage 19
I tried in every way possible today to go for the win and the team did its best […]
Hard mountain stage in the Alps
It was another very hard stage, from the start, and we did our best in the intermediate sprint. […]
Fourth on Tour de France stage 14
We wanted to make the stage tough today and drop the sprinters. We worked hard all day for […]
Third place on Tour de France stage 10
It was a stressful day, right from the start everybody was nervous about the wind. We had headwind […]
Back in the Green Jersey at the Tour de France after huge team effort
I’m very proud of all my teammates, they did such a fantastic job today, they controlled the race. […]
Fourth in Tour de France stage 5
As expected, the stage finished with a bunch sprint. Today, I lost some points and gained some points […]
So-so stage at Tour de France
It was a so-so stage for me today. It wasn’t too hard, I would say it was a […]
Green jersey after sprint on Tour de France stage 3
It was a pretty messy sprint. In the final three-four kilometers of the stage, we had a terrible […]
Points in the break in long mountain stage at the Tour de France
It was a long day but a good one. I had to fight to get more points for […]
Sprint to 5th in very wet and dangerous first stage of the Tour de France
The rain made the first stage of Le Tour de France a very hard and dangerous one with a crazy […]
Fourth in Milano-Sanremo
This year’s Milano Sanremo was the longest one but I’d say it was less stressful than the previous editions. The […]
Fourth in fast Milano-Torino sprint
We had a fast Milano-Torino that came down to a bunch sprint, as expected. It was warm but not too […]
Third on Paris-Nice stage 5 sprint
When the bunch was about to reach the escapee in the final straight I found myself a bit […]
Second on stage 3 of Paris-Nice
Third stage and third day of racing in cold and rainy conditions. Although it was easier at the […]
Great teamwork on Paris-Nice stage 2
Another cold and wet stage at the Paris-Nice and another very strong performance by all of us. We worked hard […]
Cold and wet first stage at Paris-Nice with a victory for BORA-hansgrohe
It is nice to be back at Paris-Nice, the race that gave me my first professional victories ten years […]
Second on last stage of Vuelta a San Juan
It was a very fast sprint and, again, thanks to the excellent job of my teammates, I was […]
Unexpected sprint on Vuelta a San Juan stage 6
It was a very hot day. Once again, the guys put in a strong effort throughout the stage, […]
Queen stage of Vuelta a San Juan and hard work in the crosswinds
Tough stage at the Vuelta a San Juan OK with a mountaintop finish at over 2,500m. We saw an opportunity […]
Fourth on stage 4 of the Vuelta a San Juan
As expected, today was another day for the sprinters at the Vuelta a San Juan OK. Thanks to the […]
Rainy and windy time trial at the Vuelta a San Juan
Today wasn’t a day for me, my aim was to save energy for the next stages. As the […]
Fast sprint finish on stage 2 of Vuelta a San Juan
It was a bunch sprint after another stage in hot weather. The team did a very good job […]
Start of the 2020 racing season at the Vuelta a San Juan
Today was a difficult day, especially because of the hot weather conditions. Thanks to my teammates I was […]
Opening ceremony of the hansgrohe Water Studio in Amsterdam
Today, I had the pleasure of cutting the ribbon at the grand opening of the hansgrohe Water Studio in Amsterdam. […]
Fifth at the UCI World Championships in Yorkshire under brutal weather conditions
We were expecting a hard World Championship race and the treacherous weather conditions made it even tougher. I […]
Excellent day at Gooikse Pijl, World Championships next race ahead
Another day of solid teamwork by BORA-hansgrohe today and Pascal Ackermann nailed it with a victory. It’s been a good weekend of […]
Strong ride and teamwork at Primus Classic
We had a good race today at the Primus Classic and although we missed victory by a very small margin […]
Strong effort and good form at Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal
As expected, the Grands Prix Cyclistes Montreal was a tough race but, once again, the team did an excellent job […]
Close second at Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
The team worked very well today at the Grands Prix Cyclistes in Québec, they kept the race under control, kept […]
Sixth on sprint finish at EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg
I felt good in my first race after the Le Tour de France. The guys put in a strong […]
Record seventh Maillot Vert!
To wear the green jersey on the podium of the Champs-Elysées is a privilege and an honor, even […]
Last mountain stage of the Tour de France!
The last mountain stage of this Le Tour de France was very short but still not easy and the finish […]
First mountain stage in the Alps
We climbed the Alps today for the first time and, again, I attacked from the start in order […]
Fourth in sprint finish on a very hot day
It felt we were racing in an oven today… In this flat stage, it was important to make […]
Another hard stage in the Pyrenees, rest day tomorrow
Another hard stage in the Pyrenees today but, thankfully, tomorrow is a rest day, so we will be […]
Hard stage in the Pyrenees and strong effort in the breakaway
My goal today was again to get as many points as I could. That’s why it was important […]
Strong effort to be in the break and get maximum points
For me, in this first stage on the Pyrenees, it was extremely important to get the maximum amount […]
Fourth in fast sprint in Toulouse
It was a day for the sprinters and BORA-hansgrohe did again a very good job. I was in a good […]
Fast and furious stage 10 of the Tour de France
It was a very nervous day with lots of crosswinds and continuous attacks. You had to stay focused […]
Not a very hard stage 9 of the Tour de France
It wasn’t a very hard day for me, something that allowed me to save energy for the next […]
Painful stage 8 at the Tour de France but I made it and kept my green jersey lead
It was a really hard stage, I suffered a lot to stay with the first group in the […]
Third after fast sprint on Tour de France stage 7
I’m happy with my performance and my result today. It was a very long stage, with wind and […]
First mountain stage, happy to be in green one more day
First mountain stage today at Le Tour de France. It was quite hard but it went faster than I […]
Victory on stage 5 of Tour de France!
As I said in the first four stages, you have to be patient and victory will come. A […]
Fast sprint finish on Tour de France stage 4
As expected, this stage was decided in a very fast sprint finish. Although a lot of strong sprinters […]
Green jersey after really hard stage 3 on Tour de France
It was a very, very hard stage today, 215km long, with very high speed from the start and […]
Fast team time trial on stage 2 of Tour de France
On stage 2 of the Le Tour de France we had a very fast team time trial in Brussels. Once […]
Photo finish on Tour de France stage 1
As always, the first stage of Le Tour de France is hectic. There was an early break of four riders […]
Good Tour de Suisse overall, Slovak Championship next
I’m happy with my performance in this year’s Tour de Suisse. I extended my stage win record in this […]
First mountains at Tour de Suisse
We hit the mountains today at the Tour de Suisse and we all worked for the team’s GC goals. I […]
Second on stage 5 of Tour de Suisse
Today was the last stage of this year’s Tour de Suisse with a finish for the sprinters and we would […]
Third at the sprint in Tour de Suisse, I keep the yellow and black jersey
I wanted to win this stage but it wasn’t the day. The team did a perfect job, they […]
Stage victory and yellow jersey at Tour de Suisse
I’m happy with this stage win, my 17th at the Tour de Suisse, and the leader’s yellow jersey. I’d […]
Sprint to 2nd on stage 2 of Tour de Suisse
It was a very hard stage! Our strategy today was to go for the stage win and the […]
