The Championship of Slovakia is held around a hilly course, tailor made for Sagan.
When we hit the final hill, two amateurs still hold a small lead. Sagan makes his move and accelerates. Teammate Vysna and Velits manage to follow. Canecky requires to go out of his saddle but is joining.
The pace is too strong for Canecky, Velits and the amateurs as they're being sailed past. Sagan and Vysna lead the race for Moser.
Velits makes his way back to the front, now Vydra struggles to follow his teammate.
Sagan versus Velits in a sprint for the championship.
And with his better sprinting ability, Peter Sagan wins the Slovak Championship ahead of Peter Velits. Vysna completes the podium at 27 seconds.
Peter Sagan won the road race, and brother Juraj Sagan is favorite for the road race. However, he has to beat the twins of the Velits family, Martin and Peter.
Martin Velits first amongst favorite to tackle the course. He's at the halfway point now.
Peter Velits is faster than his twin, 48 seconds at this point. Unless they decided to switch today, who can possibly tell the difference?
Juraj Sagan failing to reach that time, even five seconds behind the slower Velits.
Peter Velits almost manages to catch Martin. The former is 1'32 faster over the 48.9 kilometers.
Juraj Sagan's five second deficit to Martin Velits didn't reduce but also didn't increase in the second part. With Peter Sagan setting the fourth time at quite a distance, we have a Velits-Velits-Sagan-Sagan top four, two dominating cycling families in Slovakia.