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Video: Tour de France rider parks his bike on team car roof without getting off

Published 21:38 3 Jul 2013 BST

Updated 17:16 13 Nov 2014 GMT

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Video: Tour de France rider parks his bike on team car roof without getting off

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Okay, it wasn’t during the race but this is still a pretty cool trick.

Peter Sagan is one of the best young bike riders in the world. The Slovakian has already claimed two second places in stages of this year’s Tour de France, earning  himself the green jersey for the points leader at this early stage. The Cannondale rider will hope to hang onto it all the way to Paris but if he ever gets bored of riding the Tour, the 23-year-old could always join the circus. This video, posted by Sagan on his own YouTube page a few weeks back, shows the rider pull a wheelie before mounting his own team car and parking his bike on the roof without ever hopping off the bike. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bM9Eh2uQ7Ek#at=36 Very impressive. Now, time to try it in the race Peter...

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Video: Tour de France rider parks his bike on team car roof without getting off