Hello boys and girls, good evening!
We're here today
Again starting the cycling weekend
Someone is saying hi!
Film the most handsome!
Ay ay ay, that's no good no good
Hi Luca how's it going?
After that interruption,
we're back here for another cycling weekend
This time it's gonna be the AGM of
the Union Cycliste de Monaco
and basically they're gonna talk about last year
what they did
all the numbers and all that stuff and
afterwards we will also have dinner!
Looking forward to that
But we'll also have a 'small' surprise
Ben, do you know about the suprise?
No, it's a secret
The secret... you will have to keep watching
To find out about the secret
Go ahead and I hope you enjoy!
Good evening, good evening, thanks!
How's it going?
- Long time no see
- Should I speak in English?
Yeah, if you want in English is good
So I don't have to translate later
- How you're doing?
- Fine thank you, and you?
Good good
I am the real champion here
He's coming for the trophies
- Three trophies! 
- Oh for what?
Longevity
The most handsome
and...
... and the most humble :)
Hello!
Sorry the video
[the race]... is on the 26th
Yeah the 26th and on Sunday
I want to do some of the Eze Trail parkour
This way I can see a bit how it is to [trail] run 30km
Ah so you really want to try 30km directly
First I'll do this test in Eze
so this way I get ready enough [for the race]
If you wanna come along
Hmm, we'll see
My idea is to go by train from Nice to Eze
and then take the road from there
and follow the same race parkour
- Instead of the real start [in Col d'Eze]
- What time are you planing to go?
I thought to go early, like
Like 8 or 9am
Once the sun rises a bit
I guess it's gonna be some 3 or 4h max
This way by noon should be roughly done, then rest
Ok, I let you know
You're not gonna pick up a disease man
Good evening everybody
It's some time ago now
when I was very young
that has been a while now
in the categories of riders
there was no limit
of maximum age
that means that after junior, etc.
Seniors and veterans
So after veterans, there were the ancestors
and the old glorious ones
I ask myself, in what category would I fit in?
With the club being founded in 1952
This evening we're at the 65th AGM
The 65th edition!
Well, now we'll have a small surprise
The surprise
Is not only having with us Peter Sagan,
3 times World Champion
Giving us the honor of his visit, but we also wish to
Give thanks to Monsieur Doria
He reached last year
90 years of age
and we wanted to do something unique
So, what better than a World Champion to hand out
The medal
To thank you all what you did during these years
Thanks Peter to have come and be with us
Who's always available for
When we reach out to you, to be available for young and the elderly
and with the club and federation of Monaco
Well, I really thank you all once again
It's really from all my heart
I wasn't expecting something like this at all
Merci!
A bit to your right
Peter, what are your plans for this year?
We already started
we did a training camp in Mallorca
and Sunday we leave to Argentina, for the first race
Some are already in Australia to race
And then I'll stay in altitude in Colombia
Then when I come back, I'll go straight to Strade Bianche
Tirreno, Sanremo, and...
all the Classics in Belgium
So your goals are always the same?
So so,
I have a bit changed and want to do the Giro
so that's quite a change
within all my career and then
I'll try to do good in the Tour de France too
So Giro and Tour, bravo!
I'll wish you
Great satisfactions for this 2020
Thanks
And maybe a European Championship?
That... we'll see...
We'll see...
It's a bit hard right?
World's are hard
and this year
we'll see what I can manage, there are the Olympics too
that I'll have to go too
(Milano - Sanremo?)
Yes, Milano-Sanremo too
But, we'll see how it goes
For the Milano - Sanremo, let me tell you that
That day the UCI commission will be in Monaco
So all members of it will be
coming to see the arrival at Sanremo
So I'll hope the will be able to clap and cheer for you
Ah, we'll see, I'll try
Great, thanks Peter!
Peter is available if someone wants a photo,
I saw you all eager with your phones
I think that he has 5 min
to give for you
(Maybe on the bike too?)
On the bike...
Sure, one of these days
So Champion of the World again?
We'll see
Bravo bravo
All the best in your career, keep strong!
Could you say some words
To all those
Who want to ride their bikes? What would you tell them?
So hi you all!
Enjoy cycling
which is a beautiful sport and go do lots of kms
and I wish you
the best of health!
That's great, thanks!
- But was he a Slovak too? 
- Oh I don't know, US I think
But probably of origin
He says that, some time ago
there was a big
Astronomer that was very exceptional
- which was called Sagan 
- yeah yeah
- You know about him?
I know because I had my T Shirt
with my name on it when in London
one stops me and says, Sagan Sagan! Where did you get that?
I said it's me
ah no no, Sagan is an Astronomer
Did he meet the real Sagan?
No no, someone knew the Astronomer,
but didn't recognize Peter
And he thought there was just the Sagan Astronomer
-  You're not an Astronome right?
- No no
What would you tell to the Under 23
who wish to become Pro riders? What advice?
Well, that you'll never give up,
cycling is a difficult sport
Work hard
and like any work, it will bring its fruits
so keep visualizing that
More on you, when you go out riding with your friends
What's your favorite moment?
When we stop at the bar!
And once you're there, what do you order?
Well, a quick bite and a coffee, and out again
After a race day, what do you do?
After a race day?
We're almost always in hotels, so
the important thing is to recover quickly
better not to do much, a massage
and then the day is already over
When the season is over,
what do you do?
I always try to do some sports
also if it isn't cycling, I don't even touch it for a month
I do different sports, hiking
swimming
in winter some skying, snowboard
also lots of gym
it's important for the next season
where I build up strength
and that's mainly it
I saw you're also cooking now
after your career, will you pursue a cooking one?
I hope I won't
But I know how to cook
Maybe open a restaurant?
I'm not sure, having a restaurant
is a big responsibility I think, and you'll have to be in it
I still don't know what I will be doing
... when you'll be a grown up?
Yeah yeah, when I'll be a grown up
And when you'll be let's say grown up/older
What would you like people to remember about you?
Only good memories, no bad ones
That's great
He makes nice questions
So thanks a lot for this very good memory
and a pleasure!
We can now move on to the cocktail
So we just had the AGM of the
Monaco Cycling Club
and now we're gonna have a few words from Umberto
to tell us what was going on and
his impressions
You can also do it in Italian if you wish
I'm going to do it in French so
Yeah, can you tell us what happened today?
We just had the AGM
of the Union Cycliste de Monaco like each year
Each year is also the moment to see
each other both the bureau and members
to present the results
and all what happened during the season
in this case 2019 and what is to come
projects and all for 2020
then we also had the numbers
the a bit less
exciting part of the meeting
but we had the exceptional luck to have the
honorific medal be given to our Secretary M. Doria
who just got 90 years old
So we wanted to thank him
and what better to do so with a 3 times World Champ
Peter Sagan do so
[Doria] is until now and with us since 1953
So I think it's the minimum we could have done
and of course we're really thankful to Peter
because I know he has to
leave the day after tomorrow and is prepping
he also has his child at home
so it's really kind from him
to come and say at least hi
It truly was the moment of this evening
exactly, the moment of this evening
What age does M. Doria have?
He's 90 years old
and he's always there
Always here for the club and
helps out, never complains
so he's a true example for us all
Now for this 2020, what do you wish for the club?
As always, to become bigger
we did already quite some big steps
forward these years
we focus on teaching the younger ones
it's also our role, because
at the origin, we have a formative role
handed over by the Department of Education and Sports
So we're here to prioritize the younger generations
already in order to let them flourish in cycling and for
the best ones, help them to reach the highest levels
this year we had the good news of having
one of our former riders Brando Rivera
who signed with the INEOS team
which is probably the most important World Tour Team
So this makes us proud for him and that
there's some good ground work that is being done
and we hope we can have our youngest take benefit of it
by helping them to take part in the best international races
and continue always
with this momentum and we'll try to get better
each year little by little, and we had
started from zero, I remember we started in
2009 with the Grand Depart from Monaco
we had no young riders
and from there it started
to encourage the younger ones into cycling
so of course the Tour de France is for it
and we started with the under 16 and cadets
the juniors and then the under 23
and it all started to grow more and more
of course, we need help from all
it's not easy to manage such an amount of actions
we are always a small family
but the family is getting bigger
and we always accept the help from everyone
in order to make cycling greater
and to bring it to the highest level in Monaco
And now with the Grand Depart from Nice,
is it like a 'first' circle coming back?
Yeah indeed, we'll have it nearby
I think it will be difficult to have another Grand Depart in Monaco
We have always lots of works going on in Monaco
So it is not likely in a near future
but our Nicois neighbors will have it
and we will be present with them
we have many Pros who
ride with a license of the Monaco Federation
roughly 50 Pros
and all from the highest level
this evening we had Peter Sagan
we also have Philippe Gilbert
Christopher Froome, Nairo Quintana
therefore, big Champions, I'll for sure am forgetting some
who are here and make us dream
every weekend on the roads around the globe
and they rejoin us here in Monaco
yeah, we're lucky to have them here, often
our young riders can come close to them
on the bike and even do some training with them
when they're here to prepare their season
of course, when the race calendar starts
it's not so easy, but they often come back
so there's always a chance
to meet them
and they're always very open to it
again, the case of Peter
indicative of this open spirit
I think we have quite some good info
I'm not gonna rob more of your time
Shall we go eat?
Great! Let's go!
This was Umberto, the President of the Federation
President of the Monaco Cycling Federation
Time to eat, see you later
Because I'm hungry! Bye!
Bye bye!
So this was the AGM of the Monaco Club
And now it's time to go home
Maybe someone wants to say something before we go
and say good night
Good night!
- So, buenas noches 
- [Hungarian]
- I don't know 
- Bonne nuit!
[Dutch]
[Ukranian/Russian?]
Do we have any other language?
Well mine has been taken already
Hmmm, buona notte!
Buenos dias
That's actually for tomorrow morning
Gute Nacht
Ok, anyways
enough for tonight, see you in the next one
Bye bye bye
I'll photo bomb!
Until the next one, hasta luego,
Adios, arrivederci,
Bye Bye
Sayonara
