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You claimed Matthews is not at the same level as Sagan at the moment - which is pretty obvious to anyone, and wasn't really the point.
Well yes, potential means that he is not yet at that level. Sagan is a superstar, I think Matthews has the potential to be one as well.trucido said:DFA123 said:You've kind of missed the point. I'm not claiming Matthews is as good as Sagan, but that he has the potential to be a similar kind of rider, rather than the fairly negative and conservative rider we see at the moment. I'm lamenting the fact that all he generally does is suck wheels until the finish, when we've seen from his anaerobic power and short TT ability that he has the potential to do so much more.trucido said:It's easy look like a direct competitor to Sagan when all you do is suck wheels until the final dash, but another to do the same when you take the race into your own hands.
Racecraft aside, Sagan is also a far better rouleur, descender/bike handler. The bike handling point in particular as avoiding crashes (Matthews in TdF'15, MSR'16) means you are more likely to be there at the pointy end of a race, and have better recovery periods on descents while still maintaining good speed.
Let's see what Matthews can do in Sagan's situation (in big races) where everyone is riding against him before we tout 'superstar' status.
Actually I didn't miss the point at all, considering you mentioned Matthew's potential for superstar status.
You claimed Matthews is not at the same level as Sagan at the moment - which is pretty obvious to anyone, and wasn't really the point.