Hollow victory.

[wyzowl]

2:58 PM

What a hollow victory. Sagan can't race with the big boys so he has his TEAM to eliminate them.

 

[GoodTimes]

I guess the fact that he out-climbed the sprinters and out-sprinted the climbers doesn't hold any value?

One of the worst OP I've seen on this forum ever. Hope this guy is on a wind up.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Is this HiCadence?

 

[Pulpstar]

You what lol.

Should Sky and Saxo-Tinkoff stop and wait for OPQS to drag Cav up AX-3 Domaines tommorow so he can outsprint Froome and Contador at the line ?!

Most ridiculous post in a while.

 

[TheBean]

Agreed that this may be the most uneducated-sounding OP ever.

Sagan and his team employed smart tactics to optimize the physical advantage he has as a climber over his main rivals. It worked, and he won both the intermediate sprint and the stage. He and his team have a lot to be proud of and happy about. His sponsors are likely also very happy with the result.

To the OP. I suggest you read through the thread titled "Maybe a dumb question ... sorry". Some of the input in that discussion explains the team concept as it applies to cycling with being condescending or negative. A good read for anyone trying to understand the basic principles road racing.

 

[Angliru]

Sounds like you're just a bit of bitter hater. A rider rides to his strengths. If his rivals can't climb with him should Sagan have waited for them to make it fair? Did you even read the race report on the stage? Sagan has been recovering from his crash in the beginning of the Tour AND keep in mind that he's wearing the green jersey for a reason: He's the most consistent of those battling for that classification. Cavendish and Greipel aren't a couple of amateurs and finishing second to either of them isn't anything to be ashamed of.

 

[SeriousSam]

Sagan probably winning the green jersey is bad enough, I suspect if Cav somehow fails to win champs certain posters in the forum will go into full meltdown. Hope it happens.

 

[Pippo_San]

Just a few words. DON'T FEED THE TROLL.

 

[Cyivel]

To be fair he's done well to construct a comprehensible OP with his beak and wings.

 

[wyzowl]

I guess the fact that he out-climbed the sprinters and out-sprinted the climbers doesn't hold any value?

One of the worst OP I've seen on this forum ever. Hope this guy is on a wind up.

No question that he AND HIS TEAM out climbed the rest of the sprinters. His team won the stage. They should have all crossed the finish together. I can remember when sportsmanship was dominate in the TdF, Armstrong waiting for Ulrich and vise versa. Lately we saw Contador win by taking advantage of
Shleck's chain mishap and now this climbing battle ending up as a sprint win. I totally agree that the tactics were truly clever. As a team sport they were the smartest and best team today. Let's put the victory where it belongs, on the TEAM.

 

[autologous]

No question that he AND HIS TEAM out climbed the rest of the sprinters. His team won the stage. They should have all crossed the finish together. I can remember when sportsmanship was dominate in the TdF, Armstrong waiting for Ulrich and vise versa. Lately we saw Contador win by taking advantage of
Shleck's chain mishap and now this climbing battle ending up as a sprint win. I totally agree that the tactics were truly clever. As a team sport they were the smartest and best team today. Let's put the victory where it belongs, on the TEAM.

Sagan's win today was a result of bad sportsmanship?

And I thought your first post was ***.

 

[kcbworth]

The other sprinters' teams were more than capable of keeping up... shame that Cav and co themselves couldnt hey

Was nice to see the Peleton actually do something different for a change after last years' tour de every stage exactly the same

 

[Warhawk]

No question that he AND HIS TEAM out climbed the rest of the sprinters. His team won the stage. They should have all crossed the finish together. I can remember when sportsmanship was dominate in the TdF, Armstrong waiting for Ulrich and vise versa. Lately we saw Contador win by taking advantage of
Shleck's chain mishap and now this climbing battle ending up as a sprint win. I totally agree that the tactics were truly clever. As a team sport they were the smartest and best team today. Let's put the victory where it belongs, on the TEAM.

When Cavendish was getting preposterously good leadouts from HTC, don't tell me that his team didn't deserve credit for playing a large part in winning those stages.

You won't see Froome wait for Sagan tomorrow, why should Sagan wait for Cav.

 

[Duke_S]

Can mods ban this guy? He's spamming the same crap in multiple threads.