In Longwy yes. Not in a flat sprint.Van der Poel would give Sagan a run for its money
In Longwy yes. Not in a flat sprint.Van der Poel would give Sagan a run for its money
If the Longwy stage is ridden as it should positioning shouldn't be much of an issueYes, but starting from a good position, which isn't always the case for him.
Sagan had the kick and he almost always started his burst right where he needed to be.
Yeah, me too.Only misfortune or also not good enough? Looked to me like he gave up early
according to his words, he was feeling pain from the fall before the first pave, probably hit a nerve or something, as their gap was quite big already, he decided to reserve some power for later stages. He was actually doing better than expected yesterday. One his best climbing for quite some time now. Basically, from the usual suspect we match Sagan against, only Mathews stayed in the front group for the finale. So that's not that bad.Yeah, me too.
Maybe he can fluke himself to a bunch sprint win but I fear we will never get a show from him again.
He was dropped earlier than Philipsen yesterday. I won't build a hype based on that performance. But yes, it was better than in the spring.according to his words, he was feeling pain from the fall before the first pave, probably hit a nerve or something, as their gap was quite big already, he decided to reserve some power for later stages. He was actually doing better than expected yesterday. One his best climbing for quite some time now. Basically, from the usual suspect we match Sagan against, only Mathews stayed in the front group for the finale. So that's not that bad.
Obviously, nowadays, there are other riders to put on a show, but with untempered training, he will be able to challenge them, he'll just have to pick his battles carefully, like he did in TdS. It probably won't be those everyday sagan action anymore.
I was not trying to put some hype. If so I didn't express myself correctly. It's just not as desperate is it seemed maybe a month ago.He was dropped earlier than Philipsen yesterday. I won't build a hype based on that performance. But yes, it was better than in the spring.
Yeah, and he was caught abandoning for the bathroom in Quebec, seems to be sick. I want to say it's a bad year, but my gut says this is the slow end.Did he DNF his last two races?
Mine tooYeah, and he was caught abandoning for the bathroom in Quebec, seems to be sick. I want to say it's a bad year, but my gut says this is the slow end.
Sad to say this, but he's wasted his best opportunities to win some more titles, some, from his mistakes, some from reasons he could not affect. For me, the biggest mistakes, his and his managers were, when they tried to make him a better climber, where actually after each episodes, he ended up a little bit lesser climber then before the experiments. And they tried it in cannondale, in tinkoff and in bora too.He's definitely past his peak years, age wise. One would still hope he could have a few good races here and there with proper training, nutrition and rest.
I really don't think so.Most northern classics type riders, who have been dominate in those races, are usually on the way down by age 31-32.
He is comparable to Boonen, but was midguided unfortunately.Sad to say this, but he's wasted his best opportunities to win some more titles, some, from his mistakes, some from reasons he could not affect. For me, the biggest mistakes, his and his managers were, when they tried to make him a better climber, where actually after each episodes, he ended up a little bit lesser climber then before the experiments. And they tried it in cannondale, in tinkoff and in bora too.
Ont the other hand, I don't think, he's that old. He's past his peak for now, definitely, but it has nothing to do with age, imho. Not so long ago, he would be in perfect age for longer classics. It's just that, like he dominated in young age, currently there are other very young riders, who are maybe even on bigger level that he was at their age, it's just that simple. The young guns are out of the world currently.