Teams & Riders Peter Sagan discussion thread.

[LaFlorecita]

Boonen's was actually 4601
Cav on his 25th birthday: 3942
Kreuziger: 3595
Contador: 3255
Gilbert: 3089
Goss: 2883
Canc: 2753 (including 11 on his 25th birthday)

pretty good

 

[Netserk]

pretty good

Considering the circumstances indeed.

 

[Netserk]

Nibbles 3487
Froomey 559

And the following year he was the highest scoring rider (Nibali that is)

 

[Netserk]

 

[Arnout]

Holy cow, did Gesink really score that many points? It makes me kinda sad that he's not better than he is now then.

Which was clear to see back then already, sadly.

To be honest he needs to go to another team, out of his comfort zone.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Nibbles 3487
Froomey 559

you must be missing a zero somewhere.

 

[Panda Claws]

Thomas Dekker 3.662 xD
Filippo Pozzato 2.941

 

[LaFlorecita]

Considering the circumstances indeed.

Yea considering a screwed up 2004 and 2006

 

[JimmyFingers]

I look at Sagan and see a phenom, a freak who is so good on a bike he looks invincible. But I also think it's the innocence of youth, a fearlessness and unthinking approach to the sport that makes him extra strong.

Interesting to see his numbers compared to EBH, you wonder if EBH has lost a degree of that youthful exuberance and recklessness and sheer self-belief.

Best thing about watching Sagan is just how much he bloody well enjoys himself doing it.

 

[Panda Claws]

Tom Boonen at Sagan's current age had only 1.078 points though I suspect that it was harder to break through at an early age back then.

Some more numbers

Sky scores awfully low

Bradley Wiggins 209
Rigoberto Uran 2.065
Geraint Thomas 706
Richie Porte 338
Sergio Henao 1.585
Chris Froome 559

Mark Cavendish 3.942

 

[Lance Armstrong]

AFAIK this celebration is also in his to-do list for upcoming years.

You knew it was coming.

 

[brilleaben]

He failed when crossing the line though. Will get a new chance in a week, however.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Holy cow, did Gesink really score that many points? It makes me kinda sad that he's not better than he is now then.

By having no bad luck and riding top 5/top 10 in nearly every stage race and classic? Including the olympcis and worlds...

If he has a season without bad luck he'll have a 1500 cq points season normally

 

[doperhopper]

at least we can say that Sag found quite quickly what to do when everyone expects him to chase everything

 

[Sophistic82]

cant believe that people are complaining about sagans wheelies...thats atleast 1000x more classy than pistol gestures

 

[Netserk]

I hope he makes a Simeoni at Ronde.

 

[will10]

I hope he makes a Simeoni at Ronde.

I think he will have something special planned for his first monument win. No need to rip off anyone else's celebrations

 

[wwabbit]

cant believe that people are complaining about sagans wheelies...thats atleast 1000x more classy than pistol gestures

Maybe the ones complaining about Sagan's wheelies complain about the pistol gestures too?

 

[Jancouver]

I think he will have something special planned for his first monument win. No need to rip off anyone else's celebrations

Front wheel wheelie?

 

[TomasC]

I don't quite get why he's racing De Panne. Surely he doesn't need more races to ride himself into form? After Harelbeke and G-W I'd think his best preparation for De Ronde would be couple of days in a jacuzzi?

 

[saganftw]

I don't quite get why he's racing De Panne. Surely he doesn't need more races to ride himself into form? After Harelbeke and G-W I'd think his best preparation for De Ronde would be couple of days in a jacuzzi?

iirc he did de panne last year and won like a stage or two then abandoned,i guess he prefers racing to training

 

[barn yard]

people are complaining about a wheelie?

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

 

[TomasC]

iirc he did de panne last year and won like a stage or two then abandoned,i guess he prefers racing to training

Yeah you're right. I was talking about resting, not training though Well maybe doing de panne is like resting for him.

 

[Cimber]

Maybe the ones complaining about Sagan's wheelies complain about the pistol gestures too?

Haha people have been complaining about the pistol gesture for a loooon time. Esp back when Contador won everything.

 

[Christophe]

cant believe that people are complaining about sagans wheelies...thats atleast 1000x more classy than pistol gestures

Yeah, but what's the nickname that comes out of it? El Wheelie-ero?