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did you see his first win?hrotha said:Three world championships is too much, especially when he won the last two in such a forgettable fashion.
Yes. It was a terrible race with only one lap of proper racing and where everything was always going to come to that last climb because of the terrible course design, but still, Sagan took his chances and went at it head-to-head with the other contenders at the exact point where the race could be made. Totally different from just waiting for the bunch sprint.portugal11 said:did you see his first win?hrotha said:Three world championships is too much, especially when he won the last two in such a forgettable fashion.
portugal11 said:did you see his first win?hrotha said:Three world championships is too much, especially when he won the last two in such a forgettable fashion.
I still think he needs roubaix and milan san remoDanielSong39 said:I think it's safe to say that Peter Sagan is an all-time great.
portugal11 said:I still think he needs roubaix and milan san remoDanielSong39 said:I think it's safe to say that Peter Sagan is an all-time great.
You mean when even GVa could not hold his wheel?trucido said:portugal11 said:did you see his first win?hrotha said:Three world championships is too much, especially when he won the last two in such a forgettable fashion.
Yea, he wheelsucked until the final 3km (channeling Echoes).
KGB said:You mean when even GVa could not hold his wheel?trucido said:portugal11 said:did you see his first win?hrotha said:Three world championships is too much, especially when he won the last two in such a forgettable fashion.
Yea, he wheelsucked until the final 3km (channeling Echoes).
portugal11 said:I still think he needs roubaix and milan san remoDanielSong39 said:I think it's safe to say that Peter Sagan is an all-time great.
hrotha said:Yes. It was a terrible race with only one lap of proper racing and where everything was always going to come to that last climb because of the terrible course design, but still, Sagan took his chances and went at it head-to-head with the other contenders at the exact point where the race could be made. Totally different from just waiting for the bunch sprint.portugal11 said:did you see his first win?hrotha said:Three world championships is too much, especially when he won the last two in such a forgettable fashion.
Durden93 said:hrotha said:Yes. It was a terrible race with only one lap of proper racing and where everything was always going to come to that last climb because of the terrible course design, but still, Sagan took his chances and went at it head-to-head with the other contenders at the exact point where the race could be made. Totally different from just waiting for the bunch sprint.portugal11 said:did you see his first win?hrotha said:Three world championships is too much, especially when he won the last two in such a forgettable fashion.
To be clear, this is the same world's where a break of Boonen, Stannard, Kwiatko, Mollema, Viviani, Moreno and a few others created a gap with 40km left, right?
He has 2 second places at MSR precisely because everyone rode their own race. And Roubaix is one race where everyone is almost always riding on their own by the end, but he only has one top 10 there.Dekker_Tifosi said:I read something from all interviews, it's that nobody was really fussed or focussed about Sagan. That's the difference between the big classics and these worlds.
In the big classics everyone focusses on Sagan, they ride their race on Sagan's wheel. Here all you hear after the race was "I haven't seen Sagan, I wasn't focussing my race around Sagan". And then he wins. If they are all riding against him, it's the only way they can wear him down and beat him, as they do in the big classics.
If everyone rode their own race and try to win in the big classics, I'm sure Sagan wins MSR, RVV and PR
OR have one strong teammate who can stay with the best till the finish line.Leinster said:He has 2 second places at MSR precisely because everyone rode their own race. And Roubaix is one race where everyone is almost always riding on their own by the end, but he only has one top 10 there.Dekker_Tifosi said:I read something from all interviews, it's that nobody was really fussed or focussed about Sagan. That's the difference between the big classics and these worlds.
In the big classics everyone focusses on Sagan, they ride their race on Sagan's wheel. Here all you hear after the race was "I haven't seen Sagan, I wasn't focussing my race around Sagan". And then he wins. If they are all riding against him, it's the only way they can wear him down and beat him, as they do in the big classics.
If everyone rode their own race and try to win in the big classics, I'm sure Sagan wins MSR, RVV and PR
He clearly has it in him to win all 3 of the sprinters' monuments, and possibly LBL too if he ever really wants to. But he has to get his tactics right on the day.
Every WC RR has those moves that are clearly not the winning ones.Durden93 said:hrotha said:Yes. It was a terrible race with only one lap of proper racing and where everything was always going to come to that last climb because of the terrible course design, but still, Sagan took his chances and went at it head-to-head with the other contenders at the exact point where the race could be made. Totally different from just waiting for the bunch sprint.portugal11 said:did you see his first win?hrotha said:Three world championships is too much, especially when he won the last two in such a forgettable fashion.
To be clear, this is the same world's where a break of Boonen, Stannard, Kwiatko, Mollema, Viviani, Moreno and a few others created a gap with 40km left, right?
BigMac said:Best there ever was.
Deal with it.
See you next year.
He rides for Bora? I thought he was a one-man Team Rainbow, sponsored by Unicorn Inc. on a multi year contractSKSemtex said:Does still somebody think he is not worth 3 millions fot Bora and 3 millions for Specialized.
His CPW must be amazing.