Peter Sagan: Tour contender?
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we must also not forget that he sucks in timetrialing as well, of course he can work on it, but it's something best to be worked on early and sagan has stated multiple times he has no interest in that
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Sagan is good in everything except the things that make you good in Grand Tours(GC wise):
- recovery
- time trials(no prologues)
- climbing
Roelandts and Hushovd were in the top ten today.
- recovery
- time trials(no prologues)
- climbing
Roelandts and Hushovd were in the top ten today.
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The thing is, in cycling nowadays, if you can win some type of races almost 100% (like it´s with Sagan in Flanders, San Remo, Amstel, Gent-Wevelgem, stages of stage races), you´ll try to win as much as possible, and feel you don´t have the time to discover what´s possible beyond.
Sagan has the advantage that time is on his age.
He did Roubaix once, DNF, and never tried again. But GC wise, or even GCs in GTs, stages like the one to Grindelwald in TdS 2011, which he won, are very encouraging.
Hope he doesn´t go Cancellaras way: Cancellara announced to focus in the nearer future also on races like Liege and Lombardia and spoke about even winning the Tour, but the only things he still cares about (and IMHO ever will care about) are Flanders, Roubaix and the Tour prologue plus wearing yellow for a few days afterwards.
Sagan has the advantage that time is on his age.
He did Roubaix once, DNF, and never tried again. But GC wise, or even GCs in GTs, stages like the one to Grindelwald in TdS 2011, which he won, are very encouraging.
Hope he doesn´t go Cancellaras way: Cancellara announced to focus in the nearer future also on races like Liege and Lombardia and spoke about even winning the Tour, but the only things he still cares about (and IMHO ever will care about) are Flanders, Roubaix and the Tour prologue plus wearing yellow for a few days afterwards.
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Even Boonen talked about winning Liège lol. Although back in 2005 that didn't sound as absurd as it may now.RHRH19861986 said:
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That's some big words for a rider who hasn't won a classic in his whole career so far.kanari said:
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Hope he doesn´t go Cancellaras way: Cancellara announced to focus in the nearer future also on races like Liege and Lombardia and spoke about even winning the Tour, but the only things he still cares about (and IMHO ever will care about) are Flanders, Roubaix and the Tour prologue plus wearing
yellow for a few days afterwards.[/QUOTE]
Its a huge risk to lose so much weight and start training at altitude on long mountains only to manage a top 10 in a gt. Its not worth it and I don't think sagan should do it. Gilbert too once said this, and he said that he wouldn't become a gt rider only to manage a top 5. He said that if he was to start losing weight and training on the mountains he would only do it if he is confident he can win against the likes of GT contenders like contador, evans, wiggins etc.
yellow for a few days afterwards.[/QUOTE]
Its a huge risk to lose so much weight and start training at altitude on long mountains only to manage a top 10 in a gt. Its not worth it and I don't think sagan should do it. Gilbert too once said this, and he said that he wouldn't become a gt rider only to manage a top 5. He said that if he was to start losing weight and training on the mountains he would only do it if he is confident he can win against the likes of GT contenders like contador, evans, wiggins etc.
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yes it did, maybe not to you and your fellow countrymen, but the rest of the world with braincells laughed, boonen in his young years can not be compared to sagan in any possible way, despite how much you want that to beEl Pistolero said:
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He was totally spent after the Tour de France last year.Ryo Hazuki said:LOL there, sagans recovery is great
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Sagan has been compared to Sean Kelly, a sprinter who's also a very good climber. But nowadays, the peleton is more segregated. You have the pure climber, the pure time trialist, etc. So it's hard for a "Kelly-reincarnate" to win a Tour these days.
In the near future, I can see him winning the MSR and Flanders. In the intermediate future maybe the Amstel Gold Race, and possibly one of the week-long races that don't have major climbs further into the future. But the Tour? Never.
In the near future, I can see him winning the MSR and Flanders. In the intermediate future maybe the Amstel Gold Race, and possibly one of the week-long races that don't have major climbs further into the future. But the Tour? Never.
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For starters, he didn't win a single race anymore after the Tour. Even lost a race like Veenendaal-Veenendaal.Ryo Hazuki said:
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