theyoungest said:Nice final, boring finish. I can understand Van Avermaet's frustration... come on teams, what are you thinking, that you can beat Sagan at the finish? Good luck with that.
Yes. BMC had the right idea. One rider in a late attack, which might well have stayed away. And then another rider tries to go for a long, long sprint. The point being, to avoid just serving it up on a plate to Sagan.
Today, Liquigas had two men left, including Sagan. These teams would never have helped Sky pull back the break if it was Cavendish there with one helper. So when will they learn that Sagan is to the tricky select sprint as Cavendish is the flat one? How many times does he have to hand them their dignity before they learn?