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Bouhanni is level below Ewan and Sagan is old, disinterested and went to Total, so he is done
Yeah realized it after seeing replay, looks like he didn't really sprint.
Looks like there's still people who massively underrate the effect of Covid if you actually get pretty sick from it.
Sagan missed 14 days of training in what might be the most important training month of the year.
Bouhanni not being as good as Ewan ≠ there are no good sprinters at this race. Sagan is definitely washed up but you'd expect him to get over an easy climb at the very least...
I don't understand how Sagan is a disappointment. The guy wouldn't be competitive even without catching covid and not training for 2 weeks. He just doesn't have it in him anymore to compete at the top even if he had perfect winter preparation. People need to move on.
RE Sagan: I don't think that he is as 'washed up' as he's getting tagged for in this tread. He switched teams, had SC2, and really never was a pure field sprinter (although he had some moments).
His leadout is really poor!
Today was just about poor fitness (hopefully just from missing some training). I typed the sprinting part as a general, not specific to today, add on.
Sagan is riding as he has Covid 2 weeks ago for like 3 years now... dude is just a lazy ass. And i'm a fan of Sagan, but he doesn't like cycling anymore. Such a massive talent, so sad...
To be fair this year looks like Total suddenly started to resuscitate corpses á la Quick-Step, just think of Boasson Hagen in Besseges and Oss in Saudi Arabia, and a lot of other riders, even barely known ones, stepped up so theoretically moving there is not as bad as could have looked until last year, unless Sagan just went there to take a last paycheck and he isn't even interested in trying to perform at a decent level.
Let's wait a bit to make a conclusions about the team, maybe they forced their preparation in contrast with slow start for the most top riders in peloton. I guess Sagan will be good, cause his talent level is so high, but he won't resurrect for his old form. I'm still disappointed in him, cause with certain level of professionalism he could still be top rider, he is not that old...
Lol, it was his first start of the season. Besides that it might had been a plan to go with Turgis so Sagan was able to drop earlier.
Yes, it is the first race. The fear is that he will be playing catch-up trying to get into form for the next few weeks but by that time most of the spring and classics might have gone by. Unless he magically finds it all of a sudden. Which needs to happen quite fast in time for some important races.
Or he will have to hope he is in great form once the Tour comes. If he has the desire and motivation. Another question that needs to be answered.
I like Sagan. Hope he gets it together.
Or he will have to hope he is in great form once the Tour comes. If he has the desire and motivation. Another question that needs to be answered.
I like Sagan. Hope he gets it together.
5 man break, LTS controlling bunch.
Probably just gonna be all together before the Col d'Eze and then a Quintana explosion.
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I hope Nairo Quintana wins the stages today and tomorrow, and also the GC.
I‘ve always liked Nairo: in the past, because he was the second-best GT GC rider for few years (behind Froome). And he was (and still is) a great person.
Nowadays, I like him because he chose Arkea as his new team: a team without winning mentality, which cannot pay their riders much money. I like Nairo and Arkea, somehow.
And, finally, Nairo has this entertaining factor: he attacks as soon as he‘s able to. And his face looks A LOT older than his 32 years of age…
I‘ve always liked Nairo: in the past, because he was the second-best GT GC rider for few years (behind Froome). And he was (and still is) a great person.
Nowadays, I like him because he chose Arkea as his new team: a team without winning mentality, which cannot pay their riders much money. I like Nairo and Arkea, somehow.
And, finally, Nairo has this entertaining factor: he attacks as soon as he‘s able to. And his face looks A LOT older than his 32 years of age…
Ewan destroying everyone in a descent, interesting
Not sure LTS is realizing that red Columbian isn't riding for their team cause they're just leading him out.
Not sure LTS is realizing that red Columbian isn't riding for their team cause they're just leading him out.
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