It s all relative of course.... But my point is that his price is inflated by hype and cycling crazy millionairs.

And that no real commercial sponsored team would pay that kind of money for him. The ROI with sagan is just not there .
But if I was him I would take it any day for sure. it s not like he is going to be young and competitive for ever.
The Hushovd case is even stranger. I mean that should really fall under the I have too much money top spend category. Hushovd in my opinion never lived to the expectations ( And then I mean the whole of his career). The last 3 years did we see the real hushovd level?
In my ideal cycling world there would be no place for guys like Tinkoff or even A. Ryhs because I prefer teams with real sponsors and then you can see what s the real value of a rider. But in the end the state of cycling is so that we need those guys and we also need bikeconstructors to sponsor teams just to keep po cycling alive. But it s not sustainable that constructors( except Merida or maybe Giant) keep teams alive as sole title sponsor.
For Constructors like Bianchi they can simply not spent that kind of money on a team( like they did after the team Coast saga). I am really interested in the numbers behind the BMC company.... I dont think they have the revenue to be the sole title sponsor of one the most expensive teams.
You hardly see them riding here in the Benelux of in france or Germany.
And the guys hat do often have that bike because they know someone from the team or something like that. When i ride with some EU and NATO guys with very expensive bikes out brussel then yeah you see them but not like the cannodales , specialized cervelos , pina s , canyon...
Maybe they are much bigger in the anglosaxon sphere ? Otherwise very expensive hobby for Ryhs.