What's next for peter sagan?

[jordan5000]

Sagan has done very well, especially in the Vuelta, do you think he could ride the tour next year? I also see that he has won sprint stages, but isn't he a good climber as well?

 

[luckyboy]

He can get through a tough hilly stage to be there at the end but I don't think he can be called a good climber can he?

 

[Eric8-A]

He can get through a tough hilly stage to be there at the end but I don't think he can be called a good climber can he?

He climbs better than most sprinters. So maybe we can place him at above average? I don't think he'll ever get his climbing to the point where he can win a GT. I see him turning into somewhat of a Gilbert type of rider. I want to say Valverde, but Valverde's a pretty good GT contender.

 

[Ferminal]

Twenty Twelve?

 

[Boeing]

Dirt Jumping and slope style

 

[Afrank]

He's a good climber, but not enough of one to compete with gc contenders. If he can place well in the tour sprint stages and maybe win from a few breakaways on the moderate hill stages he could be a serious contender for the green jersey.

 

[Quixote]

Sorry if this has already been covered, but I'm wondering...
Why wasn't Peter Sagan on their TDF team?
Was it his youth?
Any insights?

 

[Eric8-A]

Sorry if this has already been covered, but I'm wondering...
Why wasn't Peter Sagan on their TDF team?
Was it his youth?
Any insights?

Pretty sure it had to do with youth and lack of GT experience

 

[Marcus135]

Sorry if this has already been covered, but I'm wondering...
Why wasn't Peter Sagan on their TDF team?
Was it his youth?
Any insights?

He had never ridden a GT before and it is more common to start younger riders on less prestigious GTs to see how they last over the three week period. Also Liquigas was going for the win with Basso so the team was built around him. Sagan would have wanted to go for wins himself thus there may have been some conflict. However i would not be surprised if he was in the team for next year.

 

[Eric8-A]

However i would not be surprised if he was in the team for next year.

I wouldn't either. He showed at the Vuelta that he can survive three weeks of racing, and that he can win stages.

 

[42x16ss]

The Vuelta would have been seen as a dress rehearsal by Liquigas, and it's pretty obvious that it went well. I can see Sagan playing a part in next year's TdF that is similar to EBH for Sky this year - contending for harder sprints and going in a few breaks to hunt for stages.

If all goes well for him he may even contend for the Maillot Vert in a similar style to Hushovd in recent years and O'Grady back when he was a contender.

 

[Quixote]

Good info, makes sense and thanks.
I've watched him ride in person several times...he is impressive. Do you think he'll face ego conflicts if Liquigas advances him to the tour team? I'd hate to see that talent carrying water bottles.

 

[Eric8-A]

Good info, makes sense and thanks.
I've watched him ride in person several times...he is impressive. Do you think he'll face ego conflicts if Liquigas advances him to the tour team? I'd hate to see that talent carrying water bottles.

My brother and I kind of had a meet with him during the LA ATOC TT in '10. The language barrier was a problem, but he seemed like a real nice guy. He did seem a tide bit shy, but I guess that's what instant fame can do to someone. What I like about Peter is that as much as he wins, nothing changes him. And I hope he stays that way.

 

[ansimi]

Liquigas will send strong squads to both the Giro and the Tour and Sagan will be on one of them. He's definitely earned the spot and I don't think there will be ego problems. He can get stage wins and that takes the pressure off of GC leaders. He will carry bottles though

Does anybody know if he's talked about the Olympics at all? He's from a small cycling nation so I imagine he'd want to do well there. That might factor in to whether he does the Giro or the Tour but I guess the routes would be the most important thing.

 

[Eric8-A]

Does anybody know if he's talked about the Olympics at all? He's from a small cycling nation so I imagine he'd want to do well there. That might factor in to whether he does the Giro or the Tour but I guess the routes would be the most important thing.

Isn't the Olympics course another one tailor made for Cavendish?

 

[Purple Helmut]

With a few years to gain more strength and experience, I think that he could do well in the Ardennes.

 

[bicing]

2012:
- Continue to win hilly sprints
- Win 2 TdP-like stage races (generally flat, hilly not mountainous, no TT, maybe a prologue)
- Win 2 GT stages in whichever GT he enters (probably TdF)
- Will show his strength in Cobbles races and top 5/10 some

2013:
- Win MSR
- Win a Cobbles race
- Podium an Ardennes race
- Hold yellow jersey at TdF
- Win 2 GT stages

 

[ramjambunath]

2012:
- Continue to win hilly sprints
- Win 2 TdP-like stage races (generally flat, hilly not mountainous, no TT, maybe a prologue)
- Win 2 GT stages in whichever GT he enters (probably TdF)
- Will show his strength in Cobbles races and top 5/10 some

2013:
- Win MSR
- Win a Cobbles race
- Podium an Ardennes race
- Hold yellow jersey at TdF
- Win 2 GT stages

In 2013 you mean Stage wins from 2 different GTs right?
MSR seems ideal for him, could be this decade's Zabel (in that race)

 

[greenedge]

Why wasn't Peter Sagan on their TDF team?
Was it his youth?
Any insights?

And the fact they were riding for Basso and he would not have fitted in. He lacked experience as well. Though he might have improved Bassos' TTT time.

 

[sublimit]

Sagan should retire from cycling and put his mind to turning water into wine, walking on water, curing leprosy etc etc.

 

[luckyboy]

He climbs better than most sprinters. So maybe we can place him at above average? I don't think he'll ever get his climbing to the point where he can win a GT. I see him turning into somewhat of a Gilbert type of rider. I want to say Valverde, but Valverde's a pretty good GT contender.

I think he will be Hushovd-esque with regards to climbing.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Paris-Nice ought to be feasible within the next couple of seasons if they go back to a prologue instead of a longer TT

 

[phanatic]

Sagan should retire from cycling and put his mind to turning water into wine, walking on water, curing leprosy etc etc.

uh oh stage 2 already
hype, humor, hate, forum rage

 

[Libertine Seguros]

He should win a couple of Worlds, an Olympics, a couple of LBLs and Lombardias, Sanremo, San Sebastián, fluke his way to a Giro top 10 through breakaways in a weak field year, a flat stage of the Tour, a couple of GT points jerseys, have a go at six-day racing in the winter, then take over the role of coaching his national team and get in trouble for tax dodging.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

He should win a couple of Worlds, an Olympics, a couple of LBLs and Lombardias, Sanremo, San Sebastián, fluke his way to a Giro top 10 through breakaways in a weak field year, a flat stage of the Tour, a couple of GT points jerseys, have a go at six-day racing in the winter, then take over the role of coaching his national team and get in trouble for tax dodging.

I still don't get it, add more clues.