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Degenkolb needs to man-up and not try to blame Colbrelli, who was on a continental team up until this year. I like Degenkolb, but sometimes you need to be honest. Did he really expect Colbrelli to be willing and able to close down a gap for him? Especially if you're a previous winner.
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although I prefer to see Sagan win it having initiated the move, he was really in a bind tactically....did as well as he could. Too bad Bora doesn't have a few dudes who can hang. They seem to be all spent just getting him to the last 60k of a race, then he's on his own. Sky looked like they had 5 or 6 guys at the base of the Poggio. I'm a fan of all three of those guys. I think Sagan was smart to attack when he did and not try to save it for the bunch sprint. too much a crap shoot in MSR. What a great finish. |
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Flash, no disrespect intended, but I must ask: have you ever been in the mix in the last 250m of a race, Tuesday Night Worlds or that online training thing (zwift)?
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Sagan has been winning races by himself since a few years already, the good about sagan is that apparently he is not blaming his team for the race he lost as other do because after all, eventhought cycling looks like a team sport at the end every man is there by themselves. At tinkoff the team did the same...help the dude till the last 30 km and pray he doesnt have a mechanical.
And honestly not many champions around that can win races by themselves, sagan, contador, valverde, cancelara, S/kelly and EM just to mention a few. But that can show the class sagan has, as i read this week, sagan might be the strongest and best rider ever, he might never win a GT but his palpares is stupidly amazing compared to tour winners, that after all need a team to win like ... yes... that one... I like the guy but w/o a team never seen him shine like the slovak does. Quote:
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Petey's edging into MK occurred way after the finish line. At the finish, he was clean. Look at the pic and see how far back the line is.
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MK outplayed Sagan, but Sagan made the race exciting. He sure is fun to watch.
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Say what you need to about Sagan, like him or envy him, whatever your dish.
But that sprint had Panache, guts, and brute power all in one. Im a bit surprised Kwiatkowski and Allaphilipe even managed to reel him back in, he may jumped a K too soon i guess. Nobody is racing like this with nuts and guts anymore. Thats why people like Sagan, he just races, screw the team cars and radios and all the other stuff that has made the sport more boring. He will launch a surprise attack like the good old days. |
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Sagan said it in the interview, he went full gas on Poggio to distance himself from the peloton. That effort and the lack of cooperation from his breakaway mates in the last kilometers put him at the deficit in the finals. If you look at his sprint and compare it to the ones he did in other races, it's visibly less explosive. He's not superman as he often reminded us. Also, he's a realist, he understands how this works, he's not complaining about it.
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Need to find some pro Stravas but no way the run up to the finish was flat.
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