Michael Matthews conserves his power – Peter Sagan doesn’t
What an odd stage. The hill near the end suggested that we might have the likes of Peter Sagan, Michael Matthews, Edvald Boasson-Hagen and Greg Van Avermaet contesting a bunch sprint rather than the out-and-out…
Peter Sagan’s luxury wardrobe
Peter Sagan is some kind of deluxe onion. Peel back his layers and his appearance will barely diminish. His stage two victory has put him into the yellow jersey, but when someone overhauls his lead…
Green jersey contenders in 2016
I’ve been putting off writing this points competition preview for a few days now and presumed there was some reason for this – nothing conscious, just some mystic message from the cosmos saying: “No, don’t…
Peter Sagan drinking two Duvels at the same time
Over on the continent, they’ve never truly mastered the finer points of loutishness. Either that or they’re REALLY good at it. Here’s a video of Peter Sagan celebrating his Tour of Flanders win by drinking…
Peter Sagan and the possibly fictitious baton-passing pee stop
Ahead of the Tour of Flanders, FDJ manager Marc Madiot came out with the most outstandingly French quote to describe what it must be like to be Peter Sagan. “Sagan has the enormous freedom of…
Peter Sagan wins a bike race
It shouldn’t really be headline news. I mean he is the world champion. The Slovak quickly put Friday’s disappointment aside by winning Gent-Wevelgem, the Belgian one-day race that doesn’t visit Gent. The Belgians really aren’t…
Peter Sagan is the second-best cyclist on the planet
Second to anyone. No-one in particular. Think there’s some sort of rota system in operation, to be honest. E3 Harelbeke (the race named after a motorway it doesn’t use – a road which isn’t even…
Peter Sagan did NOT come second
He’s only the world champion. If ever a season had a satisfying narrative, it was this year. In 2013, Peter Sagan notched four second places in the Tour de France. In 2014, he got another…
Peter Sagan taken out by a motorbike
Peter Sagan had 7km to go. He’d got over the two climbs and there weren’t any particularly strong sprinters left in the front group. He should have been confident of finishing one place higher than…
Peter Sagan elbows his way to a Grand Tour stage win (finally)
After somewhat inexplicably being awarded the green jersey after stage one, Peter Sagan said that it was like he was still in the Tour de France. If he wanted evidence that this wasn’t actually the…
