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Peter Sagan again after Tony Martin again

July 19, 2016 · by Alex · in Tour de France

The peloton sustained an outrageous speed in the opening hours of racing. This was because it was pursuing Tony Martin. Martin does this fairly regularly, usually as a kind of unofficial training ride. The finest…

Sagan! Crosswinds! Echelons! Magic!

July 13, 2016 · by Alex · in Tour de France

Echelons! Was ever there a finer spanner flung gleefully into the works of a predictable bike race? Crosswinds are always fun. When a race splits into pieces on flat roads, all bets are off. It…

Michael Matthews conserves his power – Peter Sagan doesn’t

July 13, 2016 · by Alex · in Tour de France

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

July 4, 2016 · by Alex · in Tour de France

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

June 29, 2016 · by Alex · in Tour de France

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

April 8, 2016 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

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

April 4, 2016 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

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

March 27, 2016 · by Alex · in Classics and day races, Stage races

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

March 25, 2016 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

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

September 27, 2015 · by Alex · in Classics and day races

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…

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