Peter Sagan

Bo Duke

Two 2nd places and a weak 3rd in stage 5, has he shot his bolt?

The overhead view of the last 150m shows he made no impact on Cav nor EBH whatsoever.

FJS

Yeah, he's finished. Clearly overhyped

No_Ta_Doctor

FJS wrote:

Yeah, he's finished. Clearly overhyped

Cav too.

LeicesterLad

Sagan would never beat the likes of EBH - he's the new Eddy Merckx don't ya know?

Vino'sGhost

whos Sagan?

ddraver

Useless, I mean he's just haemorrhaging Green Jersey Points isnt he? *shakes head pitifully*

Dorset_Boy

He never had it in the first place to lose, did he? :roll:

salsiccia1

Pitiful stuff.

If you're going to troll, at least put some effort in.

Macaloon

Golly. Looks like a few PTP disappointments are being laid at the door of the OP. What's up with suggesting that Sagan's having a difficult second album? A Gerrans gubbing would have been a big surprise last year. (Sagan was injured in the Stage 1 pile-up blah blah). With a flat bunch finish, a breakaway stage, then mountains, the pressure for a win will pile up. All those finish line theatrics gone to waste.

above_the_cows

Macaloon wrote:

All those finish line theatrics gone to waste.

There is a god!

calvjones

Hold on - I thought EBH was the Wunderkid gone off the boil. I really must keep up. [shakes head]

Richmond Racer

calvjones wrote:

Hold on - I thought EBH was the Wunderkid gone off the boil. I really must keep up. [shakes head]

Its an unforgiving sport

ddraver

Macaloon wrote:

Golly. Looks like a few PTP disappointments are being laid at the door of the OP. What's up with suggesting that Sagan's having a difficult second album? A Gerrans gubbing would have been a big surprise last year. (Sagan was injured in the Stage 1 pile-up blah blah). With a flat bunch finish, a breakaway stage, then mountains, the pressure for a win will pile-up. All those finish line theatrics gone to waste.

Becasue he's not having a difficut second album?

He's been nailed on to win te GJ since Stage 2 and he has nt even had a finish that suits him yet. May I remind you that his natural competitors are Messers Gilbert and Rodriguez not Cavendish and Greipel.

I picked him because I thought Cav would nt get over the final climbs, not because i thought he'd win a proper bunch gallop (and he was faster over the last 50m than Cav!)

calvjones

Macaloon wrote:

Golly. Looks like a few PTP disappointments are being laid at the door of the OP. What's up with suggesting that Sagan's having a difficult second album? A Gerrans gubbing would have been a big surprise last year. (Sagan was injured in the Stage 1 pile-up blah blah). With a flat bunch finish, a breakaway stage, then mountains, the pressure for a win will pile-up. All those finish line theatrics gone to waste.

Last year's Tour route suited him much more than this. And if he's comfortably in Green there will be limited pressure for a stage win.

Richmond Racer

ddraver wrote:

Macaloon wrote:

Golly. Looks like a few PTP disappointments are being laid at the door of the OP. What's up with suggesting that Sagan's having a difficult second album? A Gerrans gubbing would have been a big surprise last year. (Sagan was injured in the Stage 1 pile-up blah blah). With a flat bunch finish, a breakaway stage, then mountains, the pressure for a win will pile-up. All those finish line theatrics gone to waste.

Becasue he's not having a difficut second album?

He's been nailed on to win te GJ since Stage 2 and he has nt even had a finish that suits him yet. May I remind you that his natural competitors are Messers Gilbert and Rodriguez not Cavendish and Greipel.

I picked him because I thought Cav would nt get over the final climbs, not because i thought he'd win a proper bunch gallop (and he was faster over the last 50m than Cav!)

Ahem. Stages 2 and 3 had his names on them. And he got outsprinted by Gerro on Stage 3 - not Cav or Griepel, but Gerro.

I believe there's mutterings that he's not 100% after crashing on St 1...

Yellow Peril

He's going to be meaner than a junk yard dog the longer it goes without a win. Having said that it is no bad thing for someone so talented and young not to have his own way for a bit. I think Cav seems to have been less tw@ttish since he had that dry start to a TDF and then cried his eyes out on the podium when he eventually broke the tour duck that year.

Since then he has been brought down and forced out of sprint finishes through the fault of others but seems a bit more philosophical about it...or maybe it's because he's so stinking rich and has won everything that cycling could offer him!

wombly_knees

He's good, but he's no Simon Gerrans....

Bah, far too slow.

Richmond Racer

Yellow Peril wrote:

He's going to be meaner than a junk yard dog the longer it goes without a win. Having said that it is no bad thing for someone so talented and young not to have his own way for a bit. I think Cav seems to have been less tw@ttish since he had that dry start to a TDF and then cried his eyes out on the podium when he eventually broke the tour duck that year.

Since then he has been brought down and forced out of sprint finishes through the fault of others but seems a bit more philosophical about it...or maybe it's because he's so stinking rich and has won everything that cycling could offer him!

Agree - he's been feted as the Second Coming, and it wont do him any harm to be beaten a few times.

ddraver

Richmond Racer wrote:

ddraver wrote:

Macaloon wrote:

Golly. Looks like a few PTP disappointments are being laid at the door of the OP. What's up with suggesting that Sagan's having a difficult second album? A Gerrans gubbing would have been a big surprise last year. (Sagan was injured in the Stage 1 pile-up blah blah). With a flat bunch finish, a breakaway stage, then mountains, the pressure for a win will pile-up. All those finish line theatrics gone to waste.

Becasue he's not having a difficut second album?

He's been nailed on to win te GJ since Stage 2 and he has nt even had a finish that suits him yet. May I remind you that his natural competitors are Messers Gilbert and Rodriguez not Cavendish and Greipel.

I picked him because I thought Cav would nt get over the final climbs, not because i thought he'd win a proper bunch gallop (and he was faster over the last 50m than Cav!)

Ahem. Stages 2 and 3 had his names on them. And he got outsprinted by Gerro on Stage 3 - not Cav or Griepel, but Gerro.

I believe there's mutterings that he's not 100% after crashing on St 1...

The Same Gerro that outpowered one Fabian Cancellara at MSR?

People might dismiss him because he's not pretty but to say Gerro isnt handy in a sprint?

Macaloon

Above The Cows wrote:

Macaloon wrote:

All those finish line theatrics gone to waste.

There is a god!

Cycling would be such a boring sport if everyone was as flamboyant as Bernhard von Eisel.

Richmond Racer

Macaloon wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

Macaloon wrote:

All those finish line theatrics gone to waste.

There is a god!

Cycling would be such a boring sport if everyone was as flamboyant as Bernhard von Eisel.

DONT YOU DARE SAY ANYTHING AGAINST THE BERNIE!

Macaloon

Richmond Racer wrote:

DONT YOU DARE SAY ANYTHING AGAINST THE BERNIE!

Let himself go, hasn't he? Yet another Cav nursemaid that can't cut the mustard without his master's voice piloting the fish.

Richmond Racer

Macaloon wrote:

Richmond Racer wrote:

DONT YOU DARE SAY ANYTHING AGAINST THE BERNIE!

Let himself go, hasn't he? Yet another Cav nursemaid that can't cut the mustard without his master's voice piloting the fish.

Shurrup

*sulks, and has more coffee*

above_the_cows

Watch it Maca RR and I will give you a wedgie. :P

But back to Sagan, it will do him no harm to not win for a few stages, this is the Tour de France not the Amgen Tour of California and he has been a bit hurty since the crash.

Yellow Peril

Above The Cows wrote:

Watch it Maca RR and I will give you a wedgie. :P

But back to Sagan, it will do him no harm to not win for a few stages, this is the Tour de France not the Amgen Tour of California and he has been a bit hurty since the crash.

You are Paul Sherwen and I claim my prize

Bo Duke

Some great reactions from the armchair warriors...... reading what they want to see as opposed to what was written. Bah.

2 seconds and a third with harder climbs/stages beckoning, has he blown his chance of picking up multiple stage wins in this years tour.

No, no, lets focus on sarcasm and the magic 'Troll' word (10 extra points for getting that word in first). Come on lads, pull your pants up and stay focused.

ddraver

Aww bless did the nasty forum not take your nonsense post seriouswy?

Bo Duke

ddraver wrote:

Aww bless did the nasty forum not take your nonsense post seriouswy?

Nah don't worry mate, I'm way too old to get upset over that!

salsiccia1

Bo Duke wrote:

Some great reactions from the armchair warriors...... reading what they want to see as opposed to what was written. Bah.

2 seconds and a third with harder climbs/stages beckoning, has he blown his chance of picking up multiple stage wins in this years tour.

No, no, lets focus on sarcasm and the magic 'Troll' word (10 extra points for getting that word in first). Come on lads, pull your pants up and stay focused.

I did read what you wrote, mate. And I thought it must be a wind up. But now you've made it clear that 'shot his bolt' means 'multiple stage wins in this year's tour', it's not an unreasonable point.

Bo Duke

"I told you so".

ddraver

Non bunch sprinter in not winning bunch sprint shock!