Sagan to Tinkoff... Official

tailwindhome

Tinkoff Saxo ‏@tinkoff_saxo · 2m
It's official: Tinkoff-Saxo signs with @petosagan on a 3-year contract! No slowing down! #2015 http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/news/tinkoff ... ter-sagan/ …


There won't be a bigger signing this year.

Deserves it's own thread.

tailwindhome

Riis: "He still has a lot to learn about the tactical aspects of cycling to fully optimize his power"

Crozza

interesting that they announced that they have signed with Sagan - tacit admission of where the power lies

ContrelaMontre

Underachieving cyclist changes teams

ridgerider

So what kind of races will he be winning next year?

FocusZing

It will seem odd not riding a Cannondale. I don't see it being a problem in terms of the teams GC aspirations, Sagan gets Green by himself and is always a solo stage contender. Good news for Specialized, I expect they are busy mixing the green...

salsiccia1

Hopefully Oleg will make him wear a proper National Champs jersey

frenchfighter

Why is there a thread on this? Mods, please move to the proper transfers thread.

ad_snow

TailWindHome wrote:

There won't be a bigger signing this year.

Deserves it's own thread.

sherer

Salsiccia1 wrote:

Hopefully Oleg will make him wear a proper National Champs jersey

his first Liquigas one was very good and I own the jersey and shorts from that. The Cannondale one was rubbish though.

Will see what Tinkoff can come up with and if it's good may get another one.

mike6

I have a sneaking suspicion one party or the other will live to regret this move.

ugo.santalucia

mike6 wrote:

I have a sneaking suspicion one party or the other will live to regret this move.

Well, can it be worse than Cannondale?

Crozza

so how much wonga do we think he is on?

dougzz

ugo.santalucia wrote:

mike6 wrote:

I have a sneaking suspicion one party or the other will live to regret this move.

Well, can it be worse than Cannondale?

It certainly can, but time will tell whether it is or not. I think this may go as well as Cav''s time at Sky, he'll win some, but it won't make either side happy.

ozzzyosborn206

Sagan is about more than just the tour, i think he has gone there for better help in the classics, the money will have been an incentive too

milton50

I think he will be marginally better off than at Cannondale (cycling wise) but I really don't see how it will make a huge difference to his classics performances, and certainly not his chances of winning GT stages.

tailwindhome

“Our philosophy is to build a team, not just to fill a roster with champions. And we showed that at the Tour, where we built a team around Alberto, and then we were able to respond as a team when he had to abandon. It will be a similar approach with Sagan.”

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sagans- ... the-making


It'll be interesting to see what Tinkoff buys to support him in the classics

Current squad http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/team/riders/

mike6

For sake of argument I could see Sagan winning the gree jersey at the Tour next year, as he did this year, but Oleg going off on one on twitter because "He did not win a stage, he did not cross the line first with his arms in the air showing his Tinkoff jersey. He is under performing, what am I paying him xxxxxxx for?"

joelsim

Not entirely sure you can call a 24 year old who has won so much, and is so versatile an underachiever.

Check out his road.cc fantasy league points...


Rank Name Team Value Nationality Score
1 Peter Sagan Cannondale 40.0 1706
2 Alejandro Valverde Movistar 37.2 1237
3 Vincenzo Nibali Astana 37.4 1216
4 Michal Kwiatkowski Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 30.4 1010
5 Alberto Contador Team Tinkoff-Saxo 31.6 882
6 Tony Martin Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 28.5 850
7 Rafal Majka Team Tinkoff-Saxo 29.4 844
8 Joaquin Rodriguez Team Katusha 29.2 828
9 Cadel Evans BMC Racing Team 31.8 789
10 John Degenkolb Team Giant - Shimano 29.6 761
11 Andre Greipel Lotto Belisol 29.4 746
12 Nacer Bouhanni FDJ.fr 38.0 732
13 Rigoberto Uran Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 30.0 707
14 Domenico Pozzovivo AG2R La Mondiale 28.1 705
15 Nicolas Roche Team Tinkoff-Saxo 28.3 699
16 Wilco Kelderman Belkin Pro Cycling 29.2 696
17 Rui Faria Da Costa Lampre - Merida 26.1 681
18 Tejay Van Garderen BMC Racing Team 29.0 678
19 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team 24.4 660
20 Michael Matthews Orica Greenedge 30.6 659
21 Romain Bardet AG2R La Mondiale 29.2 649
22 Thibaut Pinot FDJ.fr 28.5 638
23 Nairo Alexander Quintana Movistar 31.6 607
24 Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha 31.4 599
25 Daniel Moreno Team Katusha 25.3 599
26 Bauke Mollema Belkin Pro Cycling 25.0 572
27 Christopher Horner Lampre - Merida 29.2 562
28 Luka Mezgec Team Giant - Shimano 25.9 556
29 Elia Viviani Cannondale 24.8 554
30 Fabian Cancellara Trek Factory Racing 29.2 554
31 Christopher Froome Team Sky 31.2 547

disgruntledgoat

From Reinardt Van Rensburg on twitter, via Cycling.be

Sometimes I wonder what is going on in Sagan's radio. Is there actually a director giving tactics or just Metallica at full blast?

tailwindhome

Peter Sagan ‏@petosagan · 51m
Trainings are more fun with @Roman86_K Hope we will have fun together at #Vuelta as well

frenchfighter

Haha endearing himself to uncle oleg already. Looks like a brand new kit there.

As an aside his bro (and two others) got thrown out of Utah for hanging onto cars. Lucky his brother is so great as he would not be in a PT team that is almost certain.

mm1

Sharing needles already?