The Sagan Thread

buffalo

I want to make life convenient for myself, so I can get all my man-loving in one place. No spoilers please!

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

buffalo wrote: »

AstraMonti wrote: »

iregk

Cancellara saying he is disrespecting other riders by his showboat celebrations crossing the line. I totally disagree. There aren't enough riders doing that sort of thing. Nothing screams classey ba$tard like a wheeley finish.

el tel

They're not smoking in the first picture so they mustn't have made man-love yet.

Cancellara must have forgotten about kissing the little bear pendant to the motorbike camera towards the end of his superhuman Roubaix win.

Chips Lovell

spyderski

iregk wrote: »

Cancellara saying he is disrespecting other riders by his showboat celebrations crossing the line. I totally disagree. There aren't enough riders doing that sort of thing. Nothing screams classey ba$tard like a wheeley finish.

Agree. What he's doing is ENTERTAINMENT. Which is badly needed in the sport. The more characters the better - God knows there's enough dry sh**es in the peloton.

Chips Lovell

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Lumen

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AstraMonti

^^

Lumen

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Harrybelafonte

I sort of understand where Cancellara is coming from, I personally dislike showboating in sport, but at the same time, I don't think that's really what Sagan is doing. It's just slightly more flamboyant a celebration than throwing your arms in the air as most do when they have a chance. At least we don't have to put up with the whole pointing to the heavens crap or repeated laps with a flag so many countries seem to enjoy.

Cancellara was kissing an angel that his daughter gave him AFAIK, not really showboating to be fair.

AstraMonti

Fresh stuff lol

Icyseanfitz

a pro eating chocolate, thats more fooked up than the forest gump impersonation

as for being disrespectful gtfo, there all just jealous of him :pac:

Hungrycol

AstraMonti wrote: »

Fresh stuff lol

^^ I'm convinced that what my Peace & Harmony Chinese Tattoo really says.

dastardly00

happytramp

iregk wrote: »

Nothing screams classey ba$tard like a wheeley finish.

There's one thing missing in this thread. More....

Chartsengrafs

Getting kind of sick of Cancellara at this stage. Telling the peloton to slow down beacuse he thinks it should, criticising celebrations of others... come on.

Darkglasses

Basster wrote: »

Getting kind of sick of Cancellara at this stage. Telling the peloton to slow down beacuse he thinks it should, criticising celebrations of others... come on.

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of Sagan, but I much prefer him to a so-called Patron

Zyzz

buffalo

^^ It's not easy being green.

sy

Peter Sagan the early years

denbatt

He is 23 years old, he could be out on the piss every weekend hah! Leave him have his fun while he can, seeing him win the stages in last years TDF was like a breath of fresh air. May his celebrations be more outlandish this year i say, fcuk em all, Sagan ftw.

Slo_Rida

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buffalo

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Inquitus

Not a Sagan fan, so:

Raam

First one is on the Angliru.

sy

Raam wrote: »

First one is on the Angliru.

Looks like he's near the top of the Angliru too :eek: Though the front wheel has a tendency to lift when climbs get super steep. Reminds me of climbing Mamore gap :pac:

drogdub

I think he is fantastic. Type of personality you could build a sport around, natural showman, ferocious will to win and Strad Di bianci and the fact he wins all year round shows he's a good pro with a proper work ethic. Also he explained his mates picked his tdf celebrations

Inquitus

drogdub wrote: »

I think he is fantastic. Type of personality you could build a sport around, natural showman, ferocious will to win and Strad Di bianci and the fact he wins all year round shows he's a good pro with a proper work ethic. Also he explained his mates picked his tdf celebrations

I don't think you could build a sport around him, he's a bit like marmite, 50/50 either you love him or hate him.

MPFG

Sagan is a fantastic cyclist and a fun young man....with hopefully great career in front of him
However I hope he doesn't win everything as that would be too predicable
Like in MSR I think he won't win tomorrow at Tour of Flanders

CramCycle

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Zorba

Sorry mod, wasn't suggesting amything, more thinking aloud !

ROK ON

I love him.
He is the best all round cyclist since perhaps the likes of Kelly. May never win a GT but he can win everything else.
Beautiful cyclist, raw power and aggression with a huge sense of fun.
He is a young man on the way up. Why shouldnt he enjoy himself.
Modern sport is way too full of cardboard characters.

I hope the trajectory keep going.
He has a lot to learn, but he is capable of learning I think. Frank VDB or the likes he is not.

Icyseanfitz

i like him because he actually seems to be having fun while on his bike, im mad right

Beasty

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Icyseanfitz

isnt this the sagan thread?

Beasty

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

isnt this the sagan thread?

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furiousox

This is a great photo but it's a spoiler so don't look until you know today's result.

happytramp

furiousox wrote: »

This is a great photo but it's a spoiler so don't look until you know today's result.

Hmmmm, don't know if it's great. He looks a bit weird and rapey.

macadam

furiousox wrote: »

This is a great photo but it's a spoiler so don't look until you know today's result.

She never flinched, would be a great cure after the cobbles!!!

doozerie

happytramp wrote: »

Hmmmm, don't know if it's great. He looks a bit weird and rapey.

I completely agree. It was a stupid and offensive thing to do, particularly for a professional who has become a leading light for the sport. It's just a shame there isn't a subsequent photo of the woman punching Sagan on the snot, but instead she showed some professionalism by ignoring him. She comes out it looking well, in the circumstances, Sagan comes out of looking like an idiot.

It'll be interesting to see what his team does in response, if anything.

furiousox

"Rapey"??
That's a bit extreme imo.
I think he's hamming it up for the camera and that's it.
Maybe showing his immaturity but I wouldn't get too upset about it.

EDIT: He's since apologised

Peter Sagan ‏@petosagan
Was not my intention to disrespect women today on the podium. Just a joke, sorry if someone was disturbed about it.

doozerie

furiousox wrote: »

I think he's hamming it up for the camera and that's it.
Maybe showing his immaturity but I wouldn't get too upset about it.

I find it no less offensive that he may be "hamming it up" (to the woman who was felt up I imagine his motivations don't make it feel any less demeaning), though I do agree that it may reflect his immaturity. How he responds to the public reaction to it will perhaps give an insight into his true character - if he is an arse he'll just ignore the complaints and not care, if this was an uncharacteristic "goof" then presumably he'll acknowledge his stupidity and apologise publicly to the woman concerned.

Darkglasses

Well, he did sign a girl's boobs on camera too. Did you all think he was a saint?

doozerie

Darkglasses wrote: »

Well, he did sign a girl's boobs on camera too. Did you all think he was a saint?

If a women volunteers her boobs for him to sign then regardless of how silly I might consider it to be it's entirely her choice. Pinching the arse of a woman just because you feel like it is entirely different.

Darkglasses

doozerie wrote: »

If a women volunteers her boobs for him to sign then regardless of how silly I might consider it to be it's entirely her choice. Pinching the arse of a woman just because you feel like it is entirely different.

Well I'd have called it six of one, half dozen of the other. I think Sagan dives in first and she's cool with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq8rX75IwVs

denbatt

Darkglasses wrote: »

Well I'd have called it six of one, half dozen of the other. I think Sagan dives in first and she's cool with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq8rX75IwVs

I'd let him sign my moob.