and then he left to the retirement home team anyways RIP to this period of everyone thinking it was gonna happen

L’Equipe reports that Sagan didn’t renew his contract with Bora and might leave for Deceuninck (who also ride on Specialized).

Recently Bora’s boss Ralph Denk indeed made comments that Sagan might need a new team soon, that he’s “entering the autumn of his career”and he, Denk, thinks it’s better to invest in youth. Sagan replied to this that finding a new team wouldn’t be a problem. Some other team bosses, like Jonathan Vaughters, said Denk shouldn’t forget that he wouldn’t have a world tour team in the first place without Sagan — he was the main allure for the sponsors.

The rivalry between Bora and DQS in the recent years provided some quality high school drama. Not only were they fighting on the road (these are the teams with the highest number of victories) but also team bosses were making comments about each other in the press constantly. In that “Band of Brothers”documentary about Sagan (but actually sneakily about Bora) Denk was saying something along the lines of “we’re not just some pack of animals  — we care about all people in our team, everyone is important” as the images of DQS riders appeared in screen (even though the name of the team wasn’t mentioned). These comments were interesting in light of what Sam Bennett was saying in his interviews, that he feels “replacable” in the team. Then he left for DQS, won a TdF green jersey with them immidiately and doesn’t hold back in his praise for the team.

Patrick Lefevere recently was saying that Denk wanted to sign Evenepoel so much he offered to buy out the entire team. Denk denied it and alleged that Lefevere just wants to put a pressure on his sponsors (DQS as a team still needs to secure sponsors going forward).

And now these rumours of Sagan going to DQS, who clearly don’t care about “autumn of a career” as much — they just got Cavendish on board, and he seems to be doing metally much better than several years before.

But, imo, if Sagan is really coming to, it means one of their big stars is leaving. And there were rumours earlier this year that AG2R want to sign Alaphilippe. Idk, I can’t really imagine both Alaphilippe and Sagan in one team, so in order for one to come, the other has to leave. Also I wonder if Sagan would be comfortable enough in DQS. For years he’s been the main star in Bora and raced how he wanted, it’s after team’s attention started to turn to other riders (like Ackermann) that their relationship started to sour. And in DQS you, yes, have to be ready to win at all times, but also have to work for others and obey the orders. It works very well for some (Kittel, Cavendish) but doesn’t work for others (De Gendt).

So it’s interesting where all of this is going.

being a fan of something with like 30 total fans on tumblr is funny bc you get like 12 notes on a post and you're like wow the gang's all here

Peter Sagan announces 2023 will be his last year racing the World Tour

Hi, if there’s anyone still here!

Felt like I should probably address the elephant in the room, that being I finally returned in some capacity to this blog after what has been far too long...

There are kinda a lot of reasons I took a break from engaging with pro cycling on this sort of fan level, most of it deeply personal stuff unfortunately, but I’m glad to be back (at least for now whilst I’m less busy)

I’ve still been keeping up with the cycling on the down low after I took a solid break around the 2017ish seasons. If I’ve missed anything kinda niche and Sagan related that I might not have seen, do let me know, and I’m always open to questions etc in my asks

THIS PERSON. THIS PERSON KNOWS WHATS UP!

Tour de France 2022 STAGE 1 / ETAPE 1  📸 Stuart Franklin/Getty Images

Photo taken by fan at the start line of Stage 5 (TDF 2022) 

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Peter Sagan and the carnage that was Stage 5 (TDF 2022)

Today reminded me so much of the cobbled stage in 2014′s Tour, I know I’m not alone in that! Drama for days, to an absurd level, and pretty much bad luck all round except for a lucky few that got through unscathed... 

Sagan currently still behind in 4th on the points classification, hopefully his luck will be a bit better going forward  🤞

Peter Sagan with TotalEnergies at the team presentation of the 109th Ed. of the Tour de France (2022)

original photo credits: tim de waele & stuart franklin

Cyclists are so annoying because they expect to be treated as road vehicles as well as pedestrians.

Peter after stage 17.

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Peter Sagan Tour Down Under 2018 Digital Art. Around 8 hours of work on Photoshop, got leg and back ache from sitting down so long haha.

Peter Sagan