With riders starting training camps and getting their new 2011 kit, who are the ones to watch out for next year? Here’s a selection of a few names, it is not so much an exhaustive list as a personal watchlist. Thibaut Pinot (left) is one to watch Sometimes riders can show something special, only to … Read more
Slovakia’s finest: Peter Velits and Juraj Sagan I’d written that Peter Sagan might start calling the shots around Team Liquigas and it’s happening already. According to cyclismag.com, the Slovak Wunderkind has asked them to sign his kid brother, Juraj and the Italian squad is expected to recruit Sagan Junior this summer. Juraj Sagan is currently … Read more
I wrote a piece last month how it could prove tough to manage so many talented riders at Liquigas, they have several riders likely to tread on each others toes. Well there’s a split in the team already… …but fear not, this is merely over the nickname to award Peter Sagan. Apparently several riders have … Read more
My two posts on Peter Sagan have been popular (Peter Sagan’s got skillz and Who’s Peter Sagan?) so here’s a tidbit of news that hasn’t reached the English-speaking media yet: Sagan was approached by Quick Step two years ago after he finished on the podium of the junior Paris-Roubaix. The Belgian boss outfit invited him … Read more
Watch Peter Sagan ride in Bratislava, the Slovak capital. For more on Sagan, see the previous blog entry about the Super-Slovak.
In with the in crowd: Sagan leads Evans, Valverde and Sanchez The Slovak, from Žilina near the Tatra mountains that mark the Slovak-Polish border, finished second in today’s stage of Paris-Nice. So far this season he’s made a name for himself with some results and impressive riding, the first occasion being in the “Cancer Classic” … Read more