Sagan comes up short in Tour of Qatar
Tinkoff-Saxo’s Peter Sagan did not get the overall or stage win he was hoping for at this year’s Tour of Qatar. The Slovakian sprinter wrapped up the six-day race on Friday by placing sixth overall and winning the white jersey of the best young rider. During the week he sprinted to a pair of second places and several fourths.
“Overall I’m happy with the result,” said director Tristan Hoffman. “Of course we would like to have won the race and a stage win, but we did what we could. The overall GC and the stages, where Sagan came in second, were decided by really small margins. But we also have to give credit to Terpstra, who won overall. He was strong and a tough adversary during the race.”
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“I’ve seen some very promising signs ahead of the big races of the season. We were close to the yellow jersey on stage 5 after great teamwork in the crosswind and today we saw a very good lead-out for Sagan. We take that with us and hopefully we can benefit from it already at Tour of Oman next week.”
The team’s Polish rider Maciej Bodnar finished in second overall, six seconds behind winner Niki Terpstra (Etixx-QuickStep). Sagan believes his teammate could have won if they had handled stage 5 a little differently when strong crosswinds caused the peloton to split.
“It was my first race for my team Tinkoff-Saxo and I’m very happy with how the race went – except for my crash on stage 1 of course. I think it’s a good start to the season for me and also for the team in general. We are all very happy for the result Bodnar achieved,” Sagan said.
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