Because of his immense talent, his prodigious results in the early years of his career and now his reported huge salary at Tinkoff-Saxo, Peter Sagan is one of the big-name favourites for Milan-San Remo.
Despite only being 25, he has already ridden Milan-San Remo four times, finishing fourth in 2012 and second in 2013, when he was beaten by Gerald Ciolek in the sprint after the race distance was reduced due to heavy snow before the Turchino. Last year Sagan finished tenth in the hectic sprint, lacking a final kick and the speed to take on the pure sprinters like like Mark Cavendish and winner Alexander Kristoff.
Sagan often the lacked the team support in the major Classics in 2014, but can count on a stronger team at Tinkoff-Saxo, with Matti Breschel, Daniele Bennati, Roman Kreuziger, Maciej Bodnar, Christopher Juul-Jensen, Manuele Boaro and Matteo Tosatto all ready to ride for him. Tinkoff-Saxo has no real Plan B and no protected sprinter. Demanding team owner Oleg Tinkov, who is expected to be at the race on Sunday, expects nothing less than victory.
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Fortunately Sagan never seems ruffled by anything Tinkov, the media or his rivals say. His patience and self-control seem as infinite as his talent but he knows Milan-San Remo is an important first objective in a very important spring campaign.
“I feel I’m ready,” he said during an exclusive interview with Cyclingnews after the unveiling of his new custom-decorated, camouflaged Specialized Venge bike that he will ride at Milan-San Remo and during the rest of the season. “I think my form’s improved as the season has gone on. Milan-San Remo is just the start of a big part of my season, of the ‘real’ races. I’m going to busy for the next few weeks….”
Sagan finally ended his run of placings by winning stage six at Tirreno-Adriatico. He let out a huge roar as he celebrated victory, perhaps releasing the tension that was tightening in the team around him but also warning his rivals that he was ready for Milan-San Remo.
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