It is almost impossible to understand how Peter Sagan will react to questions after races; he can be profound, sensitive or playful, dismissive of simple questions, responding with a shrug of the shoulders, his deep laugh or slug of sarcasm. He does not seem to care about being politically correct or following the guidelines of media training.
Most of the time he is simply himself. Take it or leave it.
At Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Sagan seemed irritated to have lost to Greg Van Avermaet and even slightly aloof. Following his victory at Tirreno-Adriatico, Sagan was relaxed and happy to talk to the mostly Italian media, who tried to understand what makes him tick.
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Italian television journalist Alessandra di Stefano reminded Sagan that last year he cited Kurt Cobain's famous phrase: "They laugh at me because I'm different; I laugh at them because they're all the same."
She asked if that phrase represented who he was.
"I think it's important to be yourself. We've all got a personality. I think we've got to believe in ourselves," he explained this time, expressing himself far better in Italian than in English – his third language.
Talking about his sprinting
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