{"id":164091,"date":"2018-04-02T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T11:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=164091"},"modified":"2018-04-03T11:14:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T11:14:46","slug":"getting-harder-harder-sagan-win-important-news-world-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/04\/02\/getting-harder-harder-sagan-win-important-news-world-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Getting Harder and Harder for Sagan to Win and Other Important News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! So, what did you miss?<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Peter Sagan kept under close watch<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s getting increasingly harder for the famous Slovak to win races. Everybody seems to be keeping an eye on him while other riders simply get away. The world champ himself felt an urge to ventilate a bit of frustration about the current situation after the Tour of Flanders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to race in my position in the group,\u201d Sagan said. \u201cAlso, if the other riders don\u2019t wake up, it\u2019s going to be like this. It\u2019s not just me that they need to beat. We are in 200. In that respect, the other teams were mistaken, I believe. Like this, Quick-Step will go and win all the races.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bgg-pKRjex7\/?hl=cs&#038;taken-by=petosagan<\/p>\n<p>Bora-Hansgrohe coach and sports director Patxi Vila talked about the same issue to velonews.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s equal [in fitness to the last two seasons] I would say, perhaps even better this year. But year by year, it\u2019s harder for him to win. It\u2019s harder to win with three world titles than with two, or with two than one. He\u2019s building up a nice palmar\u00e8s. He\u2019s probably the rider of his generation, but that means everything is hard for him. Don\u2019t ask why, but he\u2019s the reference in the race. That\u2019s how it is. When he\u2019s racing, he\u2019s a reference point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Sagan\u2019s dominance will continue? Or will he slowly succumb to the immense pressure? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Pretty cool<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How awesome is this? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bRH7FM278W\">pic.twitter.com\/bRH7FM278W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Evans Cycles (@EvansCycles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvansCycles\/status\/978001041579966464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Who\u2019s spreading this myth?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some people say track cyclists don\u2019t have skills&#8230; This video should put that myth to bed. \ud83e\udd19\ud83d\ude40<\/p>\n<p>There is a theme developing here. \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83d\udeb4\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JWlY9zh0Oj\">https:\/\/t.co\/JWlY9zh0Oj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sickskills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sickskills<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sweetjump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#sweetjump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6mCgdrNjJB\">pic.twitter.com\/6mCgdrNjJB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Callum Skinner (@CallumSkinner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CallumSkinner\/status\/979250092526850048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Seems wrong<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m hearing that 6ft 8in Conor Dunne is going to ride the Dwarfs Door Vlaanderen tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>I assume he\u2019s got a TUE from the UCI to allow that?<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise it\u2019s just another case of someone making a mockery of pro professional cycling\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UK Cycling Expert (@ukcyclingexpert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukcyclingexpert\/status\/978675619771899904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Keep pushing!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bg6KRuRnayZ\/?utm_source=ig_embed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! 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