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Sagan Struggling With Wins

Slovakian riding star Peter Sagan is passing through a rough phase lately- the reigning cycling season has long started but Sagan somehow could not please his fans nor his team with one remarkable win.

Sagan-mania reached its peak 2 years back in 2013 in Ghent-Wevelgem. The Slovakian impressed the cycling with his spectacular foray into the escape group, came up with a great attack & celebrated his dramatic win with glory & pride. Cut to 2015, the scene is completely different. According to many, Sagan has left thinking of varied means to celebrate his wins & he is hardly striving to win.

This rings alarm for his team Tinkoff-Saxo who signed up the Slovakian great last winter on a 3-year deal that runs till 2017. The hefty deal is worth 4million Euros annually and Tinkoff has pinned all hoped to relive some of the Sagan-mania.

“Worried? Yes, certainly we would love to secure a win yet we aren’t the sole team in this position struggling for a good classic”, remarked Tristan Hoffman, the sports director from Tinkoff-Saxo.

“Mentally there is no such problem. Sagan is full confident about himself.”

He had a win last June (29th) at national championships which was merely anything for a great rider like him. His last win in the international circuit was the stage win at Tour Swiss on 16th June, 2014.

The sad part is that the great Slovakian rider had never struggled so far in a season sans a victory. The current one is surely his worst till date. He had his best heydays in the year 2013 that saw him bustling with as many as 22 victories in one season, including Ghent-Wevelgem, Brabantse Pijl as well as a stage & green jersey at Tour France. Sagan was even placed 2nd in Milano-Sanremo & Flanders Tour that year.