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I get it, but if Froomey can reinvent himself, why couldn't Sagan? ;-) He'd be no less entertaining to me, just an even more complete and successful rider.
peter_v-
I'm sure if Sagan put his mind to it, and trained for it he would be a top class sprinter. I mean I wouldn't rule out him becoming a mountain goat if he dropped weight and trained specifically for it. He just has that amazing all-round talent and Martyn Ashton-esque skill on the bike. Has there ever been a more natural-born cyclist?
But Cav is a phenom, 30 stage wins is INSANE, and you have to wonder how he had such a comparative slump when at Etixx, because he is as good now as he has ever been. So small, the whippet to the big boy's greyhound, he finds such big holes to ride in behind them, and gives them fuck all in return.
Jimmy_Fingers
No one had a big train today apart from Lotto and Etixx, and look where their sprinters placed. Kristoff was very magnanimous in his post-race interview, conceding that the pure sprinters like Cav will always have that little extra speed in bunch sprints. I suspect Sagan would say something similar, albeit while pulling a no-handed endo.
I think positioning and timing trumps the train at this tour so far. Not to say Sagan isn't an amazing talent. It's also noticeable how much work he puts in, getting into breaks over hills, going full gas for intermediate sprints like he did today, and surging clear at the end of stages to take the win. Very telling the other sprinters just rolled over behind for the intermediate, and for the rest of the racing they are back in the bunch or grupetto. If Sagan conserved his energy like them maybe he'd win bunch sprints, but it would be a very dull Sagan all back of the bus.