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Yes, ideally you can do it from the beginning as a team.
My answer was more what you can do, if you find yourself in a finishing brake with Sagan, as happened at the weekend.I do think Bora are pretty strong, a few big engines. And they're all for Sagan, unlike some other teams (quickstep). What a shambles from them.
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That's not going to happen though is it.
Basically, you've got to anticipate him, so get someone up the road who's strong enough to win then use your other riders to mark Sagan so heavily that he can't get across. I think the 2011 season with Cancellara could be indicative, he [Cancellara] was so strong that it was obvious you had to out think him and his team, rather than over power him. So at Flanders QuickStep got Chavanel up the road early, then when Cancellara went, he was there to sit on him and not work. At Roubaix, Garmin got Vansummeren up the road, then Hushovd sat on Cancellara and wouldn't do a tap until it was too late.