Peter Sagan is not in his shoes. We are looking for a feeling of the past, says his trainer

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Slovakian cyclist Peter Sagan had four performances on great spring classics, but he only fought for victory in the final meters in one case.

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From the first race Milan – San Remo, where he finished fourth. Then came 17th place E3 class Binck Bank Classi and 32nd place Gent-Wevelgem, where there was a mechanical problem or an exhausting kilometer.

Finally, the first summits of spring arrived at the Belgian monument Around Flanders and Sagan, although until the end of being a member of a larger group of favorites, shot "only" the 11th place.

"Peter is always looking for his good experience from the past, so we need to analyze why, in short, Around Flanders was not a bad race for him, but it was not perfect either. said Patxi Vila, sports director of Bora-Hansgrohe and Saganov Trainer, in an interview with Cyclingnews.

The crouching disease on the triple world cycling spring champion also affects his current results. "It probably touched him more than we wanted to admit, it's not an excuse, but it did not help him." commented Patxi Vila. He added that he already believed in a positive step forward during the Paris-Roubaix race, where the Slovakian cyclist would just advocate winning a year ago.

According to many people, the hardest monumental classic, dubbed "The North Hell", will be held on Sunday, April 14. "Peter is still not on top, we are disappointed because the victories after nearly six months of training are not yet won, but that 's the sport we want to go from there. ;before" added Villa.

In the same spirit, Saganov's father, ubomír, took the floor after the Around Around Flanders program and the complete program this year of prestigious unique races. "Before I started, I felt like he could win, but it turned out he still needed a week to pass, and he did a foot check Monday before the race, with less problems after the fall of the Tour de France, but it is not special, it solves the problem with various exercises recommended by experienced physiotherapists ", said Lubomir Sagan for the sport. He thinks his son will return to the conquest of recent years.

"I'm sure he'll unpack it on the road to Roubaix, we'll all be happy with the goal, and we're looking forward to his victory." Until now, he's been very shy this season, but that must come," added by Ľ. Sagan.

The Paris-Roubaix race, known for its many sections of cobblestones, takes place on Sunday, April 14 from Compiégne to Roubaix and has a length of 257 km. Last year, Sagan triumphed after nearly six hours spent riding the bike saddle, when he joined Swiss Silvan Dillier with a soloist and did not give him a chance in the last rotation of the velodrome of Roubaix.