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QUOTES ABOUT PETER

• “It’s hard to write about Peter Sagan. He’s so good you quickly run out of adjectives."
   - The Inner Ring

 

• "He's not a Slovak. He's Fastvak."

    -The Inner Ring



• "I see myself in Sagan."
    - Eddy Merckx



• "Sagan won't be the next Eddy Merckx. He'll be the first Peter Sagan."

    - Ryan Newill, VeloNews



• “Peter is just gifted. He can do any sport he thinks of and he’s still good at it. He’s got these extremely pliable bones and he’s been always been this strong, this muscular."
   - Peter's mother



• “Peter is lucky to have this kind of personality. He simply take things easy. No matter if he wins or loses - it’s no big deal for him. For him cycling is still a hobby, a game that he loves to play and win. He doesn't view it as a job. He rides with such joy..."
   - Peter's father



• "When you see how many races Sagan won, you know it's not so easy to beat him. He has just this will, this power, this class, doing these kinds of accelerations - he has just the thing you need.I think that's just the beginning, what he's doing here."
   - Fabian Cancellara



• "Sagan is barely old enough to buy a beer in the United States, yet he's already in his third season as a professional."
   - Bicycling.com

• ‎"It’s like watching Messi playing football. He’s winning with such apparent ease at the moment that it’s pretty phenomenal. You’ve got to give Sagan credit for the way he’s riding at the moment. When you see something like that, you just have to stand back and admire it, and smile and think ‘wow'. He's enjoyable to watch."
   - the Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford



• "That is the Paradox of Peter Sagan. He has displayed Cannibal-like tendencies on the bike, in the final 500 meters it seems as if he'd kick a puppy to win. But then he sits up and smiles huge, as if it's all a joke, some game he's playing with everyone."
   - Mattheau Beaudin, The Paradox of Peter Sagan



• “Sagan is quiet and calm, until he’s all of a sudden not.”
  - Matthew Beaudin, The Paradox of Peter Sagan



• "Sagan is Jedi."
   - David Millar



• "Sagan is the sport's next superstar, the archetypal baby-faced assassin with a Merckx-like appetite for victory. He can compete on every terrain except the highest mountains and the flattest sprint. Everywhere else he roams with predatory intent.
   - The Telegraph



• "Aged just 22, Sagan has plenty more tricks up his sleeve - just ask one of his podium girl conquests..."
   - Eurosport



• "Peter Sagan is clearly special, so much so that the history books need to be consulted a mere four days into his debut Tour de France."
   - The Guardian



• "Sagan topped off his stage win with a gesture that was apparently a tribute to Forrest Gump and his running style. Gump told of how his mother Told him - to paraphrase - that life is like a box of chocolates, because you never know what you gonna get. When Sagan approaches a finish that is on top of a hill the Tour de France now knows exactly what is going to happen."
   - The Guardian     
 
• "He can do just about anything he wants to turn his hand to at the moment."
   - Robbie McEwen



• "When we tested him, other than his ability to clear lactic acid very quickly, the big thing we saw was his ability to ride at threshold longer than other riders. Other riders can do a maximal effort for 45 seconds or a minute. Peter can go a minute and a half or two minutes. He’s got something extra for the finish.”
   - Slongo, Peter's coach



• "It was in mountain biking where Sagan earned his nickname the Terminator - not because of what he did to the competition but what he did to his equipment. He was always destroying wheels and tires.”

   - Slongo, Peter's coach



• "He's a cold killer."
   - Robbie McEwen



• "You can see it in the way he rides that Sagan is not only strong but also extremely smart."
   - The Peleton Magazine



• "Just how far can Sagan go? That seems to be an answer that no one knows."
   - Andrew Hood, VeloNews



• "You can't take anything away from Peter Sagan. When you know he's around, you better take care."
   - Sylvian Chavanel



• "He's a phenomenom."
   - Sean Yates, director at Team Sky



• "We know what type of rider he is: quality."
   - one of Liquigas' sports directors told VeloNews



• "Seeing Peter sprint, it's a gift I haven't seen in a long time. There's nothing he can't do."
   - Fred Rodriguez



• "Peter Sagan is always good. Always. This kid, he's got talent all over the place."
   - Chris Horner



• "Sagan's a marvel to watch on the bike. Teammates tell of him bumping up stairs on his bike during training rides, of insane wheelies, and unconscionable skill."
   - Mattheau Beaudin, VeloNews



• "This kid is a monster. A velvet samurai."
   - Cyclismos



• "Sagan has made huge progress with the media (...). Where he was once shy and almost monosyllabic with his answers, he is now open and smiling when he faces the television cameras."
   - John Wilcockson



• "He's one of the biggest talents around right now."
   - Tom Boonen



• "Sagan is young but has the tactical insight of a veteran”
   - NBC Sports



• "Sagan is absolutely placid in circumstances that might put other riders in a panic." 
   - NBC Sports



• "Basically it's Sagan versus the rest."

   - the team Orica-GreenEDGE director Matt White



• "He's not the revelation. He's the revolution."

   - Laurent Vergine

 

  • "New age just started. Saganism."
  • “The scary thing about Sagan is that over the next few years he’s only going to get better.”
  • "I predict his nae will become a verb in no time in the peloton, as in 'Man, I got saganed again!'"

  • "It's almost unbelievable that Sagan has so much energy left compared to his competitors. Uh oh."

  • "Man, this kid is such a fucking baller!"

  • "Look at Sagan. He had to run down 10-15 meters on Goss and Cavendish and he finished second. He is fucking fast."

  • "They say Cavendish has the highest top speed in sprint, but from the high angled camera you could see how much faster Sagan was. I wonder what will happen in London next week."

  • "Yesterday I saw the true speed of the Tourminator. Sagan went much faster than Cavendish in the sprint. Best thing that could have happened to the TdF '12."

  • "I feel like I'm repeating myself but yes, Peter Sagan wins his 3rd stage in the Tour of California. I'm beginning to think he could do one-handed wheelies and still win in California."

  • "You all don't need a photo of Sagan winning yet another stage in the Tour of California, so I'm just posting yesterday's win to save energy."

  • "22 years old, and in his debut Tour he achieved already more than 90 per cent of the cyclists in their entire career."
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