Vila: Peter Sagan is getting better and better
(Cyclingnews.com)

Bora-Hansgrohe directeur sportif Patxi Vila believes that Peter Sagan´s form is getting better and better, with his ride at Paris-Roubaix one of his best performances so far this season. Sagan was one of the protagonists at Paris-Roubaix, helping to force the pace across the cobbles and making it into the six-man group that would eventually decide the race. Heading into the Carrefour de l´Arbre, it looked like Sagan was on course to win in Roubaix for the second year running. However, he did not have the power and speed to follow the acceleration of Nils Politt on sector 3 and did not contest the sprint for fourth place with Sep Vanmarcke.ADVERTISEMENT `From an overall racing perspective, I think that it was the best racing from Peter. I think that the progression of the shape and the results - if you take out Milan-San Remo - is getting better and better,` Vila told Cyclingnews. `We need to be confident. It´s not nice when you don´t win, and you are so close, because I think we saw that Peter was the strongest in the break, but in the end, that turned around. That´s Paris-Roubaix. It´s almost 260km of full gas racing.` Vila was also pleased with how the whole Bora-Hansgrohe team rallied around Sagan, despite losing one of his key helpers, Daniel Oss, to a crash before the race had reached the Arenberg Forest. Oss would have been an important rider in the closing kilometres of the race, though they were able to send Maciej Bodnar up the road in one of the earlier moves and he dropped back to help his team leader. You can read more at Cyclingnews.com