Peter Sagan

Tinkoff-Saxo's Tour strategy appears to be changing as the yellow jersey looks out of reach, while the green jersey is in its grasp.

Peter Sagan and André Greipel — two sprinters cut from different cloths — are locked in battle for green jersey as Tour enters final week.

Greg Van Avermaet goes to the line with Peter Sagan, delivering a gritty sprint on a tough uphill finish in Mende. Froome keeps yellow.

Tinkoff-Saxo is sticking to its plan to protect Contador at the expense of Sagan's quest for a fourth green jersey, for now, at least

Peter Sagan finished second in stage 5, as he continues to balance his own ambitions with his team obligations to Alberto Contador

As cobbles specialists sit within striking distance of the yellow jersey, stage 4 will be a glimpse into the sacrifices teams make for GC

Mark Cavendish jumps first but André Greipel finishes fastest in stage 2, while Fabian Cancellara grabs the yellow jersey

Peter Sagan will have to play second-fiddle to Alberto Contador as the Tinkoff-Saxo team is solely focused on the battle for yellow jersey

With Alberto Contador aiming to win the Tour overall, Tinkoff's team is focused on GC, possibly at the expense of Sagan's stage wins

The Giant-Alpecin star has eight Tour de France stage wins but will miss this year's race after an illness

The 25-year-old has won the last four national road race titles; Friday's win is his first TT championship

The Norwegian has 18 wins so far this season, but several riders will challenge him in the mass gallops to the finish line

Alexander Kristoff takes his 17th win of the season, out-sprinting Peter Sagan on Friday's Tour de Suisse stage

Peter Sagan wins again at Tour de Suisse, mastering a technical run-in to the stage 6 sprint as Thibaut Pinot keeps the GC lead

The Russian millionaire says he won't do "crazy things" this season by signing riders for big money

Matthews gets the better of Sagan on a punchy sprint finish that gave the speedsters one final chance to shine before the big mountains

On a day shortened by bad weather, Peter Sagan claimed his first stage win of the weeklong Swiss race on a technical sprint finish

After winning in California, Peter Sagan will try to keep it going at the Tour de Suisse as he preps for the Tour de France

Sagan surprises everyone by staying close to the climbers on Mt. Baldy and then delivering the GC win on the final stage

Peter Sagan takes enough bonus seconds in the final stage to reclaim the overall title in the Amgen Tour of California

Peter Sagan will stand on the overall podium of the Amgen Tour of California on Sunday in Pasadena. But which step will he stand upon — first, or second?

Alaphilippe attacks on Mt. Baldy to take Amgen Tour's stage 7 and race lead, but Sagan's strong ride leaves him just two seconds back on GC

Peter Sagan wins a short time trial in Santa Clarita to vault into the overall race lead with two stages remaining

Fourth time is the charm for Sagan, who nets his first win of this year's Tour of California in a chaotic final sprint

Sagan is riding a custom-painted Tarmac with a prototype carbon-fiber Vision stem at the Amgen Tour of California

Images from the second day of the Amgen Tour of California, in which Mark Cavendish took a narrow sprint victory

Mark Cavendish made it two in a row at the Tour of California, but it was a photo-finish as he went wheel to wheel with Peter Sagan

Sagan has a special Specialized, painted with a unique camo look that pays homage to his Slovakian national championship title

Mark Cavendish makes it look easy, rocketing off Mark Renshaw's wheel to his 10th triumph of the season in Sacramento

The likes of Cavendish and Sagan should light up the bunch kicks, but there is no clear GC favorite heading into the 2015 Tour of California

The two riders entered the spring classics as top favorites but leave with nothing

Can Alexander Kristoff pull off the Flanders-Roubaix double, or will someone else emerge from the dusty cobbles as Sunday's winner?

Hot off his Flanders victory, the Katusha rider is the top favorite for Wednesday's Scheldeprijs that starts without Kittel or Cavendish

Neal Rogers considers the riders who succeeded and those who came up short at Belgium's biggest race, the Tour of Flanders

Following a Flanders flop, Sagan and Vanmarcke are hoping to save their respective classics campaigns at Paris-Roubaix next weekend

Without perennial favorites Boonen and Cancellara, a new generation of riders is elbowing its way to the top of the Flanders heap

The 25-year-old is searching for a victory in one of cycling's monuments, a list of five one-day classics

Last year's winner of E3 has a disappointing day out, casting more doubts on his capabilities to fly the flag for Tinkoff in the classics

Geraint Thomas jumps Stybar and Sagan in the final four kilometers of E3 Harelbeke to win his first major classic in solo fashion

Ahead of a busy springtime full of important races, Tinkoff-Saxo organization seems threatened by a rift between Tinkov and Riis

Big names and bigger teams are fine-tuning form and team compositions in this week's semi-classics ahead of the major spring races

Sprinter John Degenkolb shone brightly in Sanremo, but not before some other bright lights went dim on the long, cold road from Milano

Sunday's edition of the sprinter's classic pulls from past races to present an old-school route that finishes on the Via Roma

Can Peter Sagan deliver Tinkoff-Saxo a monument victory? The Russian team is backing its star with hopes that he can revive his winning form

Peter Sagan's victory in stage 6 at Tirreno-Adriatico was his first win since last summer

With Milano-Sanremo around the corner, Peter Sagan outsprints a reduced peloton on a rainy day in Italy to take his first victory of the season

Will Tinkoff-Saxo get its money's worth out of Peter Sagan this spring? He hopes to open his account in Tirreno this week

Contador, Nibali, Uran, Quintana, Cancellara, and Sagan all weigh in on their odds ahead of the Wednesday start of Tirreno-Adriatico

Several former winners will start Saturday's Strade Bianche, a 200km race in Tuscany that includes 45km on hilly, gravel roads

Can Contador's GC ambitions coexist with Sagan's aims to return to his winning ways at next week's Italian stage race?

Niki Terpstra brings a six-second overall lead into Friday's final stage

Niki Terpstra remains in the overall lead with two days of racing left as the peloton faces another windy day of action in the desert

Peter Sagan is seventh overall at Tour of Qatar. The TT may be his chance to take the overall lead, but first he must beat his teammate

Aboard a new team for 2015, Sagan is finding new ways to improve and refine his talent with an aim to win his first monument this season

Peter Sagan has accomplished many feats in cycling, but winning a monument is not one of them

Global Cycling Network takes look at Peter Sagan's new bike for 2015, a Specialized Venge with mix of Shimano, Specialized, and FSA parts

Amgen Tour of California invites 18 teams to the 2015 event, expects sprint showdown between Sagan and Kittel for race's 10th anniversary

Cancellara is keenly aware that his reign as one of the kings of the classics is reaching its zenith as up-and-comers vie for the crown

Tinkoff-Saxo CEO insists team finances are on solid footing, despite suggestions by Oleg Tinkov that crisis in Russia could mean trouble

Grand tour stage winners, points classification champions, and classics superstars will take on the early-season race in Qatar

Peter Sagan feels pressure to deliver victory for Tinkoff-Saxo, and American Bobby Julich steps in to train the young star

Riders still without a contract face a precarious future as 2014 comes to a close, and several big names are still waiting on the sidelines

Five Italians from the Italian-based team will jump over to the new squad that combines Garmin-Sharp and Cannondale

The three-time green jersey winner is looking for a victory in the spring classics

Nearly 80 Tinkoff-Saxo riders and staff members will attempt to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa as part of a team-building camp

Whether pounding cobbles, battling in sprints, or winning mountain stages, these young riders will deliver excitement in the coming years

On the shoulders of a young, talented rider, expectation hangs like a thick cloak, leading to a cascade of physical and mental stresses

At worlds, Kwiatkowski, 24, leads the way for a young cohort that is talented and promising

Global Cycling Network breaks down the list of favorites in the men's and women's elite road races in Ponferrada, Spain

Though his 2014 results don't show it, Peter Sagan is one of the riders to watch in Ponferrada, but he is cagey about his chances

Peter Sagan withdrew from the Vuelta in stage 14, but his trainer says he is in a perfect spot to perform well in the world championships

The trio joins many others who have succumbed to the heat and the climbing in the Spanish grand tour

Peter Sagan, who has struggled through the Vuelta a España, finally called it quits on stage 14

Four of the biggest favorites for Ponferrada are at this Vuelta: Fabian Cancellara, Philippe Gilbert, Tom Boonen, and Peter Sagan

The Slovak sprinter has won the points title at the last three Tours de France

The Slovakian has won the points classification at the last three editions of the Tour de France

One of Spain's most elegant cities, San Sebastián will be on display at the end of the 219km race this weekend

Cannondale pulled out all the stops for Peter Sagan's custom-painted SuperSix EVO

With riders at the front for almost the entire day, Garmin capped stage 19 at the Tour with a victory by Ramunas Navardauskas

Tony Gallopin attacks twice in the final kilometers of stage 11 at the Tour, which leads to France’s second stage win