Cannondale gives Christmas gift of new bike to podium hostess pinched on behind by Peter Sagan

It's simple: whatever your personal subjective impression is, you should not accuse anyone of doping without actual strong evidence. Why even mention it in this context?

The context is Sagan acting like a silly 12 year old. He needs to take a course in how to behave like a professional top level cyclist and not a little kid. It's embarrassing. I can't believe the people on here who say things like that he's a 'breath of fresh air'. I wince at the things he does, it's like he's showing off to his mates at school.

I wonder whether she'll have something unusual for Christmas dinner. She's already had a goose, after all.

@ farrell What if she hates riding bikes!

And seriously doping allegations? If your going to make doping allegations you shouldn't even bother watching sport - everyone is doing spectacular things and pushing themselves, if your going to call out each one and say "he won a race he's a doper" whats the point in bothering watching? Cycling has had a bad past, we need to move forward. You don't see football fans saying "so and so won, match was probably fixed"

Really though, it's a bit of a shit present when you think about it.

"Oh, a bike, from a bike company....Oh, you've really thought outside the frigging box on this present haven't you?"

His alleged doping may be unproven, but his knobendery is certain imho.

Couldn't possibly say

Second that comment above regarding doping commentators. Not really intelligent comments and certainly not worth reading.

Yep Sagan was stupid and childish doing this but he and the hostess moved on. Old news indeed....no debate then

You all sound like the blind fans who were still bigging up Armstrong up to a year ago. Sagan leaving the cream of the professional peloton wheezing and spluttering and then pulling his Forrest Gump without so much of a gasp? If it looks too good to be true, then it is. Or 'apparently unprecedented', if you prefer.

Dullard by name...

Sagan is one of the best things to happen to pro-cycling in a long time. Apparently his tests recently (VO2 max, 5 sec power etc) were all universally high, which is apparently unprecedented. Can't wait for Paris Roubaix next year to see him in action on the hallowed cobbles.

And kudos to Cannondale for sorting that out. Alls well that ends well.

Cycling needs more Sagans - great cyclist with great character. Pleased Cannondale made this gesture.

Sagan would make a perfect grinch if he dyed his whole head green and not just his disgusting goatee

I thought it was a feminist protest showing how women are STILL objectified as just pieces of meat to be leered at.

On a serious note I thought it the height of naffness in the Giro (or was it the Vuelta) where the 2 podium girls kissed the winner in a delightfully spontaneous and not at all painfully staged manner. Especially farcical when it was Cav who's not the tallest.

Either that or Sagsn just liked her arse.

Sagan matured quite a bit this season, including on the road.

The abbreviated title is a bit misleading.. when I read "Cannondale's Xmas gift to podium hostess pinched by Sagan", I thought he'd stolen her Xmas pressies!

Is it just me that's bored with buffoons making unsubstantiated doping allegations. They should really be banned from the site.

Shame that Sagan doesn't behave with the same professionalism as Ms Leye. When he's back working in the factory in Zilina after he gets busted for doping (it's only a matter of time), I suspect he'll still be as much of an arse.