After finishing a disappointing fourth at Milan-San Remo on Sunday, Peter Sagan is hoping to start his cobbled classics campaign on Friday with a repeat win at E3 Harelbeke. Tinkoff-Saxo team owner Oleg Tinkov suspended manager Bjarne Riis after a series of spring disappointments that culminated on the Via Roma last week, so nothing would arrest the tense mood inside the team bus more than a victory at the WorldTour level. Sagan said this week that he is coming to Belgium with a ?great desire? to perform well.ADVERTISEMENT ?I won the E3 Harelbeke last year and I will try to do the double this year,? he said. ?The cobblestone classics kick off and I want to be ready. I focus on the classics ahead and I feel very well and in very good form.? While admitting that Sagan, as defending champion, is the pre-race favourite, team director Lars Michaelsen said the race can throw plenty of obstacles into the team's plans. ?No doubt that Peter is in form, but we need to avoid crashes and then we have to cross our fingers and hope that the race develops in the right direction for us,? Michaelsen said. ?We have a plan A and B but as we saw in Dwars door Vlaanderen, crashes and tactical deadlocks can throw a spanner in the works.? You can read more at Cyclingnews.com

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