First mountain stage of the Tour de France

Today was the first mountain stage of this year’s Le Tour de France, so our main goal was to defend Rafal’s GC chances. Together with Lukas, I went into the breakaway to contest the intermediate sprint. I took the sprint and increased my lead by 20 points. We went back to the peloton to work for Rafal and help him. There are another 11 stages and we will fight for our chances every day. (Photos Luca Bettini)

Dnes to bola prvá horská etapa v tomto ročníku Tour a našim hlavným cieľom bolo udržať Rafalove šance na celkové poradie. Spoločne s Lukasom som však šiel do úniku aby som získal nejaké body z rýchlostnej prémie a to sa mi aj podarilo. Svoj náskok som navýšil o 20 bodov, ale potom sme sa vrátili späť do pelotónu aby sme pomáhali a pracovali pre Rafala. Pred nami je ešte 11 ťažkých etáp a v každej budeme aj naďalej bojovať.

Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 10th stage Annecy – Le Grand Bornand 159 km – 17/07/2018 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018
Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 10th stage Annecy – Le Grand Bornand 159 km – 17/07/2018 – Daniel Oss (ITA – Bora – Hansgrohe) – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018
Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 10th stage Annecy – Le Grand Bornand 159 km – 17/07/2018 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018
Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 10th stage Annecy – Le Grand Bornand 159 km – 17/07/2018 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Jan De Meuleneir/PN/BettiniPhoto©2018
Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 10th stage Annecy – Le Grand Bornand 159 km – 17/07/2018 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Jan De Meuleneir/PN/BettiniPhoto©2018