Fourth in sprint finish on a very hot day

It felt we were racing in an oven today… In this flat stage, it was important to make sure again my opponents didn’t gain many points in the intermediate sprint and then in the finish, to try to do my best. We rode very well, my teammates did a very good job but unfortunately, I found myself without a lot of space in the final meters. Still, I was able to take fourth on the line and keep a good lead in the points classification.

Dnes sme sa cítili ako keby sme pretekali v peci… V tejto rovinatej etape bolo dôležité ustrážiť si súperov aby nezískali veľa bodov na rýchlostnej prémii a potom v cieli dať do toho všetko. Šli sme veľmi dobre a moji spolujazdci v tíme odviedli opäť skvelú prácu. Nanešťastie som v záverečných metroch nemal veľa priestoru, ale aj napriek tomu som bol schopný získať štvrté miesto a udržať si dobrý náskok v bodovacej súťaži.

(Photos BettiniPhoto)

Tour de France 2019 – 106th Edition – 16th stage Nimes – Nimes 177 km – 23/07/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour de France 2019 – 106th Edition – .16th stage Nimes – Nimes 177 km – 23/07/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour de France 2019 – 106th Edition – .16th stage Nimes – Nimes 177 km – 23/07/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Nico Vereecken/PN/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour de France 2019 – 106th Edition – .16th stage Nimes – Nimes 177 km – 23/07/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe)- photo Dion Kerckhoffs/CV/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour de France 2019 – 106th Edition – .16th stage Nimes – Nimes 177 km – 23/07/2019 – Caleb Ewan (AUS – Lotto Soudal) – Elia Viviani (ITA – Deceuninck – Quick Step) – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – Niccolo’ Bonifazio (ITA – Team Total Direct Energie) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019