Painful stage 8 at the Tour de France but I made it and kept my green jersey lead

It was a really hard stage, I suffered a lot to stay with the first group in the final climbs but I gritted my teeth, I gave it my all and managed to finish fifth, in the reduced group behind the leaders. This means I keep my lead in the green jersey but Paris is still far away. There will be more difficult stages, so we have to take it day by day.

Bola to naozaj ťažká etapa, dosť som trpel aby som zostal v prvej skupine aj vo finálnych stúpaniach, ale zaťal som zuby, dal som do toho všetko a podarilo sa mi dokončiť na peknom piatom mieste v menšej skupine hneď za únikom. To znamená, že držím môj náskok v zelenom drese, ale Paríž je stále ďaleko a čakajú nás ešte ťažšie etapy. Takže to musíme brať deň po dni.

BORA-hansgrohe (Photos BettiniPhoto)

Tour De France 2019 – 106th Edition – 8th stage Macon – Saint Etienne 199 km – 13/07/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour De France 2019 – 106th Edition – 8th stage Macon – Saint Etienne 199 km – 12/07/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour de France 2019 – 106th Edition – 8th stage Macon – Saint Etienne 199 km – 13/07/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Kei Tsuji/BettiniPhoto©2019