Second stage win at Tour de France 2018!

My BORA-hansgrohe teammates did an amazing job today – Body and Burghardt were pulling on the front from the middle of the stage before everyone else brought me into position for the final climb. In the final stretch, Sky started to pull hard and go full speed, and then Gilbert came over the climb fast too. He tried to attack but we caught him and after, I think Van Avermaet started a little too early, so it really left me and Colbrelli to fight it out. I was pretty lucky because Colbrelli was coming close near the end. During the Tour de France everything is different, but the parcours was like an Ardennes classic – up down, left, right, narrow roads. Technically it was a nice parcours. While there weren’t as many points today – just 30 for the win – it’s better than nothing though, and tomorrow is another day. BORA hansgrohe Specialized Bicycles SportfulRIDE 100% (Photos Luca Bettini)

Moji spolujazdci z BORA-hansgrohe dnes odviedli opäť skvelú prácu – Bodi a Burghardt ťahali na čele pelotónu uz od polovice etapy, zatiaľ čo ostatní mi pripravili pozíciu do záverečného stúpania. V poslednom úseku začal tvrdiť tempo tím Sky a potom tiež zaútočil Gilbert a snažil sa odpútať od balíka. Rýchlo sme ho však doskočili a myslím že Van Avermet tiež vyrazil trochu skoro, a tak sme zostali vo vzájomnom súboji už len ja a Colbreli. Mal som trochu šťastie, pretože Colbreli sa dostával už na moju úroveň. Počas Tour de France je všetko iné, ale dnešné preteky boli trochu ako Ardénske klasiky – hore, dole, vľavo, vpravo a to všetko na úzkych cestách. Technicky to bola veľmi pekná etapa. Dnes som nezískal až tak veľa bodov, pretože za víťazstvo bolo len 30, ale aj to je lepšie ako nič a zajtra nás čaká ďalší podobný deň.

Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 5th stage Lorient – Quimper 203 km – 11/07/2018 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018
Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 5th stage Lorient – Quimper 203 km – 11/07/2018 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018
Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 5th stage Lorient – Quimper 203 km – 11/07/2018 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018
Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 5th stage Lorient – Quimper 203 km – 11/07/2018 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018
Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 5th stage Lorient – Quimper 203 km – 11/07/2018 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – Sonny Colbrelli (ITA – Bahrain – Merida) – photo Jan De Meuleneir/PN/BettiniPhoto©2018
Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 5th stage Lorient – Quimper 203 km – 11/07/2018 – Julian Alaphilippe (FRA – QuickStep – Floors) – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – Philippe Gilbert (BEL – QuickStep – Floors) – Sonny Colbrelli (ITA – Bahrain – Merida) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018
Tour de France 2018 – 105th Edition – 5th stage Lorient – Quimper 203 km – 11/07/2018 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – Sonny Colbrelli (ITA – Bahrain – Merida) – Philippe Gilbert (BEL – QuickStep – Floors) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2018