Stage victory and yellow jersey at Tour de Suisse

I’m happy with this stage win, my 17th at the Tour de Suisse, and the leader’s yellow jersey. I’d like to thank the whole team for their brilliant work, they controlled the race and placed me in a perfect spot for the victory. It was a very fast finale and quite hectic because everybody wanted to be in the front. When we crossed the finish line for the first time, it was clear to me that in order to have a chance at winning, I had to be in the first positions of the group before the last left turn. That’s what we did and I was able to attack in the final stretch to get the victory.

Dnešné 17. etapové víťazstvo a zisk žltého dresu na Okolo Švajčiarska ma veľmi potešili. Rád by som poďakoval celému tímu za ich briliantnú pomoc, keď kontrolovali preteky a dostali ma na perfektnú pozíciu pred víťazným špurtom. Bolo to veľmi rýchle a trochu hektické finále, pretože každý chcel byť v špici. Keď sme prechádzali cez cieľ prvýkrát, tak bolo jasné, že ak chceme mať šancu na výhru, musím byť na prvej priečke ešte pred poslednou ľavou zákrutou. To sme aj dodržali a bol som schopný zaútočiť a získať víťazstvo.

BORA-hansgrohe (Photos BettiniPhoto)

Tour de Suisse 2019 – 83rd Edition – 3rd stage Flamatt – Murten 162,3 km – 17/06/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Vincent Kalut/PN/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour de Suisse 2019 – 83rd Edition – 3rd stage Flamatt – Murten 162,3 km – 17/06/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Vincent Kalut/PN/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour de Suisse 2019 – 83rd Edition – 3rd stage Flamatt – Murten 162,3 km – 17/06/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Werner Jacobs/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour de Suisse 2019 – 83rd Edition – 3rd stage Flamatt – Murten 162,3 km – 17/06/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Werner Jacobs/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour de Suisse 2019 – 83rd Edition – 3rd stage Flamatt – Murten 162,3 km – 17/06/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Vincent Kalut/PN/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour de Suisse 2019 – 83rd Edition – 3rd stage Flamatt – Murten 162,3 km – 17/06/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Werner Jacobs/BettiniPhoto©2019
Tour de Suisse 2019 – 83rd Edition – 3rd stage Flamatt – Murten 162,3 km – 17/06/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Werner Jacobs/BettiniPhoto©2019