VIDEO: Tirreno – Adriatico: Peter Sagan fought for victory in the 2nd stage. In the end, it was not enough for the best – SPORT.SK

today 18:07 | Slovak cyclist Peter Sagan from the TotalEnergies team took fourth place in Tuesday’s 2nd stage of the Tirreno – Adriatico race. In the spurt of the 219 km long stage from Camaoire to Sovicille, the victorious Belgian Tim Merlier from Alpecin-Fenix, the second Dutchman Olav Kooij from Jumbo-Visma and the third Australian Kaden Groves from BikeExchange – Jayco were over his forces. “I didn’t feel bad during the season, but the results didn’t come. I’m glad it worked out here. I had to survive the hills at the end of the stage. Thank you to the team, they put me in a good position.” according to Eurosport, the winning Merlier said. The winner of Monday’s time trial, Filippo Ganna from Ineos Grenadiers, continued to take first place in the overall standings. Sagan owns 84th place with a deficit +1: 23 min. Tirreno – Adriatico – Stage 2 (Camoire – Sovicille, 219 km): 1. Tim Merlier (Belg./Alpecin-Fenix) 5:25:23, 2. Olav Kooij (Hol./Jumbo-Visma), 3. Kaden Groves (Austr./BikeExchange-Jayco), 4. Peter SAGAN (SR / TotalEnergies), 5. Simone Consonni (Tal./Cofidis), 6. Phil Bauhaus (Nem./Bahrain Victorious, 7. Davide Ballerini (Tal. / Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), 8. Giacomo Nizzolo (Tal./Israel-Premier Tech), 9. Jacopo Guarnieri (Tal./Groupama-FDJ), 10. Andrea Vendrame (Tal- / AG2R Citroen) all time as the winner Current standings: 1. Filippo Ganna (Tal./Ineos Grenadiers) 5:40:40 h, 2. Remco Evenepoel (Belg./Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) +11 s, 3. Tadej Pogačar (Slov./UAE-Team Emirates) +17, 4. Kasper Asgreen (Denmark / Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) +24, 5. Alex Dowsett (V. Brit./Israel-Premier Tech) +25, 6. Thymen Arensman (Hol./DSM) +28, 7. Tobias Ludvigsson (Sweden / Groupama-FDJ) +32, 8. Jos van Emden (Hol./Jumbo-Visma) +33, 9. Matteo Sobrero (Tal./BikeExchange-Jayco), 10. Lawson Craddock (USA / BikeExchange-Jayco) ob aja +39, … 84. Peter SAGAN (SR / TotalEnergies) +1: 23 min