VIDEO Sagan did his best: A good sign after a knee injury and training in the mountains – Športky.sk

BILZEN – In Friday’s 5th stage of the race Around the Benelux, Slovak cyclist Peter Sagan from the Bora-Hansgrohe team took fourth place. After 188 kilometers, Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) triumphed in front of the Italian Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) and Danny van Poppel from the Netherlands (Wanty – Gobert).

In the fifth stage, which had a wavy profile, Hugo Houle (Astana), Jack Bauer (BikeExchange) and Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) initially escaped. The trio had a lead of more than three minutes. Forty kilometers before the finish line, Jasper Stuyven (Trek) wanted to stir up the action, but his attempt destroyed the peloton. The lead of the leading trio then dropped below one minute, Sagan rode carefully and held on to the front. The escape then engulfed the peloton and it was clear that the winner would be decided by the final spurt. Sagan held the forefront, but Ewan had the most strength.

AlCaleb Ewan takes the stage win in Bilzen. Watch the last hundreds of meters here! #BeneluxTour pic.twitter.com/foFGPlMIg3

– Benelux Tour (@BeneluxTour) September 3, 2021

“It was a long stage that developed as expected. Again, we worked well as a team and I held on to the start of the peloton in the final circuit. I checked and caught leaks, which turned out to be a good sign of my form after a knee injury and training. in the mountains. In the final sprint, I gave my best. ” evaluated the three-time world champion stage on the website bora-hansgrohe.com ..

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