VIDEO: Around Slovakia: Peter Sagan evaluates the 4th stage: It is better to win the overall ranking – ŠPORT.sk

Although Sagan did not claim a single stage success, in addition to the yellow one, he also won the green jersey as the winner of the scoring competition. “It was a special day, there were challenging races from the beginning. We wanted to make it as difficult as possible for the Deceuninck team, we had to put a lot of energy into it. We went full time with the whole team, we wanted to stay ahead.

We made it to the finish line, I focused on being in touch with Jannik. I am very happy that I won my first participation in Around Slovakia, although I did not win any stage. The overall ranking is more important, I was among the best from start to finish. ” said Slovak.

Sagana was pleased that his team had a tactic and were able to tear the peloton. “It’s great, today was quite a dynamic stage right from the start and we had a tactic that the best defense is an attack. So we tried to break it from the beginning. From Deceuninck, only Jannik remained with us, which was good.

I sprinted to all the bonuses so as not to lose seconds, and in the end I managed to be second. My opponents saved more energy than I did during the stage. I tried to be active, especially to rip out Alvar Jose Hodeg and it worked out, “ stated the overall winner.

See also how Peter Sagan performed a hellish mountain ride.