Peter Sagan o galusku na 2 mieste v 7.etape okolo Californie
Peter Sagan odhodlal na prekvapujúci ťah ataku na hranici 60 km pred páskou. Keď videl, že súperi taktizujú, špekulujú sa a vyčkávajú, vykašľal sa na nich a upaľoval ďalej sám v poločasovkárskom posede. Na trase ho o chvíľu čakala šprintérska aj vrchárska prémia.
Po debate s Patxim Villou sa Peter Sagan rozhodol mini pelotón počkať. Zaradil sa do neho 18 km pred cieľom. Ukončil tak 42-kilometrový sólo únik. Konečne sme si mohli prezrieť túto skupinu a našli sme v nej okrem Coquarda, Alexandra Kristoffa (Kaťuša) a dokonca aj Johna Degenkolba (Giant). Peter mal k sebe iba kolegu Michaela Gogla s bidonom Dimensions Data v košíku.
V hromadnom špurte Petra nakoniec iba o pár centimetrov delilo od ďaľšieho víťazstva.
| Výsledky | ||||||||
| 1. |  |
KRISTOFF Alexander  |
Team Katusha | 4:19:52 | ||||
| 2. |  |
SAGAN Peter | Tinkoff | 00:00 | ||||
| 3. |  |
VAN POPPEL Danny | Team Sky | 00:00 | ||||
| 4. | |
TEUNISSEN Mike | Team LottoNL – Jumbo | 00:00 | ||||
| 5. |  |
COQUARD Bryan | Direct Energie | 00:00 | ||||
| 6. |  |
STUYVEN Jasper | Trek – Segafredo | 00:00 | ||||
| 7. |  |
MCCABE Travis | Holowesko-Citadel Racing Team | 00:00 | ||||
| 8. |  |
|
Team Giant – Alpecin | 00:00 | ||||
| 9. | |
ROOSEN Timo | Team LottoNL – Jumbo | 00:00 | ||||
| 10. |  |
GUERREIRO Ruben | Axeon Hagens Berman | 00:00 | ||||
| 82. | |
VELITS Martin | Etixx – Quick-Step | 25:42 | |
| 109. | |
BAŠKA Erik | Tinkoff | 25:42 | |
| 114. | |
KOLÁŘ Michael | Tinkoff | 25:42 | |
| 115. | |
SAGAN Juraj | Tinkoff | 25:42 |
| Priebežné poradie pretekov po etape | ||||||||
| 1. | |
ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Etixx – Quick-Step | 28:46:38 | 5 | |||
| 2. |  |
DENNIS Rohan |
BMC Racing Team | 00:16 | ||||
| 3. | |
BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC Racing Team | 00:38 | ||||
| 4. | |
TALANSKY Andrew |
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | 00:47 | ||||
| 5. | |
POWLESS Neilson | Axeon Hagens Berman | 01:08 | ||||
| 6. | |
CRADDOCK Lawson | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | 01:17 | ||||
| 7. |  |
SÁNCHEZ Samuel |
BMC Racing Team | 01:17 | ||||
| 8. | |
TEN DAM Laurens | Team Giant – Alpecin | 01:24 | ||||
| 9. |  |
BENNETT George | Team LottoNL – Jumbo | 01:45 | ||||
| 10. | |
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen |
Team Katusha | 01:48 | ||||
| 37. | |
SAGAN Peter | Tinkoff | 22:27 | |
| 72. | |
SAGAN Juraj | Tinkoff | 52:38 | |
| 82. | |
VELITS Martin | Etixx – Quick-Step | 1:02:50 | |
| 131. | |
KOLÁŘ Michael | Tinkoff | 1:37:46 | |
| 133. | |
BAŠKA Erik | Tinkoff | 1:43:17 |
| Priebežné poradie bodovacej súťaže po etape | ||||||||
| 1. | |
SAGAN Peter | Tinkoff | 56 | ||||
| 2. | |
ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Etixx – Quick-Step | 26 | ||||
| 3. | |
DENNIS Rohan |
BMC Racing Team | 24 | ||||
| 4. | |
KRISTOFF Alexander |
Team Katusha | 24 | ||||
| 5. | |
KING Benjamin | Cannondale Pro Cycling Team | 21 | ||||
| 6. | |
BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC Racing Team | 20 | ||||
