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The world champion won the final sprint at the 182.5 kilometer stage
La Roche-sur-Yon, France (AP) –
The world champion Peter Sagan won the final sprint on Sunday to take the second stage of Tour de France and place of general leader
The Slovak of Bora-Hansgrohe defeated Sonny Colbrelli on arrival. Sagan won the 182.5 km flat stage of Mouilleron-Saint-Germain in La Roche-sur-Yon, capital of the prefecture, in just over four hours
"It was a sprint really hard ," Sagan said. "I climbed with a bit of headwind and the last five kilometers were up and down. It was a mess . "
Sagan, triple world champion, was short in the sprint of the first stage during which he was overtaken by the Colombian Fernando Gaviria. Chris Froome fell into a ditch towards the end of Saturday's stage, arrived safely with most of the bunch.
It is at 1:07 of Sagan while he was looking for his ] fifth title of the Tour. Although he was acquitted of doping charges on Monday, some skeptical fans booed the British cyclist born in Kenya since the arrival of his Sky team in France
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