Martin survives a mass crash while Gaviria builds his marker here

Fernando Gaviria yesterday won his second stage victory of this Tour de France at Sarzeau and, in doing so, showed clearly the fight of Peter Sagan to win a record sixth green jersey.

In his first Tour, Gaviria gave the impression of having played all his life on the biggest stage of cycling and, at the end of 195, the 23-year-old Colombian was found himself facing quiet kilometers. The talented Sagan and talented Andre Greipel beat both a few inches at the end of the session.

Chris Froome and the other contenders in the overall standings finished in the peloton. For his part, Rigoberto Uran, one of Froome's main rivals, was also involved in the incident, but his EF team worked hard to make sure he rejoined the platoon.

. Dan Martin was among the riders who were delayed or were delayed by the accident, but he recovered to take a second overall.

Martin is now ranked 33rd overall, o Greg van Avermaet and Tejay Van Garderen

Much of this step went smoothly, a natural lull in a much bigger fight, as the Quiet spell of a test match before tea.

a classic pattern: the early escape of four riders enjoying their moment in the limelight, the bunch jostles them gently, before the most advanced sprint team, Quick-Step Floors of Gaviria, take control of the race. Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel are among their alumni, and Gaviria continues the tradition.

Three days after winning his debut, he followed the so-called "pack of wolves" Quick-Step riders. In front of the peloton, the town of Sarzeau arrived, before launching and attacking the long straight line.

Sagan and Greipel were the only ones able to keep up, as Cavendish could not find the position. or be able to carpet them despite the assistance of his Dimension Data team. Greipel seemed to take the lead in the last 50 meters, but Gaviria came back and won on the line

The result means that Sagan retains the green jersey with 143 points, but Gaviria has 139 and it already seems that [19659004] For the runners of the set, the serious things start now: today 's fifth stage is a day of up and down composed of five climbs categorized as a difficult classic race, before the Sixth stage two loops of the grueling Mur-de-Bretagne, which will hurt the pack. Tour de France,

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