{"id":7147,"date":"2016-07-04T18:47:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T14:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/sagan-wins-tour-2016-stage-2-yellow\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T17:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:36:25","slug":"sagan-wins-tour-2016-stage-2-yellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/en\/sagan-wins-tour-2016-stage-2-yellow\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Champion Gets His Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second stage of the French tour, with its finish on a short climb, was raced in anticipation of solos by the classics specialists. The race matched the previous day for tension. Unfortunately Alberto Contador was again caught in a mass crash, and the peloton waited for him again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5546\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5546\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5546\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto611p.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto611p.jpg\" alt=\"3 July 2016 103rd Tour de France Stage 02 : Saint-Lo - Cherbourg-en-Cotentin CONTADOR Alberto (ESP) Tinkoff Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27333%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20333%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27333%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto611p-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-CONTADOR-Alberto611p.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 July 2016<br \/> 103rd Tour de France<br \/> Stage 02 : Saint-Lo &#8211; Cherbourg-en-Cotentin<br \/> CONTADOR Alberto (ESP) Tinkoff<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During this wait the breakaway&#8217;s lead grew to a critical level, but in the final kilometer the last of them surrendered. The finish was dictated by Tinkoff&#8217;s Slovak world champion. First Roman Kreuziger brought him into attacking position; Peter did attack, but read the situation in time \u2014 it was still too early to win \u2014 and eased off, and Alaphilippe fell for the trick. He apparently thought Peter was spent and nimbly attacked. That was exactly what Peter was waiting for: he latched onto the attacker&#8217;s wheel and, with a counterattack, won the finish textbook-style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5547\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5547\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5547\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-SAGAN-Peter532pp.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-SAGAN-Peter532pp.jpg\" alt=\"3 July 2016 103rd Tour de France Stage 02 : Saint-Lo - Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 1st : SAGAN Peter (SVK) Tinkoff 2nd : ALAPHILIPPE Julian (FRA) Etixx - Quickstep Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27334%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20334%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27334%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-SAGAN-Peter532pp-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-SAGAN-Peter532pp.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 July 2016<br \/> 103rd Tour de France<br \/> Stage 02 : Saint-Lo &#8211; Cherbourg-en-Cotentin<br \/> 1st : SAGAN Peter (SVK) Tinkoff<br \/> 2nd : ALAPHILIPPE Julian (FRA) Etixx &#8211; Quickstep<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As Peter said after the finish, he didn&#8217;t realize all the breakaway riders had been caught, and this win came as a surprise to him. And what a win: along with the stage he also took the yellow jersey. So ended the second big race of this year&#8217;s Tour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5548\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5548\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5548\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-SAGAN-Peter635p.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-SAGAN-Peter635p.jpg\" alt=\"3 July 2016 103rd Tour de France Stage 02 : Saint-Lo - Cherbourg-en-Cotentin SAGAN Peter (SVK) Tinkoff, Maillot Jaune Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27333%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20333%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27333%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-SAGAN-Peter635p-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/sample-SAGAN-Peter635p.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 July 2016<br \/> 103rd Tour de France<br \/> Stage 02 : Saint-Lo &#8211; Cherbourg-en-Cotentin<br \/> SAGAN Peter (SVK) Tinkoff, Maillot Jaune<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured image: <em>Yuzuru SUNADA<\/em><em>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.yuzurusunada.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Inside post thumbnail image:\u00a0<em>Yuzuru SUNADA<\/em><em>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.yuzurusunada.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to the Japanese photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yuzuru SUNADA<\/a> for permission to use his works in our publications.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Translated from Georgian with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), reviewed by the Velorbola editors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second stage of the French tour, with its finish  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[373,418,624,623],"class_list":["post-7147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road","tag-julian-alaphilippe","tag-peter-sagan","tag-tour-2016","tag-tour-de-france"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The World Champion Gets His Way &#8211; Velorbola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The second stage of the French tour, with its finish on a short climb, was raced in anticipation of solos by the classics specialists. 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