Peter Sagan dismisses first stage of Tour de France as 'boring'

World champion Peter Sagan is still searching for his first Tour de France win since 2013 after coming third on stage one

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Peter Sagan described the opening stage of the 2016 Tour de France as “boring” and was disgruntled by the amount of tension in the peloton.

The Tinkoff world champion rode to third in Utah Beach behind winner Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep).

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.


Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.


He lives in Valencia, Spain.