Peter Sagan says effort on previous day may have hindered sprint on stage four of Tour de France 2019

The former world champion was in the mix but couldn’t find victory

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Peter Sagan says his sprint on stage four may have suffered after his efforts on the previous day at the Tour de France.

The former three-time world champion was in with another chance at victory on stage four to Nancy, but missed out to the pure sprinters as Elia Viviani (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) took his first Tour victory.

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