Sagan beats Cancellara in Tour de Suisse opening time trial

Peter Sagan podium, Tour de Romandie 2010, stage 2

Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) continued his stellar season with a win in the opening time trial stage of the Tour de Suisse on Saturday, beating pre-stage favourite Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) by four seconds.

Sagan blitzed the 7.3-kilometre stage around Lugano in a time of nine minutes and 43 seconds in a ride that former time trial world champion Cancellara simply couldn't answer.

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Nigel Wynn