Tour of California: Sagan ravages stage 4

Peter Sagan just keeps adding wins to his tally at the Amgen Tour of California, collecting number 15 on Wednesday in stage 4 at the Laguna Seca racetrack. Despite a challenge from BMC’s Greg Van Avermaet, the Tinkoff rider won handily, wearing the green jersey of the sprint competition leader. Dimension Data’s Nathan Haas was third after leading out the sprint.

Overall leader Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx – Quick-Step) finished 10th in the 217km day to preserve his lead in the eight-day race. “Today was different than yesterday my legs were not so good,” said Alaphilippe. “It was not my best day.”

“The last climb was very hard, on the last climb everybody was attacking,” said Sagan. “I’m very happy.”

The early seven-man breakaway was graced by the surprise presence of former world champion Mark Cavendish of Dimension Data. He joined Timo Roosen (LottoNL – Jumbo), Michael Morkov (Katusha), Gregory Daniel (Axeon Hagens Berman) and Tanner Putt (UnitedHealthcare) — who were also in the break Tuesday — Ryan Anderson (Direct Energie), and Will Routley (Rally).

As the field jockeyed for position ahead the category 2 ascent of Laureles Grade, …

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