Peter Sagan secured the overall lead at the Tour of Slovakia with a third place finish on the penultimate stage. The Slovak national champ’s sprint finish and the resulting time bonuses earned him the race lead going into the final stage tomorrow while also claiming the green jersey of points leader. Uno-X’s Kristoffer Halvorsen won the sprint with BikeExchange’s Kaden Groves right behind.

After the stage Sagan said “I’m very happy with today’s result. Not only is this my home race, but the finish was also very close to my home city and a lot of fans came, so it was an important stage for me. I now hold the yellow and green jerseys but we still have another stage tomorrow and as you see, the GC podium is a question of just a few seconds. It will be a very interesting day where staying focused and controlling from the start of the stage will be pivotal. The race is still open and we have to be careful.”

STAGE RESULTS

1	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	4:28:47
2	GROVES Kaden	Team BikeExchange	0:00
3	SAGAN Peter	BORA – hansgrohe	0:00
4	HODEG Álvaro José	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:00
5	PUPPIO Antonio	Team Qhubeka NextHash	0:00
6	LONARDI Giovanni	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	0:00
7	EINHORN Itamar	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:00
8	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:00
9	ŤOUPALÍK Adam	Elkov – Kasper	0:00
10	NEUMAN Dominik	Elkov – Kasper	0:00

 

OVERALL STANDINGS

1	SAGAN Peter	BORA – hansgrohe	12:23:30
2	HODEG Álvaro José	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:02
3	STEIMLE Jannik	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:05
4	ADRIÀ Roger	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:12
5	LUNDER Eirik	Gazprom – RusVelo	0:14
6	OTRUBA Jakub	Elkov – Kasper	0:15
7	ZAHÁLKA Matěj	Elkov – Kasper	0:16
8	BOL Cees	Team DSM	0:16
9	PEDERSEN Casper	Team DSM	0:16
10	BODNAR Maciej	BORA – hansgrohe	0:17

 

Photos: Bettini