{"id":174788,"date":"2019-07-26T09:23:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=174788"},"modified":"2019-07-26T09:23:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:23:32","slug":"green-jersey-overview-peter-sagan-only-needs-to-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/07\/26\/green-jersey-overview-peter-sagan-only-needs-to-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Jersey Overview: Peter Sagan Only Needs to Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It looks like it\u2019s all settled. If the Slovak superstar doesn\u2019t miss the time cut in the Alps, he will get the record-breaking seventh \u0160koda Green Jersey in Paris.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt we were racing in an oven today,\u201d Sagan said about stage 16, the last stage in which his opponents could possibly change the course of the points classification. \u201cIn this flat stage, it was important to make sure again my opponents didn\u2019t gain many points in the intermediate sprint and then in the finish, to try to do my best. We rode very well, my teammates did a very good job but unfortunately, I found myself without a lot of space in the final metres. Still, I was able to take fourth on the line and keep a good lead in the points classification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now Peter has even more time for his shenanigans like the one below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Peter Sagan really tries his best to interact with his fans, how can you not love him \u270d\ufe0f\ud83d\udcd5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VOOXSw5UZy\">pic.twitter.com\/VOOXSw5UZy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udc69\ud835\udc90\ud835\udc8e\ud835\udc83\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc93 \ud835\udc7a\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc88\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc8f \ud83d\udc10 (@SwaganP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwaganP\/status\/1152935713702367232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>In yesterday\u2019s stage Sagan attacked early in order to control the intermediate sprint. In the end a non-threatening group gathered all the points and the 29-year-old could just relax.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have two more hard stages before Paris,\u201d Sagan added. \u201cSo it will be important to be alert and finish within the time limit.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2019<\/a><br \/>if you don\u2019t get it, you have to look up the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/insideBORAhansgrohe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#insideBORAhansgrohe<\/a> episodes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eurosport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Eurosport<\/a> \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude48<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daniel87Oss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Daniel87Oss<\/a> &gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petosagan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@petosagan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeTour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeTour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y9BNNHLczr\">pic.twitter.com\/y9BNNHLczr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BORA \u2013 hansgrohe (@BORAhansgrohe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BORAhansgrohe\/status\/1153646439588859907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Points classification after stage 18<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1 Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) \u2013 309 pts<br \/>\n2 Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) \u2013 224 pts<br \/>\n3\u00a0Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) \u2013 203 pts<br \/>\n4 Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) \u2013 201 pts<br \/>\n5 Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) \u2013 198 pts<br \/>\n6 Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) \u2013 180 pts<br \/>\n7\u00a0Jasper Stuyven Trek-Segafredo \u2013 157 pts<br \/>\n8 Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team) \u2013 149 pts<br \/>\n9 Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) \u2013 119 pts<br \/>\n10\u00a0Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jumbo-Visma) \u2013 116pts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like it\u2019s all settled. 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