Video: Tour de France Stage 1 highlights
By Cycling News
published Sagan takes the win everyone has been waiting for
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Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) scored his maiden Tour de France victory in a scorching battle against yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) on Sunday.
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In a battle of the strongmen, Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen was third.
There was drama aplenty in the final 25km of the 198km stage to Seraing, with Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) and Michael Rogers among those to come to grief just as the peloton started to put on the pace.
Cancellara retained his overall lead, while some of the time trial specialists dropped out of the Tour's top 10.
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