Sagan tries to stay upbeat after Tirreno-Adriatico defeat

Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) produced a yet another strong performance to pull back six seconds on Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) in the final 10.1km time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico but it was one second short of what he needed to win the overall classification, leaving the world champion with yet another second place.

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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.