Sagan after sprint in stage 3: "I am happy that I am still here in one piece "

Dylan Groenewegen won the third stage of Tour de France .Peter Sagan finished fourth and was not able to secure a podium visit.

Immediately after crossing the finish line Sagan pointed to Van Aert and shouted something at him. Afterwards, the world champion implied that the Belgian had closed him against the barriers and so disrupted his sprint.

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“I cannot judge, we have a jury for that, From the image of TV, you can see. I am happy that I am still here in one piece. Well, I’m not happy but we have a jury at the Tour de France and they can judge, not me. I started my sprint and the gap started to close I found myself by the barriers and nothing happened. It’s just like that” Sagan said.

Sagan had to accept the race judge's decision not to punish Van Aert, He said "For sure he moved, I was already near the barriers and so to avoid touching them, I had to push him back.It wasn't dangerous, it was bad for cycling's image. Everything was perfect, I was in perfect position, everything was fine, just something missing. It was a very hectic two days. It was hectic in the final, but that is normal in the Tour de France"

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TotalEnergies manager Jean-René Bernaudeau was disappointed to see Sagan miss out on victory but pointed out that seeing Sagan so upset was good.

"It's good that Sagan is not happy, when he's like that it's because he has the legs, and the main thing is that he has found them.The Tour has only just started and there will be other occasions. He is perhaps the best sprinter when things get difficult. He didn't win this time but the good news is that Sagan is really good" Bernaudeau told to French TV.

When Van Aert was asked about allegations against him, He said “No, I saw him come past me, and I saw him trying to say something, but I could not understand him with all the noise, I was not sure that he was complaining about, I don’t know how far he ended up or what happened there”.

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