‘It’s a tough decision but an easy decision’, said Sagan.

Fernando Gaviria was in second place with Italian Davide Cimolai in third.

The 2020 Tour de France sprint king has hit a rich vein of form with five wins so far in 2021.

The Irish star stretched his advantage over Peter Sagan to 52 points.

Meanwhile Dan Martin came home in 31st place.

Ireland’s Dan Martin and Nicholas Roche were also in action this afternoon.

Dan Martin is up to 13th in the overall classification meanwhile.

The world champion has taken the yellow jersey after the second stage.

The record chasing sprinter was sent into the barriers by the now-disqualified Peter Sagan.

‘He endangered some of his colleagues seriously,’ says president of the race commission Philippe Marien.

Mark Cavendish was involved in a heavy crash during stage four of the Tour de France, won by Arnaud Demare.

Chris Froome still leads the general classification by one minute 47 seconds with five stages remaining.

The Irishman remains just 19 seconds behind the yellow jersey holder.

The Italian cyclist confirmed his win in Paris earlier today.

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The cyclist was heavily criticised after he was seen grabbing the bottom of a blonde hostess after the race.

The 23-year-old is sorry for an offence caused.

The British rider backed himself to beat his Irish counterpart in the closing stages while Bradley Wiggins still leads.

French television has reported that pins were scattered across the final descent, leading to major disruptions.

The British cyclist found energy reserves to win a sprint finish after a stunning breakaway from a five-man pack

The 32-year-old Team Sky rider was over a minute and 40 seconds faster than defending champion Cadel Evans.

Peter Sagan continued his remarkable Tour debut on a stage transformed by a massive crash 26 kilometres from the finish.

Slovakia’s young star might be a Tour newbie, but he’s certainly not acting like one.

In addition, Dan Martin and Nicolas Roche finished in 8th and 18th place respectively.

Nicolas Roche came in 31st, keeping him in 5th place in the overall standings.

The Slovakian claimed a narrow sprint victory over Australian Baden Cooke (Orica-GreenEdge) yesterday.

Australia’s Simon Gerrans held off the chasing pack to win the “Spring Classic” this afternoon.

Liquigas’s talented Slovakian, Peter Sagan, stormed to his second Vuelta stage victory in a little over a week on day twelve of the race.

Germany’s Marcel Kittel won the seventh stage of this year’s Vuelta a España, but the finish was marred by a massive pile-up involving the stage favourite, Tyler Farrar, among a great many others.

21-year-old Peter Sagan took his first stage victory of the Vuelta a Espana today, much to the diapproval of teammate Vincenzo Nibali.