Thursday, April 25, 2024

Star Status: Confirmed

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Star Status
Victoire de Peter SAGAN, haut la main.

Star Status: Confirmed – The Tour de France Stage 3 today was a tough “mini Spring Classic” style of a day which was remarkably hectic in the final 40km, and which saw Peter Sagan give his older, better-credentialed rivals an absolute bath.

He was the hot favourite for the stage, and with a cool head controlled his team, and the stage completely.

To then skip away in the final couple of hundred metres and do a little ‘Forest Gump’ dance to win the stage?

Genuinely ridiculous. Star Status…

Who knows how good this kid can be?

Toby Watson
Toby Watsonhttps://www.veloveritas.co.uk
Ex-Garmin Transitions physiotherapist and soigneur Toby Watson brings you inside the squad, and shows you what it's like to be working with a top team on the biggest races in the world. Through his regular blog updates, Toby shares his sense of drama and fun that were essential parts of his job. Toby is Australian, and currently lives in Girona with his fiancee Amanda. If he has any time, he enjoys reading and running, and occasionally skiing too, when he can.

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