04-07-2017, 12:05
As predicted Peter Sagan won yesterday's stage. He was so confident, he was looking around while sprinting. He somehow managed to unclip his right shoe from the pedal, re-clipped in an instant and still won comfortably. His rivals were giving their all trying to win and he was almost casual in his victory. Michael Matthews finished 2nd and Dan Martin was 3rd. Other notable high finishers were Geraint Thomas in 8th and Chris Froome in 9th for Sky with Romain Bardet 12th and Phillippe Gilbert 22nd, all 2 seconds behind Sagan.
Geraint Thomas still leads the overall classification with Chris Froome and Michael Matthews 12 seconds behind. Peter Sagan's winning bonus lifts him into 4th place a further second away.
Today's stage slips back into Luxembourg for a few kilometres, then the rest of the way in France to Vittel, home of internationally known Vittel (no, not Sebastien Vittel
), Vittel thermal baths and spa producing mineral water, the official water of the Tour - you might see their name on the overhead banners. 
The route also takes in Schengen, which you also might have heard of, after 7.5km. No problems crossing the border there!
The finish should be dominated by the sprinters and their teams and the stage only has 1 intermediate sprint followed by 1 categorised climb fairly near the finish. All of the usual suspects will be there and Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel will be involved, but I would look out for Arnaud Dumare. To be quite honest, the stage is so benign (on paper) that it might end up a bit of a lottery.
Geraint Thomas still leads the overall classification with Chris Froome and Michael Matthews 12 seconds behind. Peter Sagan's winning bonus lifts him into 4th place a further second away.
Today's stage slips back into Luxembourg for a few kilometres, then the rest of the way in France to Vittel, home of internationally known Vittel (no, not Sebastien Vittel
), Vittel thermal baths and spa producing mineral water, the official water of the Tour - you might see their name on the overhead banners. The route also takes in Schengen, which you also might have heard of, after 7.5km. No problems crossing the border there!The finish should be dominated by the sprinters and their teams and the stage only has 1 intermediate sprint followed by 1 categorised climb fairly near the finish. All of the usual suspects will be there and Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel will be involved, but I would look out for Arnaud Dumare. To be quite honest, the stage is so benign (on paper) that it might end up a bit of a lottery.
Cabbage is still good for you