Tour of Flanders - men
Peter Sagan won the first monument of his career at the 100th Tour of Flanders, and in doing so, became the first world champion since Tom Boonen in 2006 to win De Ronde in the rainbow stripes. Sagan made his race winning move on the Paterberg, distancing Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL-Jumbo), and riding into the finish 25 seconds ahead of Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo).
"I feel very good, I'm very happy. It was a super hard race from start to finish – always full gas," said Sagan in his post-race interview. "It's very hard to work with other guys because no one wants to work with me... so it's better to drop everyone."
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Having ridden away from Vanmarcke on the Paterberg, Sagan managed to increase his margin over the Belgian and Cancellara on the flat run in to the finish with time to enjoy his victory and even pop a wheelie once he crossed the line. Defending champion Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) then won the sprint for fourth place ahead of Luke Rowe (Team Sky).
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