Video: Sagan at the 2014 Tour of California

Peter Sagan (Cannondale) doing an interview at the start

Peter Sagan (Cannondale) doing an interview at the start (Image credit: Jonathan Devich)

Peter Sagan may have missed out on taking the first leader's jersey at the Tour of California when he could only manage fourth behind stage 1 winner Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quickstep), John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) and Moreno Hofland (Belkin), but in his typical un-stressed fashion, the Cannondale rider explains that he was actually trying to help teammate Guillaume Boivin in the sprint.

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