Tour de France: Today Sagan was stronger, says Alaphilippe

The high expectations were held off a bit by Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-QuickStep) before the start of the second stage in the 2016 Tour de France from Saint-Lô to Cherbourg-En-Cotentin. The 24-year-old French rider claimed he was one of the several cards the team could play out in the undulating final kilometres, being here mostly to learn during his maiden Tour de France.

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