Greig Leach

Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) went in the early break and was the first to arrive at the intermediate sprint. As the break arrived at the 500 m to go, Michael Matthews (Orica-BikeExchange) jumped out in a full gas sprint. Matthews looked behind to see if he would beat the Maillot Vert to the line, only to see him chatting with Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal). Sagan has the Points Competition in hand so there was no real point in sprinting out for maximum points when he could take second place and have almost the same extra points without the extra effort. Sagan has now set a record points total for the third consecutive time in the Tour de France. It is possible that Sagan is in the break for another reason. Either he is riding for his teammate Romain Kreuziger, or he is training for the Rio Olympics. It is reported that he will be competing in the mountain bike races and leaving his road bike at home.