I knew Sagan was doomed when I saw him in the 1st position going into that sprint. It's a horrible position to be in because if you don't get the timing absolutely perfect, which Sagan failed to do, you get overtaken by riders with more momentum and after 290 km's of racing it's very difficult to have the acceleration to recover it. Perhaps a better decision would have been to start the sprint early but he most likely wouldn't have won anyway, just look at what happened in 2017. He's looking very good for next races though. Hopefully he gets some of them right.