Stefan Küng questioned Bora-Hansgrohe's tactics in the aftermath of Saturday's 14th stage of the Tour de France. Why did Peter Sagan ride hard all day to finish outside the podium, and why didn't the other teams attack?

European time trial champion Peter Sagan was interviewed by France Télévisions after winning the Combat Award on the podium in Lyon.

However, he would have liked to have had more company up front in exchange for this prize.

"I had a bigger breakaway group scenario in mind today. People said, "No, Bora is in control." But there was only one team that tried to control it. There were still 21 other teams, and if they all tried to do something, Bora would not have been in control. But very few tried to do anything today."

Beulah Hansgrohe set a fierce tempo to drop green jersey Sam Bennett in the intermediate sprint that helped Sagan win 15 points, then dropped him and the other pure sprinters in the Col du Béal with 125km to go. He then pulled away from Sagan and the other pure sprinters on the Col du Béal with 125km to go. He rode hard all the way to the finish, but Sagan could only manage fourth place, third in the group behind lone winner Søren Kragh-Andersen (Sunweb).

"Frankly, I don't understand why Bora ran. Because they have already run Sagan twice and both times he finished in 13th place. I don't know what position he finished in today, but ..... .4th place is OK. But the ideal scenario for me would have been a much bigger braking."

After an early 1km attack battle, Kühn also moved up, but Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) joined him and only two riders joined the breakaway after an aggressive start as the peloton's pace slowed. However, after a bizarre counter attack by Sunweb teammate Casper Pedersen, they were back in the pack.

Cung escaped from Teunce on the Col du Béal, but the group's fast pace meant that his 5-minute lead was constantly shrinking, and he was caught with 81km to go on the descent of the Côte de Courreau.

"Honestly, when the two Sunweb riders broke in between and sat up, I said to the team car.

"They said, 'Yeah, still stay in front. ' So I said to myself, 'Okay, let's just try as hard as we can to make the climb.'"

Cung continued to ride hard after the Col du Béal, and although he succumbed to the inevitable after crossing the Courau, he said it was good training for the World Championships time trial on September 25, five days after the Tour ends.

"When the expected scenario happened, I just wanted to get in a good rhythm and do a little work with an eye toward the World Championships. Then I allowed myself to get caught on the flats so I could ride the next climb and descent a little more calmly. I felt good anyway," Cung concluded.