Sagan wins 4th consecutive Tour of California stage

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Peter Sagan won 4th consecutive stage of Tour of California, leaving Haussler runner-up.

17 May,2012 06:19 pm

Slovakian Peter Sagan won his fourth consecutive stage of the Tour of California in fourth stage, leaving Australian Heinrich Haussler runner-up for the fourth day in a row.Sagan, a 22-year-old rider for the Liquigas team, stretched his overall lead to 16 seconds over Garmin rider Haussler with the victory in the 209.6km stage, winning with a time of 5hrs, 18mins, 8secs.Sagan has an overall time of 19 hrs, 52 mins, 52 secs ahead of Thursdays fifth stage, a 29.7km time trial at Bakersfield.After Haussler in the overall chase are Americans Jeffry Louder at 34 seconds, Alex Howes at 35 seconds and Freddy Rodriguez at 36 seconds.Australian Michael Matthews was third in the stage followed by Belgiums Tom Boonen, the worlds top-ranked cyclist.The race continues through Sunday, with a pivotal day being Saturdays 186.3km mountain stage at Mount Baldy.