Monday 4 July 2016 19:26, UK
Peter Sagan admitted stage three of the Tour de France was so slow he was tempted to stop for a coffee.
The peloton fell almost an hour behind schedule after Armindo Fonseca formed a lone breakaway and at times ambled along at little more than 30km/h.
The Frenchman was later joined by compatriot Thomas Voeckler and the pace consequently rose, but the 223.5km stage still ended up taking six hours to complete.
Sagan, who finished fourth to retain his eight-second overall lead, said: "It's been a relaxed day, with only one rider in the breakaway.
"He was going slowly, so we had to go slowly as well because we didn't want to catch him. It was nice. At some stage, I thought of stopping for a coffee. I saw a bar, but I had no time.
"We have done 200km of transfer and 20km of racing."
Sagan is currently the holder of cycling's two most prestigious jerseys, the Tour leader's yellow jersey and the world champion's rainbow jersey, but he denied it changes his status in the sport.
He added: "With the rainbow jersey and the yellow jersey, I don't know if I can say that I'm now part of the legend of cycling. I'm still racing for now. I might become part of the legend later."
Tuesday's fourth stage, from Saumur to Limoges, is the longest of the Tour at 237.5km. Find out more about the route in our race guide and follow all the action with our live blog from 1pm BST.
