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BERNE, Switzerland -- The prospect of a third Tour de France title firms with every pedal stroke for Chris Froome. But the Briton and his teammates realise it only takes one slip up for a campaign that has been near perfect apart from the Mont Ventoux fiasco to fall apart.It was a point that Team Sky Principal Sir David Brailsford was quick to stress after stage 16 of the Tour, 209 kilometres from Moirans-en-Montagne to Berne in Switzerland, saw Slovakian world road champion Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) claim his third victory of this Tour.Sagan won the stage in a sprint, beating the Norwegian pair of Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and Sondre Holst Enger (IAM Cycling) in a reduced peloton that numbered 33 riders. The Tour will stop in Berne on Tuesday for its second of two rest days, after which it will resume with stage 17, 184.5km from Berne to Hinhaut-Emosson in the Alps.The race remains in the Alps on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and finishes in Paris on Sunday. After Mondays stage, Froome still leads by one minute 47 seconds over Dutchman Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) and two minutes 45 seconds over compatriot Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange). Behind them are as many as seven other riders who could stull vie for a podium place.The danger at this stage [is] if people start thinking towards the end of the race, What happens if this, what happens if that, Brailsford told ESPN.It is like a hurdles race ... if you start thinking about the eighth or the ninth hurdle when you are jumping the third you are going to trip up. We are going to take one hurdle at a time and go on from there.Braislford realises that while Froome has a strong lead, behind him there are riders who, even if they dont believe they can win the Tour, will be fighting in the Alps for the best possible position in four-day block of mountain racing that includes on time trial on Friday.That in turn could lead to riders taking risks which always present potential dangers. The onus will be on Froome and Sky to cover any positional threatening moves, but it will also be vital that he remains alert to the possible hazards from other riders taking risks.Its always a measured decision if you like, a calculated risk ... in terms of what are you going to risk against what you might lose, Brailsford said, but then indicated Froome might be more cautious than he has been so far in the Tour now that he is in the lead.You do become a little more conservative as the race goes on ... [If] you are racing in the front and trying to be as close to the front as possible on the descents that is the best place to be. That is what will be everybodys strategy ... I dont think there are any secrets there.Brailsford is more than pleased with where Froome and the team is this late in the race, after tackling it with more aggression than in the past when Froome won in 2013.We have got to the second rest day in good shape and team performing very well and Chris has been leading he team very well, Brailsford said. Ive loved the way he has raced this race in terms of opportunities he has taken on the descents and downhill, the cross winds and when he got some more seconds [in] the time trial.Asked what has stood out so far from this Tour from the others Sky have won with Froome, Braislford said: We [have] raced more aggressively. That is very much the defining factor for me.He then said the teams mindset from the start was to go into the Tour: Alright, we are going to go off the front. We are not going to wait. We are not going to do the classic what-we-have-done-before ... [which was] wait until the key first Pyrenean stage, get a gap and then just defend all the way through. We very much decided with the group of guys we have got [that] we [will] change our tactics, we [will] go and try and use the element of surprise and try and do the unexpected, catch people out a little bit.Froome, meanwhile, finished 14th in Mondays stage, alongside his key rivals. The main thing was to get me to the finish in one piece and not take any gaps to my rivals.All in all, thankfully we can tick [the stage] off now and be grateful we have a rest day tomorrow and definitely soak that up and look forward to the Alps in next few days.However, Froome scuppered talk that he has all but won the Tour, saying: I dont agree. I think other teams have said they are going attack in next week in the Alps, and I expect they will do. To say the Tour is won and I dont have any rivals ... thats rubbish. A lot can happen in four days. 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Perez joins infielder Andy LaRoche and catcher Mike Nickeas with minor-league agreements for 2014 that include invitations to attend spring training. Evan Fournier Jersey . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN. FORT WORTH, Texas -- Johnny Sauter is still alone in qualifying for the title-deciding race in the first Chase in the NASCAR Truck Series.Sauter won his second consecutive playoff race Friday night with a late pass of Chase contender Matt Crafton, getting a victory at Texas that prevented anyone else from clinching a spot to contend for the championship in the finale at Homestead in two weeks.This is amazing, Sauter said after climbing out of the No. 21 Chevrolet in Victory Lane. I feel very lucky to be here. ... Matt was content to keep running the bottom, so Im going to the top.Just before reaching the line with two laps remaining, Sauter went high and passed Crafton for the lead.There were only three yellow flags in the 147-lap race, each after the caution clock had expired. Crafton took the lead after the final restart.But just like at Texas in June, Crafton got passed on the high side late and finished second. Rookie driver William Byron, another Chase contender, beat him five months ago after his winning pass with five laps remaining.It is what it is, Crafton said. Im not worried about the Chase. Im worried about winning races. The Chase will take care of itself.It was Sauters third win this season. He won the opener at Daytona and last week at Martinsville to earnn the first of four spots available for a chance to win the inaugural Chase championship for trucks.ddddddddddddWith only next weeks race at Phoenix before the finale at Homestead, there are still three spots up for grab.The next four drivers after Sauter in the points -- Bryon, Christopher Bell, Crafton and Timothy Peters -- are separated by only five points. Ben Kennedy is the sixth driver still in Chase contention.If Sauter or a non-Chase contender win at Phoenix, the final three spots would be determined by points.Polesitter Spencer Gallagher, who led three times for 88 laps, was in front with the final caution came out. But he dropped six spots on pit race and restarted seventh on the restart with 18 laps to go, when Sauter and Crafton got out front.The only 15 laps Sauter led were those right after the final caution. Sauter led twice for only six laps.I was able to throw caution to the wind, Sauter said.Sauter did offer one apology after the race. That was to the fans for not doing a customary extended burnout on the frontstretch of the 1 1/2-mile, high-banked track.I know that was lame, he said. Ive got to have this truck for Homestead. ' ' '