In the final sprint of the fourth stage of the Tour de France, Peter Sagan brings the British Mark Cavendish to the case and will be severely punished. John Degenkolb crashes. The victory of the Frenchman Arnaud Démare secure.
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World champion Peter Sagan disqualified
Incredible developments in the Tour de France After a dramatic sprint finish, with numerous Plunge double world champion, Peter Sagan has been due to an elbow checks against the British Mark Cavendish from the Tour de France excluded. The race jury announced around one and a half hours after the finish. “We have decided to disqualify Peter Sagan out of the Tour de France in 2017. He has compromised on the last meters of the sprint colleagues seriously,” said the President of the Jury Philippe Marien from Belgium.
The Slovaks had pushed the Top British driver in the Sprint final on the fourth stage in Vittel in a shut-off grid. Cavendish crashed hard on the Asphalt and was then run over by John Degenkolb, unable to avoid it and also went down hard. Cavendish was brought to a suspected fracture of the Shoulder to the hospital. In addition, a Finger of his right Hand had to be stitched. If he can continue the Tour, is uncertain. “I’m not a doctor, but it doesn’t feel good. I’m not very optimistic,” said the 32-Year-old before the trip to the clinic.
“It’s me, according to the circumstances. I took a nasty fall. I’ve only seen, like Cav was on the ground and wanted to jump on it. It almost worked,” said John Degenkolb, who was brought to the x-ray in a clinic. He then gave the all-clear. “It is broken fortunately, nothing,” he said of the sport. “But it’s hard days.”
Aggravation of the penalty
The Jury had taken Sagan to begin with, only with a time penalty of 30 seconds in the overall standings, but later then your judgment is drastically exacerbated. Before Cavendish’s German sports Director Rolf Aldag had demanded the exclusion. “This was a clear assault. Sagan must be excluded. We have applied to the Jury,” said Aldag “radsport-news.com”.
The battered and poorly related to Mark Cavendish (3.v.r.) is led by a team-mate
The fourth-placed André Greipel foamed in the target: “There’s a guy in the world champion-Jersey who thinks he can do everything,” grumbled he. The Slovak got him in the Sprint “almost from the wheel,” said the German. Greipel was in the saddle, was then in the fight for the daily victory but no chance. He advanced through the Sagan-lock still on rank three, was a weak consolation. The world champion went after the arrival at the team bus Cavendish’s to apologize. “I wanted to apologize. I was not able to Dodge it,” said Sagan for his view of things. The Jury saw this, of course, different.
The victory of Arnaud Démare, the French road champion secured, but that was in the Sagan affair completely.Marcel Kittel, on Sunday the winner of the first Massenspurts in liège, was already fallen before back no chance after a first mass of the fall had decimated the overall leader Geraint Thomas in the field on the One-Kilometer mark. “It has become tight, as they all wanted to ride up front, since I have lost the connection,” said Kittel, who lost the Green Jersey.
Geraint Thomas next in Yellow
Geraint Thomas remains in the Yellow Jersey
The Yellow Jersey of the overall leader of the Welsh Thomas defended, in spite of the fall with twelve seconds over his British team-mate and captain Christopher Froome.
The first half of the race, coined on Tuesday, the Belgian Tour-debutant Guillaume Van Keirsbulck of Team Wanty-Groupe Goubert. The grandson of the former road world champion Benoni Beheyt entered immediately after the sharp Start, and since no one followed, drove the 26-Year-old in self-directing more than 13 minutes ahead. After 190 kilometers, one of the longest-alone trips of the Tour was the end of history, after which the sprinters ‘ teams took over the command.
The fifth stage on Wednesday, ending with a crisp uphill finish at the Planche des Belles Filles in the Vosges, will be the first test for the classification riders.
asz/sn (dpa, sid)