Tour de France 2017 ***SPOILERS***

[Dayvo]

The view from the helicopter shows Sagan being pushed to the right by Demare (no danger there) whose wheel he was following, but Sagan drifts and appears to lose balance: he seems to put out both his arms to counter the movement at high speed UNAWARE that Cav is behind him to his right. The only place Cav had to go was the barriers.

Sagan caused the accident by way of moving over after Demare, but it was by no means deliberate.

 

[Crackle]

Try this one then:https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https://twitter.com/diarioenlanube/status/882268277866729472/video/1&h=ATPfaCdMJS9fbWFvntJ5TPn3PYoHOGoA6RsIQxn9mYw7RQzQ4JgmruSOSxxgp4eB0JJ9AET_DGxK9xKtZ9eEpyDXd-gsavEhP8SSOnnscQoswTV5Je9hCX9sLQGEiPFR3nocwIPdumO2Re4

See Sagan's elbow cause Cav to begin to lose balance, then come up higher, it's elbow, elbow harder and higher, crash.

I see Sagan move right, realize his mistake and try to throw the bike right but he can't because his whole momentum is trying to take him left. The only way he can keep his balance doing that is to lurch his body left and his elbow comes out as a result of that.

 

[bozmandb9]

I see Sagan move right, realize his mistake and try to throw the bike right but he can't because his whole momentum is trying to take him left. The only way he can keep his balance doing that is to lurch his body left and his elbow comes out as a result of that.

Aha. Ok. Go to your mirror and lift your right arm out high and wide, with the elbow out. You'll find it shifts your balance to the right. Your upper body, and your balance, follows your elbow, so it's not really possible what you're describing. Also the elbow is in contact with Cav, pushing him down, and the elbow doesn't come down, until the job is done, and Cav is out.

 

[Tynan]

all the more points for Griepel, I need them, a lot

 

[bozmandb9]

[QUOTE 4867205, member: 45"]It does look like Cav had already started to push him with his head.[/QUOTE]
That's a bit like saying somebody hit your fist with their face. So Cav is being pushed into the barrier, with Sagan's arm pushing against his head. Cav desperately tries to stay on, pushing back with his head, and trying to keep his balance. Sagan then raises his elbow in two stages, higher and higher until Cav is down. Remember even if there's an illusion of space to Cav's right, there would be the feet from the barrier protruding out. He had nowhere to go, and was simply trying to stay upright, whilst Sagan kept squeezing and pushing till he was down. Anyway, looks like the commissaires see it as Sagan's fault, though they've gone very easy on him.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Peter Sagan has been kicked out of the Tour de France. (Radio Monte Carlo)

 

[Viking]

Sagan DQed and sent home according to Cycling News

 

[smutchin]

Sagan DQed and sent home according to Cycling News

Confirmed:

View: https://twitter.com/LeTour/status/882283734728417280

 

[Beebo]

Shares in Speedcraft sunglasses have just collapsed in value.

 

[smutchin]

Statement from the jury:

View: https://twitter.com/NBCSNCycling/status/882286213159374848

 

[Dayvo]

Don't think much would have happened if he was French!

Not a good day for cycling.

 

[bozmandb9]

[QUOTE 4867219, member: 45"]His head is in contact with the side of Sagan's chest before the arm comes out. I'm not confident about what's happening here, but Cav does have a history of going for gaps that aren't wide enough and then trying to widen the gap by barging others with his head.[/QUOTE]
Did you watch it live? The gap was around 30 feet before Sagan started moving further and further across, until it was non existant. Anyway, I guess the Commissaires know best, and they've decided, so far as I'm concerned, they've got it right. Just sad the the Tour will now be missing two great riders.

 

[bozmandb9]

Don't think much would have happened if he was French!

Not a good day for cycling.

I assume you mean Sagan. If it had been DeMare instead of Cav, then Sagan would have struggled to get out of there in one piece, oh, and the DQ would have come an hour earlier.

 

[Dayvo]

I assume you mean Sagan. If it had been DeMare instead of Cav, then Sagan would have struggled to get out of there in one piece, oh, and the DQ would have come an hour earlier.

And if it had been Demare instead of Sagan... Quelle domage.

 

[roadrash]

in the punditry competition only one person @ItsSteveLovell ,didn't include sagan in his picks for the green jersey, did he know something we didn't...