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Caleb Ewan won the massive sprint on the 11th stage of the Tour de France.
– Today I had a great drive to win, especially after yesterday, when I was very disappointed. I’m happy I paid my team back with a win, says Ewan in the victory interview after the finale.
But the biggest drama was after the finish line in Poitiers, because Peter Sagan was displaced after asking for second place. The Slovak shoved Jumbo-Visma star Wout van Aert with his elbow on the run.
That made the judges put Sagan last on stage.
– I mean I run in a straight line and go to the edge. He tried to make room for him and he is not allowed to do so. The race is dangerous enough. I was very surprised and shocked, I felt something. I was very scared, a frustrated van Aert tells TV 2 before the relocation was ready.
– He was angry and I used a not so nice word when I spoke to him. Then I said that I didn’t like what I was doing. All I got were unpleasant words. So yeah, it was difficult to have a conversation with him, he says.
At Bora-hansgrohe, they have no problem with decision.
– It was a tough question, and Sagan ran into a cyclist. The decision was that the jury is fair, we accept it, says sports director Enrico Poitschke on TV 2.
– I have to crack down on that
The decision to relocate Sagan is backed by several experts.
– It’s wrong to do it (for Sagan). He’s very much on the UCI radar after the terrible accident in Poland, says Mads Kaggestad, TV 2 cycling expert.
– It’s not just van Aert, but Bennett, Ewan and everyone else behind. If you want to learn anything from Jakobsen’s terrible accident, you must attack there. I’m not a cycling judge, but if they’re going to deal with it, it must be in such situations, says TV 2 commentator Christian Paasche.
– It’s about being strict so that it lasts. It was just before Fabio Jakobsen ended his days in Poland after a crazy question from Dylan Groenewegen. The jury got it exactly right, says TV 2 cycling expert Johan Kaggestad.
No luck norwegians
Alexander Kristoff and Edvald Boasson Hagen were sprinting for the win, but were parked by the fastest sprinters. Kristoff came in at No. 13, while Boasson Hagen followed him at No. 15.
Bora-hansgrohe’s Lukas Pöstlberger left with six kilometers to go, probably hoping to ditch the fastest sprints to help his teammate Peter Sagan, but Deceuninck-Quick Step’s Bob Jungels and Kasper Asgreen followed suit. Two kilometers from the end, it was all together.
As expected, it was a stage of transport to the finish line in Poitiers. It was a long day just on a break for Groupama-FDJ driver Matthieu Ladagnous, who took the sprint entered without a fight.
The biggest competition was on the main field, where Sam Bennett won the sprint ahead of his teammate Michael Mørkov and the biggest competitor for the green jersey, Peter Sagan.
The case is being updated!
