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It was fought hard on the eleventh stage of the Tour de France. Peter Sagan has to give up his second place after a clash with van Aert.
Wout van Aert curses, scolds and shows Peter Sagan the middle finger. The Belgian rider is likely to be deprived of his third stage win in the 107th Tour de France by a violent blow from the former world champion of the German team Bora-hansgrohe in a wild west sprint. “I said some ugly words to him. It’s frustrating. That was completely against the rules. I was shocked and shocked. I was happy not to fall ”, exclaims van Aert. The jury shares the Belgian’s opinion and gives the receipt to Sagan. The superstar moved to No. 85.
But this makes no difference to Australian Caleb Ewan’s stage win after 167.5 kilometers from Châtelaillon-Plage to Poitiers. Roger Kluge’s teammate returned the favor for second place the day before and raced to his second stage victory.
Sagan’s team does not appeal
Slovak Sagan, who initially crossed the finish line second, is not aware of any blame. However, his team was quick to admit the mistake of their main star and did not object to the jury’s decision. “Peter touched Van Aert more strongly than he wanted. That was far from perfect, but we have to accept it, ”says sporting director Enrico Poitschke.
It is well known that the superstar fights hard in the final. In 2017, he had extended the elbow against Mark Cavendish in the sprint and then was completely excluded from the Tour de France. This time he is lucky and only loses many points in the fight for the green jersey.
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