[luv2ski]

I am so disgusted with the TdF judges! It seems like they saw the opportunity for a French rider to wear green and figured if they kicked Sagan out, Demare had a shot at green in Paris. Makes me sick! Clearly, there was jostling in the final sprint but there always is! Cavendish is well known for leaning hard on other riders in the final 100m and he did in this instance, too. I saw one photo where Cav’s break hood is up underneath of Sagan’s armpit- lifting an elbow to get it out is perfectly understandable.
I will admit I am biased as I really like Sagan. I like watching him ride and his athleticism is amazing. He just makes the TdF more fun in my opinion. Now Froome is in yellow so we have 15 days to watch him get another jersey over and over. Totally monotonous. Not sure if I’m going to watch anymore.

[JPJones]

“I am so disgusted with the TdF judges!”

Me too, I think most fans are.

“It seems like they saw the opportunity for a French rider to wear green and figured if they kicked Sagan out, Demare had a shot at green in Paris. Makes me sick!”

I didn’t think of that, but it does explain the inexplicable decision of the judges.

I said before it was not a logical but a “PR” decision, now your idea tends to confirm.

I wonder the makeup of the UCI panel who decided?

[Baynative]

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I had to hit the road early this morning and missed the Tour pre-race comments. I'll bet the real former riders had plenty to say about Sagan being sent home. I'm going to try to catch the rerun later.

The more I think about it the madder I get. Maybe the next thing the Tour will do is start letting people call in and make them enforce fouls they think they saw on TV like they do in golf tournaments.

I guess I'll be back for the mountains, but I really have no interest in the road stages, now.