VITTEL, France (Reuters) - Mark Cavendish demanded explanations from Peter Sagan after the world champion sent him crashing to the tarmac in a hectic fourth stage finale on Tuesday. "I get on with Peter well, but I don't get ... if he came across it's one thing, but the elbow...," said Cavendish, who was wearing a sling. A crash is a crash. Sagan said that he had apologised to Cavendish, whose Dimension Data team bus was surrounded by dozens of fans and reporters. In 2010, then Cavendish lead-out man Mark Renshaw of Australia was kicked out of the race for headbutting New Zealand's Julian Dean in a sprint.

Source: The Star July 04, 2017 16:52 UTC