TdF Cavendish Sagan saga

[Huertecilla]

Now the dust has had time to settle, several analysis put together have now made clear what happened.

It all starts with Demarre going to the right, making it a squeeze for Sagan and Cavendish.

Cavendish now loses balance when hitting a drain in the gutter.
He involuntarily leans on Sagan with his head but is always going to fall.
Cavendish so out of balance that his right foot unclips.

While he is ALREADY irrecoverably falling towards the barrier, the lh brake lever of Cavendish now hooks up behinds Sagans forearm, forcing it thus the elbow out.
Cavendish hits the barrier.

A ´simple´ racing accident of which nobody has any blame.

[samswatch]

Other than Sagan losing the opportunity to better the green jersey record.

[mrushton]

'Hand of God' episode. Everyone is an expert a month after the event

[trident-7]

Agreed, it was outrageous to DQ Sagan for that as he did nothing wrong

[Huertecilla]

Other than Sagan losing the opportunity to better the green jersey record.

He was denied his defense at the time too so justice was not served. That was already clear at the time anyway.

@mrushton; the footage was available to the jury and politicians at the helm. It was obviously not fully analysed before taking a VERY serious decision. This SHOULD be critisized no matter how much later.
Imo the disqualification should be reversed because it will otherwise be unjustly recorded as history.

[redsox78]

I think, it is fair to say, that a third ref/replay decision that takes a month or so might be slowing the pace of the sport a little.

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Imo the disqualification should be reversed because it will otherwise be unjustly recorded as history.

Seems a fair solution.

[Huertecilla]

Seems a fair solution.

Shit happens, but it can be cleaned up.

[cbh]

You can't keep going back, the decision was made the riders involved have moved on why can't everyone else.

However, in the spirit of the thread, I demand that Argentina are relegated in the 1986 World Cup, which obviously England would have won.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argent...IFA_World_Cup)

[Huertecilla]

You can't keep going back, the decision was made the riders involved have moved on why can't everyone else.

However, in the spirit of the thread, I demand that Argentina are relegated in the 1986 World Cup, which obviously England would have won.

You do realize that a disqualification is for a sportsman like a conviction on a criminal record?
What is done is done but it would be only fair to set the record straight.

[Kingstepper]

You do realize that a disqualification is for a sportsman like a conviction on a criminal record?
What is done is done but it would be only fair to set the record straight.

Depends what it's for, positive drug test maybe.

For this more akin to a sending off in a football match.