Wout van Aert clearly showed his displeasure after the sprint in Poitiers. He was pushed in full sprint by Peter Sagan. The Slovak was penalized by the jury for that maneuver after the ride.
He is already 68 points behind Sam Bennett. And there is only one real sprinter stage on the program: the final stage to Paris. Yet he is not yet giving up the fight, he says in a short response to the tumultuous sprint on the Bora-hansgrohe website.
“Today I had the speed and in the sprint I wanted to go on the right side. I easily passed a rider, but then it got really narrow. I had to move to avoid the nadars and as a result I was declassed. This costs me. many points, but I have not yet given up the battle for the green jersey “, said the three-time world champion.
Sagan crossed the line second after day winner Caleb Ewan, but was set back to 85th place.
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