Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2020 (Tour de France)

[heywoodu 13,562]

No protest, for what it's worth. Sagan went looking for another fight at the team bus after the finish apparently, but they managed to calm it down. 

[heywoodu 13,562]

Sagan has been put back to the last place in the peloton. Mild punishment, seems fair enough, DQ would have been nonsense.

 

Nothing too special after all, on to tomorrow

[Federer91 2,140]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Sagan has been put back to the last place in the peloton. Mild punishment, seems fair enough, DQ would have been nonsense.

 

Nothing too special after all, on to tomorrow

I was talking about this kind of stage DQ, not a full on race DQ, even though i'm sure they'd love that. It's just preposterous by now how they don't want him to win the green. No points today is a big hit and it's no surprising that he is mad. My opinion stands.

[Olympian1010 7,483]

So in the span of 11 stages, we’ve gone from “the green jersey is rigged in favor of Sagan,” to “the green jersey is rigged against Sagan.” 
 

I’ll have to watch the highlights later today to see what happened.

[hckošice 13,275]

Stage 11

Wednesday - September 9th, 2020

h. 13:40 (GMT +2)

 

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    Chatelaillon-Plage - Poitiers 

167.5km - Flat

 

 

STAGE CLASSIFICATION

 

 

  Caleb EWAN

4:00:01

 

  Sam BENNETT

+0

 

  Wout VAN AERT

+0

 

Complete Standing

HERE

 

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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

 

 

  Primoz ROGLIC

46:15:24

 

  Egan BERNAL

+21

 

  Guillaume MARTIN

+28

 

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POINTS CLASSIFICATION

 

 

  Sam BENNETT

243

 

  Peter SAGAN

175

 

  Bryan COQUARD

157

 

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CLIMBER CLASSIFICATION

 

 

  Benoit COSNEFROY

36

 

  Nans PETERS

31

 

  Marc HIRSCHI

26

 

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YOUTH CLASSIFICATION

 

 

  Egan BERNAL

46:15:45

 

  Tadej POGACAR

+23

 

  Enric MAS

+1:41

 

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LAST KILOMETER REPLAY

 

 

STAGE HIGHLIGHTS

 

[heywoodu 13,562]

1 hour ago, Federer91 said:

I was talking about this kind of stage DQ, not a full on race DQ, even though i'm sure they'd love that. It's just preposterous by now how they don't want him to win the green. No points today is a big hit and it's no surprising that he is mad. My opinion stands.

He was mad towards Van Aert, who slightly blocked him, followed by Sagan headbutting him. It's really not that complicated, headbutts have been penalized plenty of times before. Didn't hear all this "it's always against rider X!!" nonsense then.

[heywoodu 13,562]

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

So in the span of 11 stages, we’ve gone from “the green jersey is rigged in favor of Sagan,” to “the green jersey is rigged against Sagan.” 
 

I’ll have to watch the highlights later today to see what happened.

Who said it's rigged in favor of Sagan? It's not rigged in favor of any one specific cyclist, thinking it is is just a huge overestimation of how important that one cyclist is

 

For years and years it was perfect for a rider like Sagan. Not because it was rigged, but because of all sprinters, he was by far the one who survived the mountains the easiest, making it relatively easy to make up the points he lost due to a small lack of raw speed. 

 

It's no surprise or unfair situation or anything that Bennett is in the green now, he fully deserves is and at this moment, Sagan is simply not good enough. Which is not an attack on Sagan, it's nothing to be ashamed about if you've dominated for years and one year just don't have that extra bit of power and shape.

[Federer91 2,140]

8 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

For years and years it was perfect for a rider like Sagan. Not because it was rigged, but because of all sprinters, he was by far the one who survived the mountains the easiest, making it relatively easy to make up the points he lost due to a small lack of raw speed. 

 

 

And they didn't deliberately change the points system, because of this years ago.  Oh yes, they did, because Sagan was winning every year. But that didn't stop him winning and we all know about 2017 and the robbery that went down. But sure, it's never against Sagan. He should have just crashed through the barriers today, so the organizers are happy and their "rules" intact. 

[hckošice 13,275]

Van Aert should pay more attention to his mouth and words..

 

and I sincerelly hope he will be penalized or at least fined for his middle finger. 

[Agger 1,591]

28 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

 

And they didn't deliberately change the points system, because of this years ago.  Oh yes, they did, because Sagan was winning every year. But that didn't stop him winning and we all know about 2017 and the robbery that went down. But sure, it's never against Sagan. He should have just crashed through the barriers today, so the organizers are happy and their "rules" intact. 

 

Let's just once again make one thing clear!
ASO changed the points system. That's their right and if they believe that makes a more interesting competition that's completely fair.
Meanwhile it's the UCI Commissaires making the decision, both when disqualifying Sagan in 2017 and relegating him now.