Stitchmo wrote:
What else you are overlooking is Cavendish's history of creating havoc and accidents in sprints like the complete psychopath he is. TDF, Olympic games on the track, headbutting, shoulder checking - he is the most dangerous rider in the history of the sport. So yet again an incident with Cavendish and now its all on the guy with no history of involvement in things like this. Give me a break.
So if you are just a chopper from Manchester like Cavendish perhaps you can do what Cav should, sparing us and the peloton - retire.
karmanated wrote:
This.
If cycling was like driving and riders had to hold crash insurance, Sagan would be like a middle-aged lady who had never dented a car. Cavendish would be a 30-something with multiple at-fault crashes on his record.
The entire sprint group, including Sagan, was drifting to their right. Cavendish tried to bully his way up the right against the barrier and got squeezed out. When he bashed Sagan trying to come around him, Sagan's arm came out naturally for balance. Pretty normal when getting bodychecked at 60 km/h.
I think there's a little more to what happened. Cavendish went for a body blow. In so doing, his left handbar connected with Sagan's right (and maybe his arm) from behind, causing both riders to steer left. This put their bikes left, and both of them went off balance to the right. The knocking of the arm/handlebar caused a reaction, partly for balance, partly just from being hit.
