It was high drama today on stage 4 of the 2017 Tour de France. The first incident saw the yellow jersey holder Geraint Thomas go down in a bunch crash.
Then in the final sprint, Sagan appeared to cause Mark Cavendish to crash into a barrier. An act that has seen him disqualified from the race.
Close up of Cavendish crash
Official Statement from the Tour on Peter Sagan disqualification:
https://twitter.com/NBCSNCycling/status/882286213159374848
Sagan’s comment after the race:
Last kilometre
Results
Results on Stage 4:
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 4:53:54
2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
3 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
4 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
6 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
7 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
8 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
9 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
10 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
Overall results after Stage 4
1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 14:54:25
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:12
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 0:00:16
5 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:25
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:30
7 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:00:32
8 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
9 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 0:00:33
10 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:34
