Originally Posted by
seypat
I don't think the elbow is even an issue. The issue is a rider had a squirrel moment and caused a crash. I don't even think it was intentional. He just happened to be the beefier guy. If the winner was zigging and zagging on his way to the win, then he needs to be penalized as well.
Edit: Looking at the overhead video again, it appears there are 2 squirrels in that sprint. One gets the win and the other gets DQed!
Believe you forgot the third squirrel Cav who paid the biggest price.
Squirrel mentality is nothing foreign to sprinting and partly why we watch.
The more this is discussed, the more I am coming to the opinion that Sagan being tossed from the tour was unacceptably harsh even though I don't believe he was completely clean. A clash of wills all said.