>>1087771>forced into railingSorry, but no. The whole thing started with a scuffle between Bouhanni and Greipel, that cause the whole field to wander over to the right. Cavendish, being last of the contenders, had a good view of this. Demare is leading the rightmost flank of this rightwards movement, and has dropped Cavendish by a bikes length or so. Sagan gets on Demares wheel and then goes for a pass on the right. Cavendish sees the whole group going to the fence, but still decides to make a push to pass - on the right, from behind, from last place of all involved when he could clearly see that the gap on the right is closing.
He gambled that he could force his way through by pushing and tackling like he usually does, and that gamble failed.
You're not obligated to let people in the back through. That's what sprint positioning _is_.
The UCI is in the wrong on this and the riders agree. If anyone should be harshly reprimanded it's Cavendish for being a brute. If anyone should be sanctioned for causing scuffle in the sprint it's Bouhanni and Demare. To fine or declass Sagan is an injustice. To DQ is fucking laughable!
