Tour de France will miss Peter Sagan’s star power but safety must come first | William Fotheringham
The Tour has lost its two biggest personalities in one crash but even if Sagan did not mean to fell Mark Cavendish, sprinters have raced on the edge for too longPeter Sagan’s exclusion from the Tour de France for putting Mark Cavendish into the barriers close to the finish line at Vittel was the highest profile disqualification from the Tour de France since the entire Festina team were sent home in 1998 amidst one of the biggest doping scandals in the history of cycling.Given Sagan’s profile and the fact he was likely to take the overall green jersey for a record sixth consecutive year, it was a huge decision and one which merits the intense debate around it. Related: Mark...