Nacer Bouhanni has been penalised 1 minute in GC standings and received a fine of 200 Swiss francs after clashing with Jack Bauer (Quick Step Floors) during stage 10 of the Tour de France.
In overhead footage of the incident which was shared on Twitter, Bauer could be seen putting an arm up to Bouhanni after the French sprinter moved in front of him with about seven kilometres remaining of today’s stage from Périgueux to Bergerac.
The Cofidis rider then lashed out at the Kiwi, appearing to strike him. The two then seemed to exchange some words.
Bouhanni went on to finish sixth in the final sprint which was won by Bauer’s team-mate Marcel Kittel. Despite receiving the fine and time penalty, Bouhanni was not relegated from sixth.
BREAKING: @BouhanniNacer has been penalized 1 minute in G.C. standings & fined an undisclosed amount for his actions in Stage 10 #TDF2017 pic.twitter.com/3UdGAkXnKW
— NBCSN Cycling (@NBCSNCycling) July 11, 2017
This guy is a shame for the entire peloton. Lord Sagan should have checked him out of the game!
That looks more intentional than the elbow. Just time penalty cause he’s French?
How can he only receive a time penalty for a deliberate and dangerous action of aggression and yet Sagan who gets hit from behind by Cavendish gets DQ??!!
What utter hypocritical bs. #nosagannotour
children in a playground behave better – spoilt brats
Because he is French and a twat
They have has always been biased toward the French in situations like this. There will never be another Fignon or Hinault no matter how much they coddle the rest. This race is joke.
This guy is a POS.
Nothing new from bouhanni is it
This guy’s a dick. Nothing new he’s done this before. That should be automatic DsQd.
He should have said it was unintentional, it worked for Froome.
Nacer being a dick…who’d have guessed?
Not surprising behaviour from Bouhanni!