Originally Posted by
work4bike
Without seeing an overhead shot you can't make a judgement that Sagan was pushing Cav into the wall on purpose. He never leaned once during the encounter and his elbow did not push Cav.
All of them were moving to the right, not just Sagan, even Cav was moving to the right, do you think he checked to make sure no one was coming up his ass as he was drifting to the right?
Cav wasn't moving to the right. There was no room for him to move to the right.
Sagan came up behind Cav,
then started moving to the right. Sagan was trying to shut the door on Cav, but wasn't far enough ahead for that to work.
Sagan may not have known precisely where Cav was, but he generally knew (or was responsible for knowing) where Cav was.
As to doing it "on purpose," no one is accusing Sagan of putting a hit on Cav. Rather, he behaved in a reckless fashion, and in doing so caused Cav and two other riders to crash at very high speeds, resulting in severe injuries. He apparently pulled similar stunts yesterday.