Peter Sagan and Bora-Hansgrohe have protested the decision to expel the rider from the Tour de France and called on the race jury to overturn their decision.
Sagan was disqualified from the Tour de France on stage 4, having been cited for dangerous riding and causing a crash involving Mark Cavendish.
In a statement released by the team, Bora-Hansgrohe confirmed that a protest had been lodged. Officially the team can not appeal the original decision.
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"In the sprint I didn't know that Mark Cavendish was behind me," Sagan said as part of the statement.
"He was coming from the right side, and I was trying to go on Kristoff's wheel. Mark was coming really fast from the back and I just didn't have time to react and to go left. He came into me and he went into the fence. When I was told after the finish that Mark had crashed, I went straight away to find out how he was doing. We are friends and colleagues in the peloton and crashes like that are never nice. I hope Mark recovers soon."
According to the statement, the World Champion's team also "disagrees with the decision and protested it officially."
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