Controversy seems to follow Nacer Bouhanni as closely as the Frenchman might track his Cofidis leadout men, and even the joy of a first victory in over three months carried its own baggage.
Bouhanni crossed the line first on stage 2 of the Tour de l’Ain on Thursday but the race jury spent several minutes reviewing video footage of the sprint as the Frenchman made contact in the finishing straight with a rider from the HB BTP-Auber93 team, Anthony Maldonado, who crashed heavily. Bouhanni was eventually cleared of any wrong doing and started today's stage in the race leader's yellow jersey.
The jury eventually took no action against the Cofidis star, but the Auber93 team were upset about the incident.
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“Here are the stills we’ve just received,” they wrote on Twitter that evening, posting three images from the incident.
“We’ll let you make your own judgement. Ours is clear.” The team eventually cancelled the images after being criticised in several responses.
Maldonado was taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm, but the team later revealed that he had no broken bones.
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