Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) was angry after losing to Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) in the high-speed sprint in Malaga on stage 3 of the Vuelta a España but was happy to have survived a second crash and avoided serious punishment for taking a tow from a team car.
Bouhanni crashed with 43km to go as the peloton began to close down the break of the day. It was his second crash in two days after also going down on stage 2 but he got up and managed to finish second in the sprint behind Sagan after a hectic chase with his teammates.
He escaped with just a 100 Swiss Franc fine for taking a long tow attached to a 'sticky bottle' from his team car.
That lesser punishment spark anger in Italy after Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) was disqualified from the race for a tow just 48 hour earlier. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Bouhanni took a tow for 12 seconds as he got up to speed and tried to get back to the peloton. Nibali’s tow was far more blatant, with the Astana team launching him up the road at a much higher speed, but La Gazzetta dello Sport pointed that Cofidis is also a key race sponsor at the Vuelta a España.
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Bouhanni vented his anger after crossing the finish but was more reflective after his massage and treatment for his road rash when speaking to l’Equipe.
“I was angry at the finish because I’d made a huge effort to get back on after the crash and that affected the result. I was 1:30 behind but my teammates waited for me and did a great job. Unfortunately we paid for it in the finale,” he explained.
“I’ve had enough crashes for now though… I wasn’t feeling 100% during the stage after my other crash buy to lose by just a dozen centimetres makes me angry.”
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