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SPORTS Wednesday 5 July 2017
Cavendish withdraws, Sagan disqualified after Tour crash

By ANDREW DAMPF and cases”.
JOHN LEICESTER “We have decided to dis-
AP Sports Writers qualify Peter Sagan from
VITTEL, France (AP) — the 2017 Tour de France
Mark Cavendish has been after the tumultuous sprint
forced out of the Tour de here in Vittel, where he
France after suffering a endangered several rid-
fractured shoulder blade in ers, including Mark Caven-
a serious crash caused by dish and others who were
world champion Peter Sa- involved in the crash,”
gan, who was disqualified Marien said.
from cycling’s showcase Apart from doping offens-
event. es, disqualifications are
Hours after Tuesday’s crash rare in the Tour. In 2010,
in a chaotic sprint finish to Australian Mark Renshaw
Stage 4, Cavendish’s Team was thrown out for a head-
Dimension Data said on its butt that cleared a path in
Twitter feed that “Unfortu- a sprint for his teammate
nately, @MarkCavendish Cavendish to win the stage
has been forced to with- in Bourg-Les-Valence.
draw from #TDF2017.” “I get on with Peter well,
The British rider sustained but I don’t get ... if he came
hand and shoulder injuries across is one thing, but the
in the crash, and was tak- Britain’s Mark Cavendish crashes during the sprint of the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling elbow. I’m not a fan of him
race over 207.5 kilometers (129 miles) with start in Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg, and finish in
en to a hospital for checks. Vittel, France, , Tuesday, July 4, 2017. putting his elbow in me like
“I’m obviously massively Associated Press that,” Cavendish said.
disappointed to get this “A crash is a crash, I’d just
news about the fracture,” reer around, is really sad.” riders plowed over the Brit- nerve damage. like to know about the el-
Cavendish said. “The team The crash occurred about ish sprint specialist, a winner “He’s been withdrawn from bow, really,” Cavendish
was incredible today. 50 meters (yards) from the of 30 Tour stages. the race for obvious medi- added. “I’d just like to
“They executed to perfec- end of the stage, when Sa- “Mark suffered a fracture cal reasons, and we’ll con- speak to him about it.”
tion what we wanted to do gan elbowed Cavendish, to the right scapula,” Team tinue monitoring him over After the crash, Sagan
this morning. I feel I was in a who was squeezed against Dimension Data doctor the coming days.” went over to see how Cav-
good position to win and to the barriers to his right, out Adrian Rotunno said. “For- Race jury president Philippe endish was and patted
lose that and even having of the way. tunately no surgery is re- Marien of the UCI said race him on the back, while the
to leave the Tour, a race Cavendish slammed into quired at this stage, and rules allowed organizers to British rider showed him his
I have built my whole ca- the barriers and two other most importantly there is no disqualify riders in “serious wounds.q

Kevin Durant came after Curry, Green,
Iguodala and Thompson
traveled to the Hamptons
Continued from Page 17 paid him millions more next to make their group plea
As he planned all along to season, but that contract for KD.
provide the Warriors with will come soon enough. The scrutiny came im-
financial flexibility, Durant He is expected to decline mediately: Would there
waited as Golden State the player option next year be enough shots to go
general manager Bob My- and sign for the maximum around? How would Curry
ers signed the other free then. respond to no longer be-
agents — Curry for a record He and Curry vowed to do ing the biggest Bay Area
$201 million over five years; whatever they could in ne- basketball star? How long
2015 Finals MVP Andre gotiations to ensure Myers would it take for chemistry
Iguodala on a three-year had money to work with to to develop?
contract with $48 million keep as many of the others All of those things were
guaranteed; fellow key re- as possible. pretty much moot.
serves Shaun Livingston for Durant, villainized for his The Warriors just kept win-
$24 million and three years, choice to bolt OKC, made ning, and their champion-
and David West on a one- it clear he wasn’t going In this June 12, 2017 file photo, Golden State Warriors forward ship said it all. Every team is
year deal for the veteran anywhere. The 28-year-old Kevin Durant reacts after scoring against the Cleveland Cava- now chasing the franchise.
minimum $2.3 million. forward had been project- liers during the second half of Game 5 of basketball’s NBA Finals Ten years after becoming
Last Thursday, Durant de- ed to receive a 20 percent in Oakland, Calif. Associated Press the No. 2 draft pick behind
clined to opt in for the raise over the $26.5 mil- Greg Oden, Durant hoist-
$27.7 million second year lion he made last season, Durant averaged 28.5 beat the Cavaliers in five ed a trophy and will have
of his previous deal with which would have been points, 7.9 rebounds and games for their second title his ring at last . Curry, the
the Warriors and became about $31.8 million. 4.3 assists and shot 55.6 in three seasons, and Du- two-time MVP, allowed
an unrestricted free agent. After he missed 19 games percent, scoring more than rant’s first after he depart- Durant to get comfortable
The move was expected with a left knee injury, Du- 30 points in nine of his 15 ed Oklahoma City to join a right away by putting his
as Durant insisted when rant returned to the floor playoff games. He also super team. A year ago on own stats aside. By late in
the season ended that he late in the regular season emerged as a smothering July 4, Durant announced the season, he and Durant
would do his part to keep with his Warriors on a roll defender and shot-blocker, his decision to leave the were sharing the same
the core of the roster intact. and declared he would handling much of the load Thunder, something that practice court engaging
He could have signed a take his game to another against LeBron James dur- still stings for his former fans in fierce but good-natured
max deal that would have level come playoff time. ing the Finals. The Warriors in Oklahoma. That choice shooting contests .q