Tour de France 2017

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peter_v

First the water bottle thing in the Worlds, now this. Degenkolb looks like he's turning into a sore loser, which I think is a pity.

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Jimmy_Fingers in reply to @peter_v

I'm not excusing Degenkolb, but I said at the time he'd be annoyed. Matthews jumps from GVA's wheel and Degenkolb went with him and Matthews closes the door on him by steadily veering to the right. Probably clever as it didn't raise the ire of the commissaires, and any relegation would have been OTT, but it was either sloppy sprinting by not holding his line, or gamesmanship. Degenkolb is entitled to have a moan, but not put his hands on Matthews.
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in reply to @peter_v

I was never a fan of him, but he was always a bit 'edgy', wasn't he? Mellowed with the horrific accident, but he's lost a year of what was turning (and hope will return to being) into a stellar career so I imagine he's pretty frustrated.