Nibali came at that time back after a crash, some thirty kilometers from the finish. He returned in the peloton, but had to admit on the final climb still time on the favorites.
Later images appeared showing clearly how Nibali dragged by the car of his team. Then the jury Nibali decided in setting the price.
“It’s clear to see that he grabs a car for a few hundred meters. Then it is logical that follow exclusion, ” said judge Bruno Valčić against Spanish newspaper Marca
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Sjefer
the relevant team leader Alexander Sjefer is put in the Vuelta. Astana also forbidden for the next two stages, not two, but only one car let ride to support the riders.
The director of the Spanish stage race, Javier Guillén, held mixed feelings about the lockout. ” The decision was taken by the judges of the UCI. They said they were given the rules, had no other option. “
” The action of the riders is detrimental to the image of cycling and as a result there’s something bad happened to the Vuelta. In the sense that we have a great rider lost, ” says Guillén according to Cycling News .
A thousand times
Astana responded by team manager Giuseppe Martinelli. ” I know what we did. It happens in the Tour, I’ve seen it a thousand times. Try to find an honest man in the peloton. Each team leader would just have done the same, ” said Martinelli opposite Velo News .
Nibali, the 2014 Tour de France wrote to his name, hoping for revenge in the Vuelta for his disappointing performance last summer in the Tour de France
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