Tour De France 2017 Stage 4

World champion Peter Sagan was disqualified from the Tour de France for causing Mark Cavendish to crash on stage four.

The Briton accused Sagan of elbowing him during the sprint finish in Vittel.

Cavendish, 32, finished the stage after receiving medical treatment for several minutes, before going for an X-ray.

"I get on well with Peter and a crash is a crash but I'm not a fan of him putting his elbow in," said Dimension Data rider Cavendish.

Briton Geraint Thomas kept his overall lead as Arnaud Demare became the first Frenchman to win a bunch sprint stage at the Tour since 2006.

Defending champion Chris Froome remains second overall, 12 seconds behind compatriot Thomas.


Stage four result:

1. Arnaud Demare (Fra/FDJ) 4hrs 53mins 54secs
2. Alexander Kristoff (Nor/Katusha) Same time
3. Andre Greipel (Ger/Lotto)
4. Nacer Bouhanni (Fra/Cofidis)
5. Adrien Petit (Fra/Direct Energie)
6. Juergen Roelandts (Bel/Lotto)
7. Michael Matthews (Aus/Sunweb)
8. Manuele Mori (Ita/UAE Team Emirates)
9. Tiesj Benoot (Bel/Lotto)
10. Zdenek Stybar (Cze/Quick-Step)

General classification after stage four:

1. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky) 14hrs 54mins 25secs
2. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +12secs
3. Michael Matthews (Aus/Sunweb) Same time
4. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor/Dimension Data) +16secs
5. Pierre Latour (Fra/AG2R) +25secs
6. Philippe Gilbert (Bel/Quick-Step) +30secs
7. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol/Team Sky) +32secs
8. Tim Wellens (Bel/Lotto) Same time
9. Arnaud Demare (Fra/FDJ) +33secs
10. Nikias Arndt (Ger/Sunweb) +34secs

Selected others:

18. Simon Yates (GB/Orica-Scott) +45secs
20. Richie Porte (Aus/BMC Racing) +47secs
21. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +48secs
24. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) +51secs
26. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana) +53secs
27. Alberto Contador (Spa/Trek-Segafredo) +54secs
29. Jakob Fuglsang (Den/Astana) Same time