On 16 February, the first stage of the Tour de Algarve ushered in a big group sprint, with Fabio Jakobsen of the Bristles winning the championship, while Jordi Meeus and Alexander Kristoff, who finished second in the rear, had a dispute over the change of line.
On the right, Meus and Christopher make physical contact causing them to close their feet
Following the change of line between Cavendish and Richeze at the Previous Day's Tour de Oman, a similar situation arose with Christopher of vanti and Meus of Bora. Mevus was furious as he changed his line to the left before the finish line, forcing Christopher to the guardrail.
Christopher said that after Mevus changed the line, he was squeezed to the guardrail and even crashed into the mobile phones of roadside spectators. Mevus was quickly sent off second by the referee, With Bryan Coquard coming in second and Christopher rising to the podium in third place.
The phone that reached into the track on the right was knocked off
Christopher said angrily after the race: "I felt like the Bora guy was squeezing me into the guardrail and I saw him moving towards me. My shoulder hit the audience, so I was upset. I wasn't injured, but it hurt a little because I bumped into the spectators peeking out of the guardrail. "
At the finish line, I asked him: 'Why the are you changing lines?' He said he had to go there, but I disagreed. The other side of him has completely place. I have a clear sprint line and I feel like today is close to victory, but I had to stop pedaling, so I was upset with him. "
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