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Both Luke Rowe
Both Luke Rowe and Tony Martin have apologised after being disqualified from the Tour de France.
UCI commissaires expelled the Team Ineos and Jumbo-Visma road captains after they clashed late in stage 17. ufabet
Footage shows Martin almost riding Rowe off the road and the Welshman appearing to retaliate by grabbing the German.
"It feels incredibly harsh," said Ineos team principal Sir Dave Brailsford. "It's nothing more than you see most days of the race."
Rowe's team-mate and compatriot Geraint Thomas is second in general classification, with the defending champion 95 seconds behind Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe.
Martin's Jumbo-Visma team-mate Steven Kruijswijk is third overall, 12 seconds further back, heading into the three mountain stages which will decide the outcome of this year's race.
"I can hold my hand up, it's something I've got to live with," said Rowe, 29, who sat next to Martin in a video released by both teams. "We both made a mistake and have accepted responsibility.
"It was the heat of the moment, it was hot out there and we were fighting for position, myself for Geraint and Egan [Bernal], and Tony for Kruijswijk.
