In the eleventh stage of the Tour de France, Australian Mark Renshaw was disqualified from the competition for unsportsmanlike conduct at the end of the stage that took place between Sisteron and Bourg les Valence.

The winner of this stage was the British rider of the HTC-Columbia Team, Mark Cavendish. But if you like to bet on sports, you should consider that Andy Schleck is still leading the overall standings and is the owner of the yellow jersey over the Spanish great favorite, Alberto Contador.

Cavendish’s win was marked by the controversy, as his teammate Renshaw launched his head three times at his rival. This was the main reason for the judges decided to eject him from the race.

Cavendish achieved his third win at this year’s Tour, after having succeeded in the fifth and sixth stage. While Italy’s Alessandro Petacchi and American Tyler Farrar won the second and third places respectively.

Renshaw’s inappropriate behavior was confirmed after further review of the videos that made clear the bad intentions of the Australian, as reported by Jean Francois Pescheux, technical director of the Tour de France. This situation makes him the first cyclist disqualified from the bicycle race in eight years.

Also, after the head butts, Renshaw blocked the advance of Tyler Farrar with a maneuver that also goes against the rules.

Undoubtedly, this situation has caused a lot of controversy and it has even been said that the faulty actions of the Australian rider have helped his teammate Mark Cavendish to succeed at the eleventh stage of this Tour, with a time of four hours, 42 minutes and 29 seconds.

For his part, Cavendish has said that Renshaw was only trying to open his way to the goal among a great group of riders to be able to get the title of the No. 97 edition of this annual race.