"Was not my intention to disrespect women today on the podium. Just a joke, sorry if someone was disturbed about it," he said @petosagan. Still, given the apparent seriousness of the crime in the minds of some Sagan followed that apology up with a video posted to his Facebook page in which he stared down the barrel of a camera phone and issued his heart-felt remorse.
"Dear Maya, women and fans, I know I have no excuse. here again my sincere apology..."
The video itself is a classic that may or may not have any relevance to the date in which it was posted: April 1st, but the only thing missing from it was a violin playing in the background. Either that or, given the look on his face, Arabic writing on the wall behind him and two masked men either side of him wielding AK-47's. "They're treating me well and say I will be released once all you infidels apologise for ever having wanted to touch the bottom of a podium girl."
Seriously though, I just hope that's the last we hear of this whole mind numbing story about nothing. (And there was me thinking the doping subject was robbing us of a focus on the actual racing!)
