Mark Cavendish – Tour de France 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A chaotic finish to the tenth stage of the Tour de France saw German Marcel Kittel, the race’s first yellow jersey, win his second stage ahead of countryman Andre Greipel and Mark Cavendish.
Cavendish appeared well-positioned in the final kilometre but in the final 150 metres, as he pounced for Kittel’s wheel, he cut across Tom Veelers, Kittel’s lead-out man, and barged him on the shoulder, sending him tumbling to the tarmac.
After the race, the rider from the Isle of Man was being asked questions by reporters and then seized a microphone in his anger, before turning his back and climbing into his team bus. The recorder was given back afterwards.
The clash seemed to knock Cavendish off his stride – he glanced backwards at the stricken Veelers – and he never looked like overhauling Kittel and Greipel.
There was little doubt that he was responsible for the crash, and the jury may take a dim view of his manoeuvre. – dailymail
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