Tour de France 2013

chevron checks Andy

LOL Cav just nicked someone's tape recorder

"Kittel's man Veelers sensed Cavendish coming, veered slightly to right to hinder him, Cavendish hit him with left shoulder, causing crash."

Apparently he's not best pleased being asked about the crash

#recordergate

wish he'd kept talking

LOL Cav just nicked someone's tape recorder

Maybe he thought Veelers was a Lamborghini?

ha. Sagan looking like he's just staggered out of a nightclub...

Looking back on eurosport player at the crash first time round is interesting, much less marked than the aerial view. It looks much more like Veelers drifts across than Cav going for the barge.

veelers drifts about 30cm, Cav had swung out to get round him.

I can understand that it's all happening v.fast and he might have anticipated contact that didn't come but Cav looked like he had the time and space to take evasive action if he'd wanted to but instead leans into him and makes it look very much like a 'fuck you' manouvre that could have been avoided.

given the end result (another cyclist going down heavy) that it looks a bit dodgy (don't lean!) I can envisage Cav getting a very serious penalty for this.

Then he veers

Then Cav gives him a little bit of a speed boost.

tough call. will be interested to see how they call this one.

Here's the gif: http://twitpic.com/d1qi89/full

The other guy was taller than Cav so Cav has every right to try and knock him off his bike. All's fair in love and cycling.

I agree.

it's not like there wasn't any room to avoid Veelers. maybe Cav'll be a gent and apologise. front replay really shows his agressiveness.

http://youtu.be/wan1T4yVDAA

guess he was pissed off at losing Steegmans' wheel in the corner

it's not like there wasn't any room to avoid Veelers. maybe Cav'll be a gent and apologise. front replay really shows his agressiveness.

Not on your nellie

Mark Cavendish ‏@MarkCavendish 1h
Just seen the sprint. I believe I didn't move line. I'm actually coming past Veelers & we touch elbows when he moves. Anyway, hope he's ok.

freak double post

now Cav says on my nellie, sorry, I mean telly, the last bit of road for the sprint should have been straight...

what has that got to do with anything?

ever been in a sprint? it's not that easy to knock someone off his bike like that. Veelers is not a small guy either.

On the other hand, hitting someone's elbow/forearm from behind hard is actually a pretty easy way to knock someone off if they're not braced for it.
Don't think size has anything to do with balance and control really.

'touch elbows' lol

your shoulder that was braced for impact touched his elbow when you swerved into him and could have easily held your line and gone around...

Wouldn't be as annoying if he didn't squeal so much about other riders' behaviour.

The sensible thing to do if you're about to collide with another rider in a sprint is to lean in, despite what Ed would have you believe. Cavendish does that just as Veelers straightens up, and this knocks Veelers down. Racing incident, result stands.

Can all sprint experts on twitter go & try flicking their bike right at 65kph without leaning your body left to balance & come back to me.

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Out of interest, would you rather be knocked off your bike with c. 500m to go after a days racing, or with c 100km to go with 3 mountains to climb, a'la Peter Kennaugh?