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Mark Cavendish post pee-break 2016 Tour de France (Eurosport Twitter video still).PNGVideo: Mark Cavendish pissed off with TV moto
If you're a regular TV viewer of the Tour de France, you'll be familiar with the scenario; one of the jersey wearers, or a big-name rider, is spotted trying to get back to the peloton, and immediately there's speculation as to whether he crashed, or had a puncture or some other mechanical.
Often, there's a far simpler explanation though, as evidenced by this footage from today's Stage 10 to Revel when Mark Cavendish was seen chasing back on.
The Dimension Data rider, non-plussed, tells the moto rider and cameraman, "I took a piss," repeating the phrase for added effect ... followed by Eurosport UK's Carlton Kirby translating that for viewers as the Manxman having taken "a comfort break."
WARNING: Mark Cavendish has some strong words for this cameraman... #TDF2016 https://t.co/GvGUpC6JZA
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) July 12, 2016
Latest Comments
- ColinWatters 42 min 15 sec ago
As I recall the power transmitted by a pulley or chain drive depends on the difference in tension between the two sides of the chain or belt....
- mctrials23 53 min 37 sec ago
"As a cyclist myself..."...
- chrisonabike 56 min 15 sec ago
Well, you could get a rusty omafiets (would you be happy for it to weight slightly more than double, assuming you've a fairly heavy road bike)? Or...
- chrisonabike 1 hour 3 min ago
Well, law isn't engineering......
- jaymack 1 hour 40 min ago
We must be related!
- The_Ewan 3 hours 10 min ago
But why worry if a few people do? It's just not a big deal....
- Tom_77 4 hours 14 min ago
Tempted to get him a sweary birthday cake like in The Thick Of It....
- Bigtwin 4 hours 42 min ago
Didn't happen did it? They came into my shop a couple of years back and said it was "on the way", but never heard anything more.
- Steve K 5 hours 15 min ago
Very parochially, I've still not forgiven Pearson's for abandoning their roots by leaving Sutton.
- Gd29 5 hours 23 min ago
Warner Bros makes 8 year term agreement... withdraws after 4 taking the whole thing down....
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Sticky wee?
Love Cav hes my hero just says what he thinks!
On a day with a predicted sprint finish he gets upset that the camera is interested in the green jersey being out the back. Every time I get a little bit of respect for Cav as a person (and a lot of his press interviews during the week have been earning him points in my book) he literally pisses on it with childish nonsense behaviour like this.
Comfort breaks take on a whole new meaning if drafting behind a car.
Why is he annoyed, I dont understand? Is it not good that his team and logo are shown on the tv? The camera man is doing his job?
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Good job he wasn't in Great Budworth!
It's all that lucozade he drinks...
I just laughed out loud in my office which at the time was quite quiet.