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Tour de France 2013

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island991 Jul 2013 5:47pm, 9 Jul 2013 3,274 posts	Quote Pin island991 Meh. Sorry it was Veelers I think.
postieboy Jul 2013 5:54pm, 9 Jul 2013 1,912 posts	Quote Pin postieboy Cav has tweeted he denies any wrong doing. He thinks Veelers veered into him.
welly Jul 2013 5:56pm, 9 Jul 2013 5,229 posts	Quote Pin welly the official wesbite says: 'One of Marcel Kittel's lead-out men, Tom Veelers, looked right, then left to see where his sprinter was and he bumped shoulders with Mark Cavendish and thumped onto the tarmac. That took the wind out of the sails of the British champion just as he was poised to start his sprint' they aren't blaming him
surreystrider™ Jul 2013 8:33pm, 9 Jul 2013 7,858 posts	Quote Pin surreystrider™ My opinion changes depending on which angle I view the incident from. Overhead not his fault, head on his fault. Cavendish's pretend ignorance of the initial question afterwards and his demeanour thereon leads me to think he knew he was in the wrong.
The Terminator Jul 2013 8:58pm, 9 Jul 2013 7,218 posts	Quote Pin The Terminator Yes I think Cav was feeling guilty too SS but judges say no so....
Lisa T Jul 2013 9:11pm, 9 Jul 2013 1,539 posts	Quote Pin Lisa T I think Cav genuinely doesn't think he's done anything wrong. He always reacts over the top to things. Remember what he was like at the olympics. Veelers & his team had more to gain by slowing Cav down than Cav did knocking Veelers off. He got in Cav's way & Cav was going for the win tis all.
Jambomo Jul 2013 9:18pm, 9 Jul 2013 3,955 posts	Quote Pin Jambomo I'm not sure you can read much into his comments afterwards. Rather than necessarily feeling guilty I maybe think he just expected to be blamed and seems not to like speaking to the press much!
Lisa T Jul 2013 9:21pm, 9 Jul 2013 1,541 posts	Quote Pin Lisa T Yep, totally agree
Lisa T Jul 2013 9:21pm, 9 Jul 2013 1,542 posts	Quote Pin Lisa T Yep, totally agree
Bazoaxe Jul 2013 9:25pm, 9 Jul 2013 5,768 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe While not entirely at fault, he has to 'shoulder' some of the blame - so to speak