16 July,2009 08:43 AM IST | | AFP
British sprint sensation Mark Cavendish hit back at claims that he racially insulted French riders at the Tour de France. However, the 24-year-old from the Isle of Man, who bagged his fourth stage victory from this year's race yesterday to take his total to a British record-equalling eight, admitted he can be difficult to handle.
Cavendish woke up yesterday to allegations in L'Equipe newspaper which cited anonymous French riders saying he had racially insulted them.
But Cavendish said: "I didn't say this. I had to laugh at that article this morning. It would have been nice to have the name of the rider who supposedly said this so that I can go and sort it out. I get a little hot-headed sometimes, but the nationality of the rider is irrelevant when you get arsey at someone. When you're a rider with a public profile, you can't be friends with everybody."
