Cavendish's odd stage 10 finish line celebration explained

Mark Cavendish, Tour de France 2009, stage 5

published 14 July 2009

Mark Cavendish beat Thor Hushovd so comfortably in the sprint in Issoudun that he time for another of his special victory poses as he crossed the line.

In La Grande Motte, he held his hand to his head, pretending to call new second sponsor HTC. This time it he took his sunglasses off and held them out for everyone to see.

"I've targeted seven days for bunch sprints this year, and a possible eight, that's quite a lot really. When I was at the unveiling of the Tour last year in Paris I was quite excited because it's really tough overall, but it's not like 2008 when there were a lot of rolling days or intermediate days. Here's it's like it's either a sprint or really hard mountains, but in terms of getting successful it's a good route for me," he said.

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Cavendish's odd stage 10 finish line celebration explained

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