Cavendish Takes Nasty Fall

Cavendish was among a group of riders brought down 150m from the finish line of the third stage at the Giro d’Italia. After a painful fall at 75kph he eventually managed to get back on his feet and walk over the line carrying his bike . The race leader Taylor Phinney also took a nasty fall and crossed the line last but managed to hold on to the race lead.

The crash happened when Roberto Ferrari changed his line dramatically cutting across Cavendish’s path clipping his front wheel. Latewr Ferrari was relegated to last place in the stage which was won by Matt Goss.

Team Sky were furious. “I hope the guy who did that is punished,” said the sports director, Steve de Jongh. “Cav is ok, but he has lost a lot of skin. It was a really nasty crash. The important thing, though, is that he is OK”