Tour De France: 'Urine' Thrown At Cavendish

British cyclist Mark Cavendish has reportedly been sprayed with urine during a time trial for the latest leg of the Tour de France.

French competitor and friend, Jerome Pineau, wrote on Twitter that Cavendish told him he had been whistled at and had urine thrown at him, possibly by a spectator.

"Yesterday I was so proud to see the support at the race but today I am ashamed," tweeted Pineau.

"Ashamed when my friend @MarkCavendish tells me he has been whistled and even sprayed with urine on the course. It's scandalous."

Cavendish declined to talk when asked about the incident, but a member of his team said with a grin there had "been a smell" when the road-racing professional returned to their bus.

Cavendish was blamed by many fans for a crash in the final 100 metres of Tuesday's stage 10 which sent Tom Veelers crashing to the ground, although he was cleared by race officials.

Omega Pharma team CEO Patrick Lefevere said he believed the clash was the reason for this incident.

"Probably some spectators were not very pleased with what happened yesterday and they yelled to him and then one other idiot threw urine at him," he said.

"Mark is really disappointed because he thinks he didn't deserve this."

Tony Martin set the early pace in the first individual time trial. The world time trial champion completed the 33km course to Mont-Saint-Michel in a time of 36 minutes 29 seconds to sit 39 seconds ahead of the second-best time, set by Vaconsoleil's Thomas De Gendt.

Cavendish set a time of exactly 42 minutes, more than four minutes behind team-mate Martin.

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