Cav meets a fan?

[Domus]

Watching the Tour of Britain last night and saw Mark Cavandish "chatting" to a chap on the Struggle up to Kirkstone. Would love to know what went on. Not a user of social media stuff but I'm sure someone knows.

 

[MikeonaBike]

I read a report that it was something to do with a 'fan' with a selfie stick. I can't imagine that the 'exchange' was particularly polite!

 

[ianrauk]

Apparently having a go at the fan for waving a selfie stick about in front of the riders.

 

[Globalti]

Poor bloke. Being bollocked by Cav must be like being bollocked by the headmaster.

 

[roadrash]

if he was waving a selfie stick in front of riders, then the guy is a total nob ed , i would hesitate to call anyone that puts riders safety at risk, a fan .

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

He may have turned his back on the cyclists to take the photo of himself in front of the oncoming riders. Going out to spectate and then turning your back on the racers is not only completely stupid, it's also insulting to the cyclists.

 

[GlenBen]

Maybe he's just a big fan of jousting?

 

[Globalti]

Other fans have done far worse, I think it's a bit mean-spirited of Cav to have picked on one hapless teenager and belittled him in front of his peers; the poor lad will never forget that.

 

[Bollo]

Other fans have done far worse, I think it's a bit mean-spirited of Cav to have picked on one hapless teenager and belittled him in front of his peers; the poor lad will never forget that.

I take your point, but I think it's starting to become a persistent problem so this might have been the result of a building irritation.

At this year's TdF I was on the last corner/village, 5km before the drag race to the finish. There was a minor off involving two riders. Immediately a spectator shoved a selfie stick in the riders' faces until one of the riders gave him a shove, more to get him away as he tried to untangle his bike rather than aggression. As the road was tight, the support cars had stacked up behind so one of the (neutral?) mechanics had to sprint with two spare wheels to get the riders going again. Monsieur Selfie managed to get in the way of all this as well until another spectator dragged him out of the way.

What really gripped my merde at the time was that it was obvious M. Selfie was more concerned with getting himself in the frame with the riders than actually following the race in any meaningful way. The race just provided a backdrop for his own #myawesomelife. A deux chapeaux of the highest order.

 

[Joffey]

Ah, Cav just said on the TV that the young lad was shouting abuse at the riders. So he stopped and had a word - something along the lines of 'get on your bike and try it'.

Good old Cav!!!

 

[Starchivore]

I wouldn't look for an argument with Cav myself.

 

[ianrauk]

Hes an utter knobhead full stop.

What about the spectator?

 

[Crackle]

Yeah, the only thing I noticed was how easily he got going again on a 15% slope.

 

[Grant Fondo]

I understand Cav thanked him for his support and recommended where he could store his selfie-stick in future

 

[Drago]

I wouldn't look for an argument with Cav myself.

He's an oompa loompa. He's manly when facing down some pre pubescent fan who weighs eight stone wringing wet, but I bet he wouldn't be so quick to get face to face with someone of more extensive dimensions.