<p>Mark Cavendish had urine thrown at him during his time trial ride on the Tour de France on Wednesday, his team said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"He was booed on the course and a spectator threw urine at him. I didn't see it but you could smell it on his jersey. You could think Mark was angry, but he was actually disappointed," team manager Patrick Lefevere told reporters.<br /><br />The Briton's Omega Pharma-Quick Step team mate Jerome Pineau wrote on Twitter: "Shame when my friend Mark Cavendish tells me he has been whistled and sprayed with urine on the course!! It's scandalous!!!"<br /><br />Cavendish declined to comment on the incident which occurred a day after he bumped into Dutch rider Tom Veelers, who lost his balance and hit the ground, in the home straight on the 10th stage.<br /><br />Cavendish was cleared of any wrongdoing by the race commissaries.</p>
<p>Mark Cavendish had urine thrown at him during his time trial ride on the Tour de France on Wednesday, his team said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"He was booed on the course and a spectator threw urine at him. I didn't see it but you could smell it on his jersey. You could think Mark was angry, but he was actually disappointed," team manager Patrick Lefevere told reporters.<br /><br />The Briton's Omega Pharma-Quick Step team mate Jerome Pineau wrote on Twitter: "Shame when my friend Mark Cavendish tells me he has been whistled and sprayed with urine on the course!! It's scandalous!!!"<br /><br />Cavendish declined to comment on the incident which occurred a day after he bumped into Dutch rider Tom Veelers, who lost his balance and hit the ground, in the home straight on the 10th stage.<br /><br />Cavendish was cleared of any wrongdoing by the race commissaries.</p>