Mark Cavendish did it again today. He won stage 11 of the Tour de France 2009. He just keeps on rocking and doing what he knows how to do best: sprint and win. But now he's been accused of being...a racist! Well, haven't we seen this kind of hate and jealousy towards a winner already before. This happens all the time. You win, you show courage, strength and uniqueness, then some people who are terribly insecure of themselves can't wait to accuse you of anything untrue just to try to make your life impossible. Lance Armstrong is one example. He has been living strong through out his fight against cancer, he has been an extraordinary cyclist, and some people love to hate him just because they can't accomplish what he has. Pure jealousy. See, when someone wins and succeeds over and over, s/he is viewed as being arrogant only by the ones who feel inferior. Let's read what was said today to the press: "The Columbia rider’s morning also started off on the wrong foot with an article published in French sports paper L’Equipe quoting an anonymous French rider who claimed that Cavendish had used derogatory terms towards French riders in the race, and that
 his arrogance was getting on their nerves.
" ~VeloNews reported “Cavendish is racist, he's anti-French,” the anonymous rider reportedly said.
 “He should be careful. We're not going to put up with his attitude much 
longer.” “It was an anonymous French rider and an anonymous author,” Cavendish said. “I just had to laugh at that. I’ve got to take it as a compliment that they keep on criticizing my riding. They are trying to make shit for something else. You know, I have a lot of friends who are French. I made an effort this winter to learn French so I could do interviews. I’m still not confident to speak it, but I can understand it perfectly to answer the questions." “I just have to laugh about this,” he continued. “I don’t know where it’s come from. I don’t know why it’s come about. What can I do but let people