Cavendish suffers Wii setback

Eurosport - Tue, 09 Dec 13:31:00 2008

Mark Cavendish regularly puts his body on the line in the name of elite road racing, but the British cyclist came a cropper in the sanctity of his living room earlier this month.

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The two-times Madison world champion, who won four stages of this year's Tour de France, was playing a snowboarding game on his Nintendo Wii when he slipped from the board and injured a calf muscle.

"It's a pain, but it's a minor injury in the off-season and not a huge problem," Cavendish told Cycling Weekly.

"I may have to visit a medic to try and get it sorted out, rather than heading for Tuscany as I'd planned."

Cavendish was forced to cut short a training session last week, but he is confident of joining the Columbia racing team when they convene in Majorca in December to begin preparation for the 2009 season.

Will Tidey / Eurosport

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  1. stupid cav

    From dominicmatthews94, on Mon 1 Dec 9:13PM

  2. I'm getting more and more patients with Wii­ injuries, business will be booming after xmas :)

    From raymondhallam, on Sun 30 Nov 4:53PM

  3. lmao! oh , dear cav

    From intonej, on Fri 28 Nov 10:53PM

  4. what a joke LOL @#$% happens ;)

    From vampirivm, on Fri 28 Nov 4:22PM

  5. He must have been playing the new 'Cadel Evans,­ disco hero' game. Wonder how many beers he had :D

    From Michael M, on Fri 28 Nov 2:18PM

  6. Wii UN fit!

    From keir_williams, on Thu 27 Nov 9:47PM
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