Cyclist accused of being racist: I'm just an asshole!

At least this professional cyclist acknowledges that he is an asshole unlike so many of his kind:

"I love to come here (France) and I love to come here and race. For sure I'm going to get arsey at some lad - because I'm an asshole," said Cavendish.

"But their nationality, and what they look like or where they come from is irrelevant."

He was responding to charges that he was racist against French people. I may be wrong, but I think that's just being xenophobic not racist.