Some of the weirdest prizes in sport

Mark Cavendish was presented with a generous bunch of bananas for winning Stage 1 of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey yesterday. Here are some more of sport’s less conventional prizes.

Some of the weirdest prizes in sport

Mark Cavendish was presented with a generous bunch of bananas for winning Stage 1 of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey yesterday. Here are some more of sport’s less conventional prizes.

American skier Lindsey Vonn won a cow named Winnie for taking first place in the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Downhill in Val D'isere, France in December last year.

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