British Prime Minister David Cameron said that Britain’s Olympic cycling glory has driven France ‘mad’, and rejected claims of cheating by pointing out that the riders’ wheels are made across the Channel.

“We’ve got a system that seems to be delivering. It’s driving the French mad,” Cameron told BBC radio in an interview. “I did an interview with French television yesterday and they virtually accused us of cheating. I think they found the Union Jacks on the Champs Elysees a bit hard to take,” he said, referring to Briton Bradley Wiggins’ victory last month in the Tour de France.