Cavendish warning to rivals after sprint finish

Mark Cavendish claimed his 24th Tour de France stage victory on the seafront in Marseille yesterday.

It was a much-needed win for Cavendish, who had been affected by an illness he did his best to conceal in the opening days of the Tour, keeping quiet in the hope he could get over it before any of his rivals realised he was suffering.

They probably got the idea from the way he was dropped in the Corsican mountains, but he looked back to his imperious best as he took advantage of a brilliant lead-out from his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team-mates.