Mark Cavendish faces fierce Tour test in Paris

Mark Cavendish on Sunday faces a fierce examination of his durability as the world’s fastest cyclist on the Paris boulevard he once dominated.

The 30-year-old from the Isle of Man had an unbeaten record on the concluding stage of the Tour de France on the Champs-Elysees, winning from 2009 to 2012, until Marcel Kittel dethroned him two years ago.