Marcel Kittel
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Tirreno-Adriatico 2018 Stage 6: Sprint win Kittel, Kwiatkowski retains in yellow
Door Martijn Ophorst The Tirreno-Adriatico's 6th stage is tailor made for fast finishers. Marcel Kittel grabs the opportunity to outsprint Peter Sagan and Maximiliano Richeze. Michal Kwiatkowski is still leading the overall classification.
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Dubai Tour: Winners and records
Door Martijn Ophorst The Dubai Tour was an annual stage race which was held from 2014 to 2018. The race merged with the Abu Dhabi Tour in 2019 to become the Tour of the UAE. Cyclingstage.com brings you all winners of the Dubai Tour, and the records.
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Tour de France 2017: Kittel sprints to his fifth after strong Bodnar solo, Froome still leader
Door Martijn Ophorst The 11th stage travels to Pau, located in the foothills of the Pyrenees. A strong effort by attacker Maciej Bodnar is neutralised in the dying metres of the race before Marcel Kittel sprints to his fifth victory. Froome retains in the yellow jersey.
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Tour de France 2017: Kittel takes fourth win, Froome still in maillot jaune
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 10 in the Tour de France travels on gently rolling roads from Périgueux to Bergerac. Marcel Kittel powers to his fourth win, bike lengths ahead of John Degenkolb and Dylan Groenewegen. Maillot jaune Chris Froome finishes safely in the peloton.
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Tour de France 2017: Kittel bests Boasson Hagen in photo finish sprint, Froome retains in lead
Door Martijn Ophorst At 213.5 kilometres, stage 7 of the Tour de France travels on flat roads from Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges. The race comes down to a bunch with Kittel besting Boasson Hagen in a photo finish. Chris Froome retains in the overall lead.
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Tour de France 2017: Kittel outsprints Démare and Greipel, Froome still in yellow
Door Martijn Ophorst At 216 kilometres, the 6th stage of the Tour de France is one the longest in this year's edition. The route is played out on flat roads and in the ensuing sprint Marcel Kittel is in a class of his own, besting Démare and Greipel by a bike length.…
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Tour de France 2017: Kittel powers to glory, Thomas retains in lead
Door Martijn Ophorst In the 2nd stage of the Tour de France the riders travel from Düsseldorf to Liège. Escapees Phinney and Offredo are reeled in in the last kilometre before Kittel outguns Démare in the sprint.
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Abu Dhabi Tour 2017: Kittels bests Ewan by millimetres, Cav still leader
Door Martijn Ophorst The route of the 2nd stage in the Abu Dhabi Tour is a sprinter's dream. Yesterday's Kittel-Cav-Greipel-Ewan clash turned sour after a crash in the last kilometre - today the world’s best sprinters go head-to-head in a dramatic finale. Kittel…
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Dubai Tour 2017: Stage 5 brings Kittel third sprint victory and overall win
Door Martijn Ophorst The last stage of the Dubai Tour runs in 124 kilometres through Dubai City. The race boils down to a bunch sprint with Kittel powering to third third win in four stages, thus taking the overall win for the second time in a row.
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Dubai Tour 2017: Leader Kittel takes second win in 2nd stage
Door Martijn Ophorst The 2nd stage of the Dubai Tour travels in 188 pan flat kilometres from Dubai to Ras al Khaimah. The race boils downs to a bunch sprint with Kittel powering to his second victory in the 2017 Dubai Tour. Groenewegen finishes in second.
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Dubai Tour 2017: Kittel takes 1st stage and leaders jersey
Door Martijn Ophorst After 181 kilometres on flat roads through the desert Marcel Kittel powers to victory in Palm Jumeirah. Groenewegen finishes in second, Cavendish in third.
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Tour de France 2016 Stage 4: Kittel outsprints Coquard by millimetres, Sagan retains in lead
Door Martijn Ophorst Leading to a tricky finale, stage 4 is the longest in the 2016 Tour de France. On the slightly uphill arrival Marcel Kittel outsprints Bryan Coquard by the tiniest of margins. Peter Sagan retains in the overall lead.
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Giro d'Italia 2016 Stage 3: Kittel powers to victory and leader's jersey
Door Martijn Ophorst At 190 kilometres, stage 3 in the Giro d'Italia leads from Nijmegen to Arnhem. Home-rider Tjallingii was, just like yesterday, in the break and he takes the KOM-jersey, but the big man is Marcel Kittel. The German powers to victory and, thanks to…
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Giro d'Italia 2016 Stage 2: Kittel powers to clear win, Dumoulin retains in lead
Door Martijn Ophorst At 190 kilometres, stage 2 in the Giro d'Italia takes the riders on a detour from Arnhem to Nijmegen, while both cities are actually only 20 kilometres apart. The race boils down to a bunch sprint with Marcel Kittel in a class of his own. He now…
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Tour de Romandie 2016: Stage 1 - Kittel to take shortened race, Izagirre retains lead
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 1 of the Tour of Romandie is shortened due to bad weather. At around 100 kilometres, the riders now head from Mathod to Moudon for a Marcel Kittel showcase. The strong German outsprints the pack and seems ready for next week's Giro d'Italia.…
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Dubai Tour 2016: Strong Kittel to take stage 4 and GC!
Door Martijn Ophorst The final stage of the 2016 Dubai Tour is a flat endeavour. A break with Rui Costa is brought back in time and then Marcel Kittel puts on a briliant show by outsprinting the pack and seizing the GC win.
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Dubai Tour 2016: Kittel outsprints 'Cav' in stage 1 to take GC lead
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 1 in the 2016 Dubai Tour is mostly played out on flat roads. A break of six is brought back with 11 kilometres left and the race explodes in a bunch sprint with Marcel Kittel in a class of his own. The German bests Mark Cavendish, thus…
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Tour de Pologne 2015 Stage 1: Kittel is back!
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 1 in the Tour de Pologne offers 122 flat kilometres in the streets of Warsaw. In the curvy finale, the race explodes in a bunch sprint with Marcel Kittel fastest.
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Tour de France 2014: Kittel takes fourth, Nibali takes France
Door Harmen Lustig Sunday July 27th, 2014 - The closing stage to the Champs-Élysées is 137.5 kilometres in length and the bunch sprint is a Marcel Kittel prey. The four time stage winner in de Tour winner beats Alexander Kristoff on the line. Vincenzo Nibali is by…
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Tour de France 2014: King Kittel scores 4 out of 3
Door Martijn Ophorst Tuesday July 8th, 2014 - The first Tour stage in 2014 on French soil leads in 163,5 flat kilometres from Le Touquet to Lille. All eyes are on the sprinters who scored two out of three: King Kittel. The Germans makes it three out of four, be it…
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Tour de France 2014: King Kittel reigns supreme in London
Door Martijn Ophorst Marcel Kittel won the 3rd stage of the 2014 Tour de France, easily out-sprinting his competitors on the Mall to take his 2nd stage win. His supporting cast on the Giant-Shimano team delivered him perfectly to the last couple of hundred metres.
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Tour de France 2014: Cav crashes, Kittel takes sprint and GC lead
Door Harmen Lustig Saturday July 5th, 2014 - The 2014 Tour de France opens with a ride in 190 kilometres, leading from Leeds to Harrogate. 42-Year old Jens Voigt puts on a great show and his countryman Marcel Kittel outsprints riders who were not in the crash in the…
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Giro 2014: Birthday boy Kittel takes impressive 2nd stage win
Door Harmen Lustig Marcel Kittel doubled up in Dublin, taking his 2nd stage win in 2 days on his 26th birthday. The Irish stages will be remembered for the huge number of fans that took to the roadside, the inevitable rain, and the dominance of the big German in the…
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Giro 2014: Marcel Kittel takes his 1st Giro stage
Door Harmen Lustig Stage 2 on the Giro 2014 is a 219 kilomeres spin to the north of Northern Ireland, starting and finishing in Belfast. The rain soaked stage ends in a bunch sprint and topfavorite Marcel Kittel is by far the best. Michael Matthews is the new man in…