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It's been an odd build-up to the Tour de France for Marcel Kittel ( Giant-Shimano ). But is that such a bad thing? Having captured two stages in the Giro d'Italia in stunning style, he made a sudden abandon of the race with a fever on stage four. His recent triumphs in the Ster-ZLM Toer , though, would suggest he is right where he wants to be for the build-up to the Tour.

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Kittel's first win in last year's Tour de France was also a shade unusual, coming as it did in the crash-ridden opening stage: he had no idea, he says, that the finish had shifted first to the three-kilometres-to-go banner, and then, when the Orica-GreenEdge team bus finally was dislodged from the finishing gantry, back to the original course. A shrug of the shoulders and then a wry: "Just as well." Indeed.

So what does he make of the first stage to Harrogate and his chances there? Kittel, for one, tells Cyclingnews he is not convinced that it will conclude in a bunch sprint. "If the teams decide to make it really fast in the hilly middle part, then I don't know if that will happen, it'll be hard [for the pure sprinters] to be there in the final."

Should that happen, Giant's plan 'B' would then kick into action, in the shape of John Degenkolb . "That final part is made for John - if the racing has been hard before," creating, Kittel says, "the kind of terrain and situation where he is world-class, and that's also why I say he should win. So in Giant, it's not just me for the win - we have plenty of cards to play."

However, with four wins last year, Kittel could not deny he is the defending champion when it comes to Tour bunch sprints. Yet he shrugs off the label of 'fastest man in the world' - given to him, amongst others by Orica-Green Edge's Michael Matthews , the Giro leader whilst Kittel was racking up the victories.

"I can be confident enough to say I've beaten the best sprinters in the world, and that gives me the confidence for the next races to try and be there and to beat them again," he reflects, "I think it depends on the situation."

"Of course, if I could repeat last year's situation, and take four wins, I wouldn't say no!. But for me that was 2013, even if of course they are very nice memories and great for my confidence for 2014."

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"But this is a new race now, everything is possible, big success and big defeats: anything can happen."

"In any case, just getting one stage victory in the Tour de France is a success. So my goal for this year is to win a stage and if I win that I will be satisfied with my Tour. And it would be great to finish it, too."

"The green jersey? We'll see what happens. Going for intermediate sprints? So far, they're not on my radar. But we'll have a chat in the team in the final runup to the Tour: never say never."

If Kittel puts himself, Mark Cavendish ( Omega Pharma-Quick Step ) and André Greipel ( Lotto-Belisol ) on a similar level in terms of sprinting, one thing that makes their battles so intriguing is that they have such very different ways of winning. Whilst Cavendish's 'jump' is in a world class of its own, Kittel says his own best sprint weapon is pure power: or as he puts it, "the biggest difference between me and the others is that I can maintain a very high speed for very a long period of time."

"The key to winning is knowing, depending on the type of course, how long you will have to hold that high speed in a sprint." - and of course, being able to put theory into practice. "If it's uphill it's maybe 150 metres, if downhill it's 300 metres. It really depends on the finish." And whilst Cavendish will be doing his utmost to ensure he succeeds, not Kittel, the German points out "We shouldn't underestimate André Greipel, specially for those harder stages, too. But anyway, a lot depends on how well your team is racing, not just yourself. If it goes perfectly, I can beat those guys."

Compared to the 2013 season, one new sprint weapon that Kittel has unleashed on the world this year was a devastating late acceleration. First seen in the Giro d'Italia's stage at Dublin when he was trailing the other sprinters by five or six bike lengths with 100 metres to go, but produced enough power to get more than half a bike length on runner-up Ben Swift (Team Sky), it could be very useful indeed in the Tour de France.

"It was different," Kittel recalls with a smile. "I did not really think about it, I just thought 'I have to go now', I wasn't sure if I could make it. It was more an attack than a sprint."

"In the end I was surprised that I could make up that much space in such a short amount of time. It was very encouraging for me to see win from such a situation, but" - he says with disarming honesty - "if there were guys like Greipel or Cavendish ahead of me in a Tour de France sprint, I wouldn't have been able to do that."

If Dublin was the high point of Kittel's season so far, a little over 24 hours later, though, Kittel was out of the race, having suddenly gone down with a very high fever. He flew all the way to Bari, Italy, as the race transferred back to home soil, but then had to quit with an illness.

"It was very hard for me to leave the race that way. It was a 50-50 chance I stayed, what with the rain and bad weather, too. But I'm sorry I had to go. I had no plans to leave, I wanted to continue as far as possible."

"When that happened I came here," - to Sierra Nevada ski station in Spain, for altitude training, where he talks to Cyclingnews . "I have done altitude training before, three times here. So I know I will be here for 20 days, it's pretty boring, but I know what to do, like bring plenty of books and movies."

Kittel describes the lack of social life outside the Sierra Nevada ski station (in summer, we hasten to add, in winter it is another story altogether...) as "good and bad. You have to concentrate on training. Most of all it's about getting the base level a little bit higher, so we're doing a lot of hours. We also do intensity work, just to make another step up combined with the effect of the altitude. It's an important training block."

"Maybe I'll get to the Tour with fewer race days than in 2013, but that's not a problem for me. In fact, one big block of training here and then a few minor races as a buildup is probably better for me."

And if things don't go the way he likes, is Kittel as ferociously self-critical as Cavendish can be? "I try to look for reasons why I lost, but I try to do that together with my team-mates. There always has to be a point in the bunch sprint where we made a mistake. Either way it doesn't eat me up. I look at things calmly."

On the other hand, the quiet, determined tone he uses doesn't make Kittel sound like a rider who sees losing as an option.

"I feel pretty confident I'll be as good as I was last year, and that's what matters," he says.

"I think it's something you can say about any sprinter. As long as he's fresh enough and knows he can make it to the finish, whatever they throw at him in the final, it won't make him give up. He will try to win." And after taking the first stage in both his previous two Grand Tours in radically different circumstances, Kittel's track record is certainly testament to that.

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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews , he has also written for The Independent ,  The Guardian ,  ProCycling , The Express and Reuters .

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​Kittel Wins Stage 7 in Photo Finish

​A dramatic photo finish gave Quick-Step's Kittel his third stage win of the 2017 Tour de France

To the naked eye, and even television pictures, it seemed impossible to separate the pair as they crossed the line in Nuits Saint-Georges. But after a nervous wait and several inclusive views of the finish line battle, Quick-Step's Kittel was awarded his third stage win of the year and 12th in total, matching the record for a German held by Erik Zabel. ( Ready to start training like a pro? Check out Maximum Overload for Cyclists , published by Rodale. ) 

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It was the second year in a row that Kittel had won a stage in a photo finish having edged out Frenchman Bryan Coquard 12 months ago. "It was so close, like last year with Bryan Coquard," he said. "When there's a photo finish you always have doubts and there again it really was so close." Kittel added: "Edvald was aggressive, I haven't seen him that strong for a long time."

And Kittel also took the green jersey, which he held for two days earlier in the Tour, back from Arnaud Demare, who could manage only 11th.

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It was a bitter pill to swallow for Norwegian Boasson Hagen who looked all set for victory until a late charge by the irrepressible Kittel, already winner of the second and sixth stages, although far more convincingly. Boasson Hagen took defeat on the chin with grace. "It's a pity I couldn't finish it off. I was so close," he said.

Australian Michael Matthews finished third as reigning champion Chris Froome maintained his overall lead at the end of the 213.5km stage from Troyes on another day of minimal drama, until the controversial finish.

A four-man breakaway had gone clear in the opening part of the stage but they were always doomed to failure and were caught 6km from the finish.

For the overall contenders it was another day to simply stay out of trouble before the weekend's back-to-back mountain stages when the yellow jersey battle will return to center stage.

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"Tomorrow is already a very tough stage but I think Sunday will make the difference for the overall standings," said Froome. "Tomorrow already we're going up quite a big climb with 20-25 kilometers to go, it could shake things up a bit but the bigger obstacle to come is on Sunday as we go into the Jura mountains and tackle Mont du Chat before the finish."

Froome's Sky team-mate and British compatriot Geraint Thomas remains second at 12sec with Italian Fabio Aru, the winner of Wednesday's fifth stage, third at 14sec. In the meantime, the top sprinters will have two days to lick their wounds and try to conjure up a way to stop Kittel.

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Marcel Kittel Asserts Sprint Mastery at the Tour de France

By The Associated Press

• July 11, 2017

BERGERAC, France — Marcel Kittel has no serious challenger for the King of the Sprint title at this year’s Tour de France.

Kittel, of Germany, won the 10th stage with remarkable ease Tuesday, and Chris Froome of Britain stayed safely in the main pack to retain the yellow jersey as the overall race leader.

Kittel perfectly timed his effort in the final straight for his fourth stage win, crossing the line ahead of his fellow German John Degenkolb.

The stage took the peloton on a flat, 111-mile run from Perigueux to Bergerac in southwestern France.

Froome, a three-time Tour champion, will wear the yellow jersey for the 50th time Wednesday — joining the five-time Tour winner Jacques Anquetil in fourth place on the career list behind Eddy Merckx (96), Bernard Hinault (75) and Miguel Indurain (60).

“A huge, huge honor,” Froome said of reaching that mark.

Kittel was in 10th place after negotiating the two sharp corners of a challenging final kilometer. He then accelerated and surged ahead of his rivals with 150 meters left to secure his 13th career win on the Tour.

He won by a bike’s length and had plenty of time to raise his arms in celebration before crossing the line.

Kittel said his confidence was high after a string of victories.

“I know now from the last sprints that I can hold that speed to the finish line,” he said. “I almost cannot believe what’s happening here at the Tour.”

The Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen finished third.

With Mark Cavendish, Peter Sagan and Arnaud Demare out of the race, Kittel strengthened his grip on the green jersey, given to the top sprinter. The French sprinter Nacer Bouhanni, who had to settle for a sixth-place finish, acknowledged Kittel’s superiority.

“Kittel was the strongest, he came from behind,” Bouhanni said. “He won four sprints out of five, he is the best sprinter of this Tour.”

Bouhanni was later fined 200 Swiss francs ($207) and given a one-minute penalty in the general classification for “assault,” the race jury said. The jury did not elaborate on what prompted the penalty.

Video footage showed Bouhanni elbowing an unidentified rider from the Quick-Step Floors team toward the end of the stage.

After a plane journey across France and a rest day, the race resumed in Perigueux for a flat ride through the lush landscapes of the Dordogne province in southwestern France.

There was no major change in the overall standings, with Fabio Aru still in second, 18 seconds behind Froome, and the Frenchman Romain Bardet in third place, 51 seconds back.

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Radprofi Marcel Kittel : Die kurze Tour-Rückkehr des Aussteigers

• Von Alex Westhoff , Brioude
• - Aktualisiert am 15.07.2019 - 12:19

Das waren noch Zeiten: Vor einem Jahr gewann Marcel Kittel die zehnte Etappe der Tour de France. Bild: dpa

Mitten in der Saison und wenige Wochen vor der Tour trifft Marcel Kittel eine folgenschwere Entscheidung: Abbruch, Auszeit, Vertragsauflösung. Nun kehrt er für eine Stippvisite zur Tour zurück. Warum?

S tärke zeigen und stark sein, stark fahren und starke Ergebnisse erzielen. Darum kreist für die Profis der Radsportbetrieb. Zwischen Heldentum und Verliererimage liegen mitunter nur ein paar Pedalumdrehungen. Marcel Kittel wollte und konnte sich dem nicht länger aussetzen, als er vor knapp neun Wochen eine für sein Gewerbe ungewöhnliche wie folgenschwere Entscheidung traf: Abbruch, Auszeit, Vertragsauflösung. Einer der besten deutschen Sprinter kehrte seinem Sport und seinem Team Katusha-Alpecin den Rücken. Mitten in der Saison. Kittels seit jeher auf Hochleistung getrimmter Körper erlebt gerade den ersten Sommer seit Jugendtagen, bei dem er nicht in den Rennbetrieb eingespannt ist.

Für einige Tage ist der 31-Jährige nun als Experte für die ARD zurückgekehrt zur Tour de France, zu jenem Rennen also, das ihm seine größten Triumphe bescherte. Mit 14 Etappensiegen ist er deutscher Rekordgewinner. Am Sonntag nahm Kittel erstmals öffentlich Stellung nach seinem überraschenden Ausstieg, der Spekulationen nährte. An Biertischen und zwischen den kilometerlangen Kabeln der diversen neben die Ziellinie gequetschten Übertragungswagen der Fernsehsender. In Badelatschen und kurzen Hosen, aber souverän im Auftritt gewährte Kittel in Brioude, dem Zielort der achten Etappe, Einblicke in sein Innenleben. Es werde gemeinhin „unterschätzt, welcher Druck auf Topfahrern lastet“, sagte Kittel. „Niemand sieht wirklich, wie hart dieser Sport ist, wie viel man investieren muss. Wie lange man von zu Hause weg ist und was er physisch und psychisch verlangt. Um einhundert Prozent geben zu können, muss man in Balance sein.“

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Marcel Kittel ready to continue winning streak at the Tour de France

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German sprinter Marcel Kittel is in a position to take first blood at tomorrow's flat Tour de France opener buoyed with the knowledge he has beaten his marquee rivals more than once this season.

The 25-year-old attended yesterday's low-key team presentation in Porto-Vecchio without the cruiser he made a flashy entrance on 12 months ago in Liege. But he was armed with the two clear goals of winning a stage and finishing the 100th edition of the race.

Kittel got the better of Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) to secure a second consecutive Scheldeprijs title in spring and got the better of the Manxman as well as compatriot Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) at this month's Ster ZLM Toer.

The unassuming fast-man has won 11 races so far this season including overall honours at the Tour de Picardie plus stage wins at the Tour of Oman and Paris-Nice to name a few.

However, he is not resting on past success ahead of the Grand Depart.

"We showed we that can beat them as a team and that I'm fast enough," Kittel said.

"Now we're here at the Tour, it's a new day on Saturday with a new chance and then we have to see how good we are again. Every day it's a new struggle to beat the other guys."

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Kittel was named the most successful neo-professional - in terms of race wins - in 2011. He thought himself a time-trialist and won bronze at the 2010 under-23 time-trial world championships in Australia before his potential as a pure sprinter was truly realised.

Kittel made his Tour debut last season and was billed as a stage contender there. However, he was forced to make a premature exit before the fifth stage, floored with illness.

"I'm at least as strong as last year," he said. "But to be honest it's difficult to answer because last year in the Tour I actually only had one and a half opportunities - prologue and first stage - to see how good I am, and then I became sick. We have to see during the racing but I'm confident that I'm in good shape. I can feel it on the bike."

Kittel is set to share Tour leadership with Argos-Shimano teammate John Degenkolb, who will target punchier stages.

The second stage may be one for Giro and five-time Vuelta stage winner Degenkolb but the 24-year-old has already predicted day three will likely be too hard. Teammate Koen de Kort has suggested the latter may tailor to Slovak prodigy Peter Sagan (Cannondale) or a breakaway.

Cavendish has asserted his desire to win the first yellow jersey of the race with a stage victory tomorrow. There's been less talk of yellow at Argos-Shimano but that's not to stay it hasn't been mentioned.

It's possible a sprinter could prevail in Sunday's second stage from Bastia and keep the maillot jaune for another day. But it's not clear yet whether the team's pure sprinter Kittel, or Degenkolb, will lead there.

"Here [Corsica] I don't really know what to expect," de Kort said.

"I mean, the first day I suppose we can expect a bunchy, so we're going for a bunch sprint, and then we see after the second day and the third day.

"It all depends if two or three guys go away in the beginning and there is real control and real easy pace in the peloton, then everyone will survive," he continued.

"But I don't think a couple of other sprinters or a couple of other teams want that to happen so I'm quite sure it's going to be pretty tough."

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The bicycle has shaped my life. As a professional cyclist, I have traveled the world on my bike, sought my own limits and fulfilled my dreams as a professional cyclist in the biggest races in the world. It was a life for success with stage wins in all Grand Tours, 14 of them in the Tour de France alone.

The memories of the adventures, borderline experiences, great people, but also disappointments and setbacks have made me who I am today: a happy ex-professional, husband, father of two children and still a passionate cyclist.

Life is a Grand Tour. My next stage has just begun.

Career Highlights.

2011 - Vuelta - Sprintfinish

2014 - Tour de France - gelbes Trikot

2016 - Giro - rosa Trikot

2016 - Giro - Sprintfinish

2017 - Scheldeprijs - Podium

2017 - Tour de France - grünes Trikot

Principles.

The more than 300,000 competition and training kilometers as a professional have given me a lot of time and experience to think about my most important values.

All our lives we try to create, coach and keep teams together. This can be in sports, in the family or among friends. I want the people around me to feel that each individual is important, has responsibility for the group and that we can only achieve the best together. 
This ambition has made my success as a racing driver possible and now allows me to enjoy time with my family just as much. I believe in the power of harmonious togetherness!

The best moments of my sports career have been those in which we have grown beyond ourselves as a team with a gigantic force to achieve our goal together.

Transparency

Openness and honesty are prerequisites for interpersonal transparency. Knowing my own strengths and weaknesses and being able to name them in front of others is the first step to success. As a group, clear, respectful communication creates the opportunity to openly reflect on reasons for success and failure together, thus laying the foundation for sustainable success.

As a professional cyclist, I have also always advocated clean sport and openly called for transparency in the interests of honest and fair sport. I am particularly proud of this.

Passion requires conviction, euphoria and commitment. It shapes one’s own identity. You have to keep at it, keep going and let your passion motivate you to become even better. The most important thing, however, is the path to the goal: for all its obsession, it must above all be more fun than frustrating. That’s my main motivation on and off the bike: For the beautiful view, you first have to climb the mountain! You set the pace yourself.

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Tour de France: Marcel Kittel sprints to photo-finish victory on stage seven

Tuesday 8 August 2017 15:13, UK

Marcel Kittel pipped Edvald Boasson Hagen by the tiniest of margins in a photo finish to the seventh stage of the Tour de France on Friday.

To the naked eye and even television pictures, it seemed impossible to separate the pair as they crossed the line in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

Results long stayed provisional as the race jury looked at the photo finish to determine the winner of the 213.5km flat ride from Troyes.

Kittel was declared the victor ahead of Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) and joins Erik Zabel as the German rider with most stage wins on the Tour (12).

Australian Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) was third as Chris Froome (Team Sky) retained the overall leader's yellow jersey.

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Kittel's Quick-Step Floors sprint train had the dominant position as they barrelled towards the finish line in Nuits-Saint-Georges, but veteran Mark Renshaw guided Boasson Hagen to the front for Team Dimension Data.

Kittel risked finding himself boxed in behind Katusha-Alpecin's Alexander Kristoff but produced the burst of power he needed to take his third victory of this Tour, and 12th of his career in the race, after also winning stages two and six.

Stage seven: as it happened

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"When I crossed the line, I really had no clue if I won or not," the German said. "Before the finish, I knew it was going to be close. At 150m to go, I thought it was still 200, but luckily, the door opened on the right side and I could pass Edvald.

"To reach 12 stage wins at the Tour is an incredible success. I'm in a great shape. I'm super happy. The lead out was great. It's just crazy. I already have three wins in this Tour. I'm so happy about that."

British sprinter Dan McLay finished 10th for Fortuneo-Oscaro.

The threat of crosswinds on the 213.5km route from Troyes ensured Froome will not have been as relaxed as he was on Thursday's sedate stage through Champagne country, but the peloton stayed in one piece to ensure the yellow jersey was never under threat.

A four-man breakaway was allowed to go early as Manuele Mori (UAE Team Emirates), Yohann Gene (Direct Energie), Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale-Drapac) and Maxime Bouet (Fortuneo-Oscaro) heading up the road.

Their advantage got close to four minutes but they were given no more rope than that with the sprint trains wary of possible winds later in the stage.

Those gusts began to blow in the final 40km and the gap plummeted with several teams battling for position - sprint trains chasing stage honours and the general classification squads trying to keep their main men safe.

The break was caught with six kilometres left and the sprint trains stepped up their battle for supremacy at the front.

It took several minutes for the photo finish to confirm Kittel as the winner, and even then not everyone was convinced.

"It looks like Eddy's got it, no?" Froome said when shown the freeze frame. "I think Eddy's in front. That's sprinting for you. It can be really close. It's a huge shame for Eddy, but Marcel Kittel has got a lot of class and to lose to him is not bad."

Kittel's victory also saw him take the green points classification jersey from sprint rival Arnaud Demare (FDJ).

Stage seven result:

• Marcel Kittel (GER/Quick-Step Floors) 5hrs 3mins 18secs
• Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/Dimension Data) Same Time
• Michael Matthews (AUS/Sunweb)
• Alexander Kristoff (NOR/Katusha)
• John Degenkolb (GER/Trek)
• Dylan Groenewegen (NED/LottoNL)
• Ruediger Selig (GER/BORA)
• Nacer Bouhanni (FRA/Cofidis)
• Andre Greipel (GER/Lotto)
• Daniel McLay (GBR/Fortuneo)

General classification after stage seven:

• Chris Froome (GBR/Team Sky) 28hrs 47mins 50secs
• Geraint Thomas (GBR/Team Sky) +12secs
• Fabio Aru (ITA/Astana) +14secs
• Daniel Martin (IRE/Quick-Step Floors) +25secs
• Richie Porte (AUS/BMC Racing) +39secs
• Simon Yates (GBR/Orica) +43secs
• Romain Bardet (FRA/AG2R) +47secs
• Alberto Contador (SPA/Trek) +52secs
• Nairo Quintana (COL/Movistar) +54secs
• Rafal Majka (POL/BORA) +1min 1secs

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July 2, 2017 – German Marcel Kittel broke down in tears after winning his 10th Tour de France stage in Liege on Sunday. Reigning champion Chris Froome suffered a scare on the 203.5km second stage from Dusseldorf, crashing 30km from the end but he got up to finish safely in the peloton, alongside race leader Geraint Thomas. Frenchman Arnaud Demare was second and German Andre Greipel third in the bunch sprint, with Briton Mark Cavendish fourth as he challenged for a 31st stage win.

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“I don’t know what to say… It was an incredible start in Germany with so many people,” said an emotional Kittel. “Great! I’m super happy, super proud because it was for me a very special win today after we had the Grand Depart in Germany.”

But the main drama happened 30km from the finish as the peloton chased down a four-man breakaway. A rider from the Katusha team trying to set up Alexander Kristoff for the finish slipped on a wet bend and crashed, taking down around 15-20 riders. Froome and yellow jersey wearer Thomas were among them, with the champion suffering cuts to his lower back and seeing his shorts shredded. He got back on his bicycle to chase the peloton but was forced into a bike change before finally latching back onto the pack with 20km left. Thomas seemed unscathed and maintained his five-second lead over Swiss Stefan Kung, although Marcel Kittel, who hit 69.19kph in the sprint finish according to official Tour data, is now up to third overall at 6sec after taking a 10-second time bonus on the line.

“No injury. I just lost a bit of skin on my backside,” Chris Froome told ITV. “That’s the nature of the race, in slippery conditions and at those speeds you can’t avoid it. I’m so happy to get to the finish without losing any time to my rivals.”

His Sky team-mate and race leader Geraint Thomas also went down in that crash but recovered quickly to get to the finish and retain his hold on the yellow jersey.

“It’s all good, it’s a nice bonus to keep the jersey for another day,” said Thomas. “We were in a good position when me and Froomey crashed, in the top 10 or 15. A few guys went down in front of us and there was nowhere to go. So we hit the deck but just kind of slid. No damage at all, it took off a bit of skin but all good.”

Australian contender Richie Porte was another to crash, but he said he escaped the worst of it. “I’m ok, theres a few guys that went down quite a lot harder. I fortunately landed on top of them,” said the BMC team leader.

Kittel’s stage victory meant he took the sprinter’s green points jersey as well, while American Taylor Phinney, who was in the breakaway, claimed all the king of the mountain points available and will wear the polkadot jersey on Monday.

“Our leadout wasn’t perfect but other leadouts weren’t either,” said the burly German, who wept with joy after crossing the line. “I tried to do my best but all sprinters were on their own today.”

The king of the mountains polkadot jersey, which was claimed by American Taylor Phinney after he spent more than 200km in the day’s breakaway. And the 27-year-old time-trial specialist revealed the experience had made him feel like he was part of a novel by surrealist author Haruki Murakami.

“Honestly, I feel like I’m in some sort of strange dream — I felt that way pretty early on,” he said. “We probably passed over a million people today. You think, ‘where am I, what are all these people doing?’ I’ve been reading Murakami so the borderlines between dream and reality are a little blurry right now.”

The third stage on Monday is a lumpy one of more than 210km with a short climb to the finish which will favor punchy riders rather than pure sprinters.

Look for more details, images and results soon.

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