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Get used to Marcel Kittel finishing first in this year’s Giro

May 11, 2014 · by Alex · in Giro d'Italia

I get the impression this is going to be the norm on the flat stages. In winning stage two, Marcel Kittel looked a notch above t’others. Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni was second and that might also…

Middle Eastern foreshadowing

February 10, 2014 · by Alex · in Stage races

Never let it be said that I am detached from my readers. I know what the readership is crying out for and that’s a half-arsed update about the Dubai Tour and stage one of the…

Marcel Kittel proves himself the best sprinter at the 2013 Tour de France

July 21, 2013 · by Alex · in Tour de France

The points competition is geared towards the sprinters, but it isn’t the sprint competition. If it were, Marcel Kittel would have been the one with the green beard, not Peter Sagan. Kittel won four stages…

Marcel Kittel’s haircut and other rest day news

July 16, 2013 · by Alex · in Tour de France

I cycled up steep hills in the heat yesterday and have reaffirmed my awe for all professional cyclists. Steep hills are nothing new, but heat is a rarity in Britain, so it was something of…

Is Marcel Kittel faster than Mark Cavendish?

July 11, 2013 · by Alex · in Tour de France

When it comes to bunch sprints in the Tour de France, the default result is a Mark Cavendish win. Sometimes he can be outmanoeuvred, sometimes his lead-out train goes awry, but if things go smoothly,…

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