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27 Jul, 2014

Marcel Kittel wins stage 21

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Kittel (Ger/Giant-Shimano) wins the final stage of the 2014 Tour de France with a time of 3:20:50. Alexander Kristoff (Nor/Katusha) takes second place, and Ramunas Navardausk (Lit/Garman-Sharp) comes in third. The final course route spans from Évry to Paris Champs-Élysées and is 85.4 miles (137.5 km) long. 

8 Jul, 2014

Kittel wins stage four

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Kittel wins stage four of the race and becomes the first rider in close to 40 years to win three of the four stages. Kittel won by a wheel’s length barely beating Norway’s Alexander Kristoff. Kittel acknowledges the race is easier for him with Cavendish gone. Kittel says:

It’s never easy … (I was) lucky just enough at the finish line.