1. Marcel Kittel then won four out of five stages in the Four Days of Dunkirk, all in bunch sprints.
21 Facts About Marcel Kittel
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Marcel Kittel won his first World Tour stage, winning the opening stage of the Tour de Pologne, a race where he won three other stages.
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Marcel Kittel made his Grand Tour debut in the Vuelta a Espana, where he won the seventh stage beating Peter Sagan and Oscar Freire.
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Marcel Kittel finished the season off by winning two stages at the Herald Sun Tour.
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Marcel Kittel became the second most winning rider in 2011 - with 17 wins.
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Marcel Kittel made his Tour de France debut in 2012 when he was selected as leader of his team, where he would compete for stage wins and the green jersey.
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Marcel Kittel congratulated his teammates Tom Veelers and John Degenkolb for their work in the final kilometres, as they sheltered him from the wind before he propelled himself toward the finish line and the victory.
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Marcel Kittel won the first stage of the Tour of Oman in a sprint finish, his first success of the season.
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Marcel Kittel finished first in the Tour's first stage in Corsica and took the first maillot jaune of the 100th Tour de France.
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Marcel Kittel was not done in this Tour, though, he would go on to win the 10th and 12th stages.
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Marcel Kittel started the 2014 season early by winning the Down Under Classic, followed by three consecutive stage wins at the Dubai Tour.
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Marcel Kittel won the final stage 21 on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, as he did in 2013.
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Marcel Kittel failed to participate in any sprints in those races, as he was plagued by a virus.
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Marcel Kittel was supposed to make another comeback at the Tour of California but he withdrew days before the event, citing illness .
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Marcel Kittel did ride the Ster ZLM Toer, but could not finish in the top 10 of a stage.
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Marcel Kittel carried on his successes to the Portuguese race Volta ao Algarve, winning stage 1 by a significant margin over Andre Greipel.
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Marcel Kittel won stage 4 and the points classification jersey.
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Marcel Kittel won five stages in the Tour de France, bringing his total of Tour de France stage victories to fourteen.
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Marcel Kittel started the 2019 season strongly, winning the Trofeo Palma, part of the Challenge Mallorca, and taking second place at the Clasica de Almeria.
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Marcel Kittel pulled out of the Tour of California and the Tour de Yorkshire before the races started, citing health issues.
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Marcel Kittel announced his retirement from professional cycling on 23 August 2019.