Tour de France: Marcel Kittel won a chaotic first step - The German Marcel Kittel of Argos-Shimano team, won at the end of the first stage of the Tour de France in 2013, between Bastia and Porto-Vecchio. A stage marked by a spectacular few kilometers from the finish fall, leaving many favorites on the side.
The first Tour de France in Corsica leave some memories ... For the winner, of course, German Marcel Kittel, a member of the Argos-Shimano team, who set his opponents sprint in Bastia, after 213 km drive from Porto-Vecchio. He participated this year, at age 25, his second Tour.
He beat the final Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and Danny van Poppel (Vacansoleil). The stage was marked by a long breakaway, counting the French Jérôme Cousin Cyril Lemoine in particular caught about thirty kilometers from the finish.
Marcel Kittel has the honor of being the first holder of the yellow jersey of this year's Tour de France.
Big crash near the finish
The stage will also leave painful memories to some riders, but not least. A big crash decimated the peloton in the final kilometers, leaving many riders to the ground. Among them, the Slovak Peter Sagan, and especially the Spaniard Alberto Contador, one of the main favorites of the Tour de France. He managed to get up, but obviously suffers shoulder. Two riders of the team Sojasun, France Info that follows for several weeks, were also taken in the fall. No consequences in the standings, as latecomers were counted at the same time as the first. In contrast, the German Tony Martin seems much more seriously affected and should drop from the first day of racing.
The first Tour de France in Corsica leave some memories ... For the winner, of course, German Marcel Kittel, a member of the Argos-Shimano team, who set his opponents sprint in Bastia, after 213 km drive from Porto-Vecchio. He participated this year, at age 25, his second Tour.
He beat the final Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and Danny van Poppel (Vacansoleil). The stage was marked by a long breakaway, counting the French Jérôme Cousin Cyril Lemoine in particular caught about thirty kilometers from the finish.
Marcel Kittel has the honor of being the first holder of the yellow jersey of this year's Tour de France.
Big crash near the finish
The stage will also leave painful memories to some riders, but not least. A big crash decimated the peloton in the final kilometers, leaving many riders to the ground. Among them, the Slovak Peter Sagan, and especially the Spaniard Alberto Contador, one of the main favorites of the Tour de France. He managed to get up, but obviously suffers shoulder. Two riders of the team Sojasun, France Info that follows for several weeks, were also taken in the fall. No consequences in the standings, as latecomers were counted at the same time as the first. In contrast, the German Tony Martin seems much more seriously affected and should drop from the first day of racing.