Marcel Kittel

Although Marcel Kittel has said that transparency is needed in order to ensure that German television steps up its coverage of the sport of cycling, the Giant-Shimano sprinter has explained his reasons against releasing particulars of his power output. Kittel took stages two and three of the Giro d’Italia and said in the post race […]

Marcel Kittel earned himself an addition reason to celebrate on his birthday when he sped to his second successive stage win in the Giro d’Italia on the streets of Dublin on Sunday. The Giant Shimano rider was badly placed as the sprint unfolded, but remained focussed, gave it everything he had and managed to overhaul […]

He may have clocked up four stages in last year’s Tour de France and taken the first sprinting stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia, but Marcel Kittel has said that he is determined not to take his abilities for granted. The German rider warned that complacency is the biggest danger for a rider in his […]

Marcel Kittel wasted little time in adding to his list of Grand Tour stage wins, blasting home ahead of the rest of the peloton at the end of the first sprinting stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia. The Giant Shimano rider was best into Belfast, hitting the line in front of Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ.fr), Giacomo […]

His performances in last year’s Tour de France marked him out as the quickest rider on the circuit, but Marcel Kittel is fully aware that sprinters need to keep proving their place in that pecking order. The Giant Shimano rider lines out in the Giro d’Italia determined to do just that, and will do what […]

What an outstanding Tour de France it’s been. Even though the yellow jersey found its final owner on stage 8, nobody was going to let Chris Froome go unchallenged, making the 100th edition of the Tour de France one of the most exciting and memorable in recent history.