8 Jul 2014

Kittel wins another stage on Tour de France

5:28 am on 8 July 2014

The German cyclist Marcel Kittel has claimed his second stage victory of the 2014 Tour de France when he comfortably won a bunch sprint on the Mall in London.

After winning the opening leg the Giant-Shimano rider also prevailed in the third stage, a 155-km ride from Cambridge, by beating Slovakian Peter Sagan.

Italian Vincenzo Nibali finished in the bunch to retain the overall leader's yellow jersey with a two-second advantage.

New Zealand's Greg Henderson was 20th on the stage and Jack Bauer 27th.