Marcel Kittel

Marcel Kittel
	Kittel at the 2013 Tour Down Under
Personal information
Full name	Marcel Kittel
Born	11 May 1988 (age 36); Arnstadt, East Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Team information
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Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 8 individual stages (2013, 2014) Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2011) Giro d'Italia 2 individual stages (2014) One-day races and Classics Scheldeprijs (2012, 2013, 2014) Omloop van het Houtland (2012) Münsterland Giro (2012)

Marcel Kittel (born 11 May 1988) is a German racing cyclist, who rides for You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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{{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia..^[2] As a junior, he specialised in time trials, even winning a bronze medal in the World Championships for cyclists aged under 23. When he became a professional in 2011, he specialised in bunch sprints, and he has won stages in each of the three Grand Tours.

Career

2012 season

Kittel made his Tour de France debut in 2012 when he was selected as leader of his team for the 2012 Tour de France, where he would compete for stage wins and the green jersey.^[3] However he withdrew an hour into stage 5, after suffering from a viral infection of the stomach and intestines from stage 2, the fourth retirement of the 2012 Tour.^[4] He bounced back in the beginning of August, when he won the first stage of the Eneco Tour, the first event in his return to racing. The only rider who was competitive with him in the final bunch sprint was Frenchman Arnaud Démare (You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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{{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.).^[5] After bad luck struck on stage 3, where he suffered a flat tyre with 5 kilometres to go,^[6] Kittel prevailed again on stage 4. He congratulated his teammates Tom Veelers and John Degenkolb for their work in the final kilometers, as they sheltered him from the wind before he propelled himself toward the finish line and the victory.^[7] At the end of 2012, as the cycling world was affected by the Lance Armstrong doping case revelations, Kittel took a vocal anti-doping stance by stating that he was "sick" of the people who still defended Armstrong in the cycling community.^[8]

2013 season

In 2013, Kittel's team You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2014 season

Kittel started the 2014 season early by winning the People's Choice Classic, followed by three consecutive stage wins at the Dubai Tour. On the third stage, he survived two short climbs near the end of the race and won the sprint of a greatly reduced group.^[11] In April he won the 2014 Scheldeprijs for the third time in a row, being the first person in history to achieve this. In the Giro d'Italia, Kittel won stages 2 and 3 before abandoning the race between stage 3 and 4. As he did in 2013, Kittel won the opening stage at the Tour de France and took the yellow jersey, but lost it to Vincenzo Nibali on stage 2. However, Kittel won both stages 3 and 4. He also won the final stage 21 on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, as he did in 2013. In September, Kittel won the opening stage of the Tour of Britain by outsprinting Nicola Ruffoni and Mark Cavendish.^[12] He also won the closing stage by outsprinting the same pair.^[13]

Palmarès

2004

1st

National Novices Road Race Championships

2005

1st

World Juniors Time Trial Championships

2nd National Junior Time Trial Championships

2006

1st

World Juniors Time Trial Championships

1st

National Juniors Team Time Trial Championships

with Lucas Schädlich, Markus Fahnert & Benjamin Hentschel

2007

1st

National Under-23 Time Trial Championships

1st Stage 4 Brandenburg Rundfahrt

2008

1st Grosser Silber-Pils Preiss

1st Memorial Davide Fardelli

2nd Overall Brandenburg Rundfahrt

1st Stage 5

2009

1st

European Under-23 Time Trial Championships

Flèche du Sud

1st Stages 1 & 3

1st Stage 4 Tour du Haut Anjou

1st Stage 6 Thüringen Rundfahrt

4th World Under-23 Time Trial Championships

2010

1st

National Under-23 Time Trial Championships

Tour de Moselle

1st Stages 2 & 4

2nd Overall Mainfranken-Tour

3rd World Under-23 Time Trial Championships

3rd Overall Festningsrittet

1st Stage 2

2011

1st Overall Delta Tour Zeeland

1st Stage 1

1st ProRace Berlin

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1st Münsterland Giro

1st Amstel Curaçao Race

Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 5

Tour de Pologne

1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 7

Herald Sun Tour

1st Stages 3 & 5

1st Stage 3 Tour de Langkawi

1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España

2nd Rund um Köln

2012

1st Scheldeprijs

1st Omloop van het Houtland

1st Münsterland Giro

Ster ZLM Toer

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 1 & 4

Tour of Oman

1st Stages 3 & 6

Eneco Tour

1st Stages 1 & 4

Tour de l'Eurometropole

1st Stages 2 & 3

1st Stage 2 Étoile de Bessèges

1st Stage 2 Three Days of De Panne

2013

1st

Overall Tour de Picardie

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 1 & 3

1st Scheldeprijs

1st Omloop van het Houtland

Tour de France

1st Stages 1, 10, 12 & 21

Held

after Stage 1

Held

after Stages 1 & 2

Tour of Turkey

1st Stages 1, 7 & 8

1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman

1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice

1st ProRace Berlin

6th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

1st Stage 2

2014

1st People's Choice Classic

1st Scheldeprijs

Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 2 & 3

Held

after Stages 2 & 3

1st Stage 1 Ster ZLM Toer

Tour de France

1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 21

Held

after Stage 1

Held

after Stage 1

Tour of Britain

1st Stages 1 & 8b

5th Overall Three Days of De Panne

6th Overall Dubai Tour

1st Stages 2, 3 & 4

1st

Points classification

6th Vattenfall Cyclassics

2015

1st People's Choice Classic

Grand Tour record

	2011	2012	2013	2014
Giro	DNE	DNE	DNE	DNS-4
Stages won	-	-	-	2
Points classification	-	-	-	-
Tour	DNE	DNF-5	166	161
Stages won	-	0	4	4
Points classification	-	-	4	4
Vuelta	DNF-12	DNE	DNE	DNE
Stages won	1	-	-	-
Points classification	-	-	-	-

Legend
1	Winner
2–3	Top three-finish
4–10	Top ten-finish
11–	Other finish
DNE	Did not enter
DNF-x	Did not finish (retired on stage x)
DNS-x	Did not start (not started on stage x)
HD	Finished outside time limit (occurred on stage x)
DSQ	Disqualified
N/A	Race/classification not held
NR	Not ranked in this classification

References

^ ^a ^b "Marcel Kittel profile".
^ "Argos-Shimano completed by Parisien". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
^ "Kittel leads Argos-Shimano at Tour de France". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
^ Decaluwé, Brecht (5 July 2012). "Kittel quits Tour de France on stage five". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
^ "Kittel makes winning return at Eneco Tour". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
^ Atkins, Ben (9 August 2012). "Kittel sprints to stage four as Boonen sneaks into the lead". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ "Kittel takes second win at Eneco Tour". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ "Kittel "sick" of Armstrong supporters". CyclingNews. Future Publishing Limited. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ "Argos-Shimano Team celebrates its new WorldTour license". CyclingNews. Future Publishing Limited. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ "Tour of Oman: Marcel Kittel Wins Stage 1". Bicycling. AFP. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ Stokes, Shane (7 February 2014). "Kittel grabs another stage win in Dubai Tour, Phinney resists attacks on final climbs". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
^ "Tour of Britain: Kittel wins stage 1 in Liverpool". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
^ "Kittel wins final Tour of Britain stage". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

External links

Marcel Kittel at Cycling Archives
Marcel Kittel profile at Giant-Shimano

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[tdf-profile-1] "Marcel Kittel profile".

[2] "Argos-Shimano completed by Parisien". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.

[3] "Kittel leads Argos-Shimano at Tour de France". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

[4] Decaluwé, Brecht (5 July 2012). "Kittel quits Tour de France on stage five". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

[5] "Kittel makes winning return at Eneco Tour". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.

[6] Atkins, Ben (9 August 2012). "Kittel sprints to stage four as Boonen sneaks into the lead". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

[7] "Kittel takes second win at Eneco Tour". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

[8] "Kittel "sick" of Armstrong supporters". CyclingNews. Future Publishing Limited. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

[9] "Argos-Shimano Team celebrates its new WorldTour license". CyclingNews. Future Publishing Limited. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

[10] "Tour of Oman: Marcel Kittel Wins Stage 1". Bicycling. AFP. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

[11] Stokes, Shane (7 February 2014). "Kittel grabs another stage win in Dubai Tour, Phinney resists attacks on final climbs". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

[12] "Tour of Britain: Kittel wins stage 1 in Liverpool". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

[13] "Kittel wins final Tour of Britain stage". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

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