Marcel Kittel will try to get his illness-plagued season back on track at the World Ports Classic, starting on May 23 in Rotterdam.
The two stage race takes riders from Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe, to Antwerp and back the following day.
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Romain Bardet says leaving DSM riders' comments 'not easy to understand' after 'Soviet regime' remarksMultiple riders have broken their contracts over the years with an unnamed rider calling it a "Soviet regime"
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Team DSM rider files police complaint after being throttled by angry motoristThe driver is said to have objected to the cyclist riding side-by-side with another rider
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‘You can see the power you need to survive the Tour de France’ - Marcel Kittel reflects on his most successful yearsMarcel Kittel retired from professional cycling as not only one of the best sprinters of his generation, but one of the most successful in the history of the Tour de France.
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Marcel Kittel talks us through his best yearMarcel Kittel has been pondering the question for a week. “How do you define your best year? Do you take victories as the most important factor?” It was what Chris Marshall Bell assumed when he first made contact for this interview
