Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) took his third stage win of the 2013 Tour de France, edging Mark Cavendish in another hotly-contested bunch sprint.
Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) looked to have sealed the victory when he jumped ahead of lead-out man Gert Steegmans and began his sprint, but the German sprinter emerged from his slipstream and pipped him on the line.
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Marcel Kittel: I hope Tom Dumoulin finds the answers he needsThe German sprinter similarly took a break from cycling in May 2019, retiring a few months later
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Marcel Kittel: ‘There’s no shame in change’Sprinting icon Marcel Kittel reveals the reasons behind his retirement – and why cycling needs to open up about the extreme pressures endured by riders
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Marcel Kittel says he's not surprised Tom Dumoulin wanted to leave SunwebThe German quit racing in 2019 while Dumoulin transferred to Jumbo-Visma after injury curtailed his season
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'I don’t know how depressed people feel, but I think I went in that direction' says Marcel Kittel, who also reveals post-cycling plansThe German sprinter has opened up about what his future holds
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Marcel Kittel announces retirement from cyclingThe German said "[I] didn't want to watch my son grow up via Skype"
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'You miss the big sprinters' : How absence of Cavendish & Kittel has changed the Tour de France sprintsRiders give their views on how Tour de France sprints change without two of the race's best ever sprinters
