Sprint king Kittel powers to fourth stage victory

Marcel Kittel yesterday claimed a fourth stage victory in this year’s Tour de France with a thoroughly convincing performance in Bergerac.

The German powerhouse had way too much for John Degenkolb (Trek Segafrefo), Dylan Groenewegen (Lotto-Jumbo) and the rest of the peloton at the end of the four-hour pan-flat contest.

Kittel, who became his country’s all-time leading Tour de France stage winner with 13 victories, punched the air as he crossed the line after getting an armchair ride to the lime by his Quickstep Floors teammates.