Marcel Kittel sizzles at Tour de France once again

Chris Froome dodged crashes in the pack to retain his overall lead in the Tour de France before the race heads back to the mountains today.

Marcel Kittel won for the second time in as many days in Pau, with the victory on stage 11 the German’s fifth of this year’s Tour as he underlined his complete domination of the sprints.

But this was not a repeat of Tuesday’s relaxed ride around the Dordogne for the general classification contenders as the threat of crosswinds made for a nervy day, perhaps contributing to a number of crashes.