Marcel Kittel emerges from the skittle to take opening stage
THE opening day of the 100th Tour de France ended in high farce with German sprinter Marcel Kittel of Argos Shimano ending the day in the yellow jersey. In a series of sensational incidents the...
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BASTIA, France (Reuters) - Double champion Alberto Contador took a spectacular tumble as the Tour de France got off to a chaotic start with German Marcel Kittel winning a crash-marred opening stage on...
View ArticleUncertainty over finish line leads to crash, anger at Tour de France
PORTO VECCHIO, Corsica — The first stage of the 100th Tour de France ended with Germany’s Marcel Kittel dodging all sorts of mayhem and outsprinting Russia’s Alexander Kristoff in a dash to the line...
View ArticleNEW: Mayhem marks start of 100th Tour de France
BASTIA, Corsica - Riders at the Tour de France know to expect the unexpected. But nothing could have prepared them for the mayhem that turned Saturday's first stage of the 100th Tour into a demolition...
View ArticleTour de France: Marcel Kittel takes yellow jersey as stage one descends into...
The opening stage of the Tour de France descended into chaos today as a trapped team bus and a late crash involving some of the biggest names in the race caused carnage in the closing...
View ArticleCycling: Germany’s Marcel Kittel wins chaotic Stage 1 of Tour de France
Bastia, France • The Tour de France’s first visit to Corsica started uneventfully Saturday, as riders rode calmly out of a picture-perfect harbor town under sunny skies. But as the peloton arrived in...
View ArticleKittel wins Tour de France first stage
BASTIA (France): Germany's Marcel Kittel of the Argos-Shimano team won the opening stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, a 213-kilometre ride from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia in Corsica. Kittel stole...
View ArticleCav thwarted in stage one chaos
Mark Cavendish's dreams of wearing yellow in the 100th running of the Tour de France were ended by a major crash near the finish of stage one. Marcel Kittel of Team Argos-Shimano took the stage win in...
View ArticleTour de France kicks off second day
Day 2 of the 100th Tour de France has begun. Germany's Marcel Kittel won Saturday's first stage. The stage began shortly before 2 p.m. local time. Sunday's 156-kilometer (90-mile) Bastia-Ajaccio route...
View ArticleTour de France 2013, stage one: Marcel Kittel triumphs as Mark Cavendish...
Mark Cavendish's dreams of wearing yellow in the 100th running of the Tour de France ended amid the sort of chaos he feared as several of the favourites were felled by a major crash near the finish of...
View ArticleMarcel Kittel wins first stage of Tour de France as Mark Cavendish is...
Mark Cavendish's dreams of wearing yellow in the 100th running of the Tour de France ended amid the sort of chaos he feared as several of the favourites were felled by a major crash near the finish of...
View ArticleKittel wins first stage of the 100th Tour de France
Germany's Marcel Kittel has won the first stage of the 100th Tour de France. The world’s greatest cycling race, which opened in Corsica, is expected to pull 15 million spectators over the three-week,...
View ArticleTour de France Day 1: A stuck bus, a moving finish line and a big ...
BASTIA, Corsica -- Riders at the Tour de France know to expect the unexpected. But nothing could have prepared them for the mayhem that turned Saturday's first stage of the 100th Tour into a...
View Article>Mayhem marks start of 100th Tour de France
BASTIA, Corsica (AP) — Riders at the Tour de France know to expect the unexpected. But nothing could have prepared them for the mayhem that turned Saturday's first stage of the 100th Tour into a...
View ArticleMayhem marks start of 100th Tour de France
BASTIA, Corsica (AP) -- Riders at the Tour de France know to expect the unexpected. But nothing could have prepared them for the mayhem that turned Saturday's first stage of the 100th Tour into a...
View ArticleTour de France 2013: Marcel Kittel wins chaotic opening stage
Facebook Follow @washtimes Will you boycott the NFL if it agrees to promote Obamacare during broadcasts? Login to Vote View results PORTO VECCHIO, Corsica — German rider Marcel Kittel won the first...
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PORTO VECCHIO, Corsica The first stage of the 100th Tour de France ended with a bus stuck under an archway at the finish line until minutes before the first riders arrived. Shortly after the bus was...
View ArticleTour de France 2013: chaos and crashes mark disastrous first stage
• Orica GreenEdge bus became lodged under finish-line banner • Mark Cavendish and other favourites caught in crash The Orica GreenEdge bus gets stuck un der the finish line gantry, forcing the finish...
View ArticleGermany's Kittel wins opening stage of Tour de France
PORTO VECCHIO, CORSICA — The first stage of the 100th Tour de France ended with a bus stuck under an archway at the finish line until minutes before riders arrived. Shortly after the bus was...
View ArticleTour de France: Marcel Kittel takes yellow as stage-one chaos costs Mark...
Mark Cavendish missed out on the yellow jersey as a late crash and a trapped bus at the finish line caused chaos on the opening stage of the Tour de France. Germany's Marcel Kittel emerged from a...
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