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 that was lit up by a hectic finale. Kittel stole in front of Norwegian rider Alexander Kristoff right on the line to win a Tour stage for the first time in his career, while Dutchman Danny van Poppel of the Vacansoleil team came third, although the whole 198-man field was later awarded the same time. Kittel became the first rider to wear the yellow jersey in the 100th Tour, which continues on Sunday with a...
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