PORTO VECCHIO, Corsica (AP) — German rider Marcel Kittel won the first stage of the 100th Tour de France in a sprint finish with Alexander Kristoff amid farcical scenes and heavy crashes on Saturday. The decision was initially taken late on to shorten the flat stage by three kilometers (two miles) because a bus from the Orica Greenedge team was stuck on the finish line. But organizers managed to move the bus and the normal finishing spot was reinstated. "I'm speechless, so, so happy. This is by far the greatest day in my whole life," Kittel said. "It's by far (my) biggest victory. I hope I can sleep, I'm going to be pretty excited about tomorrow." OOPS: Bus crashes...
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