{"id":21075,"date":"2013-07-11T23:40:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T21:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/marcel-kittel-makes-it-three-wins-in-tours\/"},"modified":"2013-07-11T23:40:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T21:40:24","slug":"marcel-kittel-makes-it-three-wins-in-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/marcel-kittel-makes-it-three-wins-in-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcel Kittel makes it three wins in Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Tom_Veelers_Eneco_Tour_2009.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox[8725]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Tom Veelers at the 2009 Eneco Tour prologue\" alt=\"Tom Veelers at the 2009 Eneco Tour prologue\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/4d659_300px-Tom_Veelers_Eneco_Tour_2009.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Veelers at the 2009 Eneco Tour prologue (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s Marcel Kittel won stage 12 of the Tour de France on Thursday in Tours.<\/p>\n<p>Kittel (Argos-Shimano) aced two late, 90-degree corners and powered his way across the finish straight to deliver his third win of the tour after the 218-kilometer ride from Foug\u00e8res.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) was second and Peter Sagan (Cannondale) third. The win was the fifth in 11 individual stages for Germany and carried Kittel to the top of the victory column.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to dedicate that win to my whole team and especially Tom Veelers,\u201d said Kittel. \u201cHe had to fight today just to finish <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/cavendish-looks-to-avoid-disqualification-as-kittel-wins\/\" target=\"_blank\">with his wounds<\/a> [from a crash on Tuesday].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Froome (Sky) defended his overall lead of 3:25 over Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), with no changes in the top five. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/velonews.competitor.com\/2013\/07\/news\/kittel-wins-stage-12-of-the-tour-de-france_294666\" target=\"_blank\">Velonews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/cavendish-looks-to-avoid-disqualification-as-kittel-wins\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/4d659_183663129_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/cavendish-looks-to-avoid-disqualification-as-kittel-wins\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cavendish looks to avoid disqualification as Kittel wins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/1fc81_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Veelers at the 2009 Eneco Tour prologue (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Germany\u2019s Marcel Kittel won stage 12 of the Tour de France on Thursday in Tours. Kittel (Argos-Shimano) aced two late, 90-degree corners and powered his way across the finish straight to deliver his third win of the tour after the 218-kilometer ride from Foug\u00e8res. 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