{"id":16563,"date":"2017-07-08T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2017\/07\/08\/highlights-kittel-wins-by-a-whisker-r6721\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:35:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:35:39","slug":"highlights-kittel-wins-by-a-whisker-r6721","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/highlights-kittel-wins-by-a-whisker-r6721\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights: Kittel wins by a whisker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marcel Kittel won by a whisker stage 7 of the Tour de France after another sweltering day in the saddle, which took the riders over 213.5 kilometers from Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges, a new-entry in the race. It was his 12th stage success at the Tour de France, one which saw him equal the record set in 2002 by Erik Zabel, who until today was the most successful German at the Tour de France.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Highlights: Stage 7<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eGrQWqEEMpI?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Kittel vs Boasson Hagen<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iiImBHAUn3Q?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Last Kilometre: Stage 7<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sudx-FlQcEc?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">On-board: Stage 7<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l9ny1C_OJd0?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bg-slate-100 p-5\">\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Results:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Results on Stage 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 5:03:18<br \/>2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data<br \/>3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb<br \/>4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin<br \/>5 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo<br \/>6 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo<br \/>7 R\u00fcdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe<br \/>8 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits<br \/>9 Andr\u00e9 Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal<br \/>10 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Team Fortuneo &#8211; Oscaro<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overall results after Stage 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 28:47:51<br \/>2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:12<br \/>3 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:14<br \/>4 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:25<br \/>5 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:39<br \/>6 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:00:43<br \/>7 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:47<br \/>8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:52<br \/>9 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:54<br \/>10 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:01\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcel Kittel won by a whisker stage 7 of the Tour de France after another sweltering day in the saddle, which took the riders over 213.5 kilometers from Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges, a new-entry in the race. It was his 12th stage success at the Tour de France, one which saw him equal the record set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1152,232],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-marcel-kittel","tag-tour-de-france"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16563"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}