{"id":16565,"date":"2017-07-06T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2017\/07\/06\/highlights-kittel-commands-stage-6-win-r6719\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:35:44","slug":"highlights-kittel-commands-stage-6-win-r6719","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/highlights-kittel-commands-stage-6-win-r6719\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights: Kittel commands stage 6 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marcel Kittel celebrated his 11th Tour de France stage victory in Troyes, a town which played host to a stage finish for the first time in 17 years. Once again, the closing kilometers were impossible to control by the sprinters\u2019 teams due to the nervousness and fierce battle for positioning, so when it came to crunch time, after a technical and sinuous last kilometer, it was every man for himself in the 400m-long finishing straight.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Highlights: Stage 6<\/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\/DolrIep6UJw?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">\nIn the sprint, I tried to follow Arnaud Demare, but then I found an opening and could start my sprint one second ahead of the rest, which gave me the chance to pass them on the left side. You know, despite two of the main sprinters being out of the race, it still was very hectic and tense today. A victory doesn\u2019t come easy and I don\u2019t take anything for granted, so to win again gives me a special feeling<br \/>\n<cite>Marcel Kittel<\/cite>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Last Kilmotre: Stage 6<\/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\/V-1kQ6OyXgg?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">GoPro: Stage 6<\/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\/mTJzfJq4kAk?list=PLg3WzTG3LfYb3TeBgxozEy9QdqZdQd8U1\"><\/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 6:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 5:05:34<br \/>2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ<br \/>3 Andr\u00e9 Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal<br \/>4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin<br \/>5 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits<br \/>6 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo<br \/>7 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb<br \/>8 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Team Fortuneo &#8211; Oscaro<br \/>9 R\u00fcdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe<br \/>10 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo<\/p>\n<p><strong>General classification after stage 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 23:44:33<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 celebrated his 11th Tour de France stage victory in Troyes, a town which played host to a stage finish for the first time in 17 years. Once again, the closing kilometers were impossible to control by the sprinters\u2019 teams due to the nervousness and fierce battle for positioning, so when it came to [&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-16565","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\/16565","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=16565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16565"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}