{"id":16585,"date":"2017-07-02T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2017\/07\/02\/highlights-kittel-shows-early-form-on-first-sprint-stage-r6699\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:36:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:36:34","slug":"highlights-kittel-shows-early-form-on-first-sprint-stage-r6699","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/highlights-kittel-shows-early-form-on-first-sprint-stage-r6699\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights: Kittel shows early form on first sprint stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Phinney (Cannondale-Drapac) and Yoann Offredo (Wanty-Gobert) spent a wet 200 kilometres in the breakaway only to be caught by the peloton in the final stretch. An untidy sprint ensued with Quick-Step Floors&#8217;s Marcel Kittel appearing from the pack when it counted, crossing the line first ahead of Arnaud D\u00e9mare (FDJ).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Stage 2 Highlights<\/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\/LgtjXAz_q1c?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Last Kilometre &#8211; Stage 2<\/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\/oauUqfJdQ7M?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bg-slate-100 p-5\">\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">2017 Tour de France Stage 2 results:<\/h2>\n<p>1. Marcel Kittel, 04H 37&#8242; 06&#8243;<br \/>2. Arnaud Demare, 04H 37&#8242; 06&#8243;<br \/>3. Andre\u00e9 Greipel, 04H 37&#8242; 06&#8243;<br \/>4. Mark Cavendish, 04H 37&#8242; 06&#8243;<br \/>5. Dylan Groenewegen, 04H 37&#8242; 06&#8243;<br \/>6. Sonny Colbrelli, 04H 37&#8242; 06&#8243;<br \/>7. Ben Swift, 04H 37&#8242; 06&#8243;<br \/>8. Nacer Bouhanni, 04H 37&#8242; 06&#8243;<br \/>9. Michael Matthews, 04H 37&#8242; 06&#8243;<br \/>10. Peter Sagan, 04H 37&#8242; 06&#8243;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tour de France standings after Stage 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Geraint Thomas, 04H 53&#8242; 10&#8243;<br \/>2. Stefan K\u00fceng, 04H 53&#8242; 15&#8243; + 00&#8242; 05&#8243;<br \/>3. Marcel Kittel, 04H 53&#8242; 16&#8243; + 00&#8242; 06&#8243;<br \/>4. Vasili Kiryienka, 04H 53&#8242; 17&#8243; + 00&#8242; 07&#8243;<br \/>5. Matteo Trentin, 04H 53&#8242; 20&#8243; + 00&#8242; 10&#8243;<br \/>6. Chris Froome, 04H 53&#8242; 22&#8243; + 00&#8242; 12&#8243;<br \/>7. Jos van Emden, 04H 53&#8242; 25&#8243; + 00&#8242; 15&#8243;<br \/>8. Michal Kwiatkowski, 04H 53&#8242; 25&#8243; + 00&#8242; 15&#8243;<br \/>9. Edvald Boasson Hagen, 04H 53&#8242; 26&#8243; + 00&#8242; 16&#8243;<br \/>10. Nikias Arndt, 04H 53&#8242; 26&#8243; + 00&#8242; 16&#8243;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Phinney (Cannondale-Drapac) and Yoann Offredo (Wanty-Gobert) spent a wet 200 kilometres in the breakaway only to be caught by the peloton in the final stretch. An untidy sprint ensued with Quick-Step Floors&#8217;s Marcel Kittel appearing from the pack when it counted, crossing the line first ahead of Arnaud D\u00e9mare (FDJ). Stage 2 Highlights Last [&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-16585","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\/16585","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=16585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16585"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}