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Fitness, Marcel Kittel, News, Top story, Training - March 6, 2021

‘You can see the power you need to survive the Tour de France’ - Marcel Kittel reflects on his most successful years

Marcel Kittel during the 2016 Tour de France (Picture: Corbis via Getty Images/ Tim De Waele)

Marcel Kittel retired from professional cycling as not only one of the best sprinters of his generation, but one of the most successful in the history of the Tour de France.

Marcel Kittel reveals the power numbers and effort behind his most successful Tour de France years

Marcel Kittel wins stage seven of the 2017 Tour de France

Marcel Kittel has revealed some of the staggering power numbers behind his most successful Tour de France years in a new study.

Marcel Kittel: I hope Tom Dumoulin finds the answers he needs

The German sprinter similarly took a break from cycling in May 2019, retiring a few months later

Marcel Kittel talks us through his best year

Ahead of our phone call we had tentatively agreed to talk about Kittel’s 2017 season when he claimed five Tour de France victories to take his overall and ultimately final tally to 14. A few days before we spoke, he messaged to say he was now thinking it was 2014, the first year in which […]

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Marcel Kittel, News, Racing - December 12, 2020

Marcel Kittel: ‘There’s no shame in change’

Sprinting icon Marcel Kittel reveals the reasons behind his retirement – and why cycling needs to open up about the extreme pressures endured by riders