Marcel Kittel felt that his third victory in four stage of the Tour De France was a close one.
Kittel took victory in a sprint in Lille and said about his win: "It was a mad one and very exhausting,
"it was difficult to stay with my team but for the sprint I managed to stay with Mark Renshaw.
"I was tempted to go at 500m as I could not see but I went really long as it was very difficult.
"Today we saw we are not unbeatable and it was close today."
Result
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
3 Arnaud Démare (Fra) FDJ.fr
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
5 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
6 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol
7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
8 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
9 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
10 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
General Classification
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 17:07:52
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 0:00:02
3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
Peter Sagan of Cannondale extends his leads in the points competition.
Source: DSG
