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It was the first sprint opportunity of the Tour but 168澳🍸洲5最新开奖结果:Argo🍬s-Shimano’s young sprinting hope, Marcel Kittel was nowhere to be seen as Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:took the victory into Tournai. Kittel had been dropped inside the final 2꧋0km of yesterday’s stage when his stomach issues became too much for the🐽 24-year-old.

Tom Veelers was quick to slot into the role of sprint captain and 🧜did not disappoint. He took fourth place behind three of the world’s best sprinters; Cavendish, Andre Grèipel (Lotto - Belisol) and Matt Goss (Orcia - ꦗGreenEdge).

"I grabbed this opportunity with 𝔍both hands. Of course it was very unfortunate for Marcel. We worked hard on our train and it's a shame that we could not unfold it like we wanted. But we maintained our plan as good as possible and fortunately iꦦt resulted in an excellent fourth place" said Veelers.

Team doctors assessed Kittel’s condition after the stage and diagnosed the German with a viral infection of the stomach and intestines. Kittel will hope to recover over the next day before looking to get back in the mix for the more 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:sprinter-friendly stage four.

"We’ve done some checks and luckily Marcel doesn’t have a fever. Normally, he will be able to start tomorrow. He has received medication and will get easily digestible food. We have to wait and see how quick his body reacts to♒ that" said team Doctor Edwin 🥃Achterberg.