BASTIA, France: Germany’s Marcel Kittel of the Argos-Shimano team has become the first rider to wear the yellow jersey in the 100th Tour de France, which continues on Sunday with a 156-kilometre second stage across Corsica from Bastia to Ajaccio.
The German, 25, also took the green jersey for the best sprinter and the white jersey for the best young rider.
Kittel stole in front of Norwegian rider Alexander Kristoff right on the line to win a Tour stage for the first time in his career, while Danny Van Poppel of the Vacansoleil team came in third as all riders were awarded the same time.
Meanwhile, Google has also honoured the 100th Tour de France with a doodle across homepages in several countries across globe including United Kingdom.
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