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Wout van Aert, Marcel Kittel extend support to Tom Dumoulin after call to take career break
Team reveals Tom Dumoulin had been receiving professional help last year, backs Dutchman in mutual decision to take a career break.
No retirement regrets for Kittel: ‘I am now where I want to be in life’
Former sprint star focused on family and studies after troubled close to his prolific career.
Retirements in 2019 — goodbye to the peloton’s working class heroes
While the long list of riders retiring in 2019 doesn't include major stars, some of the peloton's hardest workers and most loyal teammates are hanging up their race shoes.
Marcel Kittel retires from pro cycling at 31
German sprinter Marcel Kittel has official retire from pro cycling at age 31.
Cycling’s transfer season kicks off as Nibali, Dumoulin, and Quintana all slated to switch teams
Nairo Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali, and Tom Dumoulin are just a few of the big names that will switch teams after 2019.
Azevedo denies reports that Katusha-Alpecin could disband
With important sponsors leaving, the future of Katusha-Alpecin is far from secure, but staffers deny the team has given up hope
VN Archives: 2013 Men’s Sprinter of the year – Marcel Kittel
After a dominating season where Marcel Kittel won 16 races including 4 stages of the Tour de France, we awarded the young German cyclist VELO Men's Sprinter of the Year.
Katusha were ‘surprised’ by Kittel’s sudden exit
Despite difficulties with his form, Katusha-Alpecin officials had not expected Marcel Kittel's sudden departure from professional cycling
Kittel, Katusha part ways in surprise split
Announcement comes after series of inconsistent performances and simmering tension with team.
Team Katusha raises red flag given Kittel’s recent results
After more disappointment at Scheldeprijs, series of 'crisis' meetings planned to address the fast-fading sprinter's form.
Pinot, Kittel quick to denounce blood doping scandal
Top riders Thibaut Pinot and Marcel Kittel blast their former teammate who was ensnared in recent doping sting in Austria.
Kittel takes morale-boosting win in Spain
The big German speedster is aiming to return to the top of the sprinter ranks this season.
Roundtable: Five riders who need to win big in 2019
The pressure is on these five star riders to claim signature victories in 2019. They all had rocky rides last season amid high expectations.
Here’s why this year’s Tour de France has been so cruel to the sprinters
With smaller teams, tighter cut-off times, and short, explosive stages, Tour sprinters find themselves off the back.
A sprinter’s nightmare: Cavendish and Kittel out of Tour
The climbs that made Tour stage 11 a thriller for the GC proved too much for sprinters Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel
Tour stage 4: Sprinters wind up for fast finish
The fourth stage of the Tour de France is expected to end in a bunch sprint along the Brittany coast.
Fast man standing: Kittel gears up for Tour return
After his 2017 Tour was shattered, Marcel Kittel returns to reclaim his sprint throne.
Kittel shrugs off slow start to 2018: The Tour is all that matters
"It doesn't really matter what happened before the Tour if you are successful there," says Marcel Kittel.
Sprint battle royale on tap as cycling’s fastest finishers set to square off in California
Mark Cavendish, Marcel Kittel, Fernando Gaviria, Caleb Ewan, Peter Sagan, and Alexander Kristoff are all set to contend for sprint wins in California