Stage wins are the target for Etixx-QuickStep at this year’s Tour de France, with the Belgian super team naming a strong line-up to support Marcel Kittel.
Kittel – who will look to pull on the yellow jersey by winning stage one for the third time in four years – has ten wins to his name since joining the team in the winter, including two at the Giro d’Italia.
The German is one of two riders who started the Corsa Rosa to also be selected for the Tour – with Italian Fabio Sabatini the other.
Kittel will target the sprint stages, looking to add to his eight career Tour de France wins – achieved across the 2013 and 2014 races – while the team also packs plenty of experience elsewhere.
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