After triumphing on the Champs-Elysees last year in Paris, Marcel Kittel won another royal sprint in front of Buckingham Palace on Monday, making clear to all other pretenders he is the new king of speed. It was Kittel's second win in three stages after the powerful German opened his account last weekend in Harrogate when his biggest rival Mark Cavendish crashed out of the race. Here are five things to know about Monday's Stage 3 of the Tour de France between Cambridge and London: --- KITTEL DOES IT AGAIN: On wet and slippery roads, Kittel benefited from a perfect lead-out from his teammates at the end of the flat 155-kilometer (96-mile) stage between Cambridge and London. John Degenkolb and Roy Curvers led the way before Kittel overpowered Peter Sagan and Mark Renshaw to win by almost two bike lengths.
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