Kittel battles on after crash to take third win at Tour of Turkey

An opening-day victory and pulling on the race leader's jersey at the Presidential Tour of Turkey was further confirmation that Marcel Kittel and his Argos-Shimano squad deserve their place in the WorldTour. Last year Kittel was hardly in the mix to sprint for the win at Turkey and just 12 months on and the conclusion of the 49th edition and the German can rest up having taking a hat-trick of stage wins.