News shorts: Kittel returns to racing at Vattenfall Cyclassics

Marcel Kittel will be taking the start in the German one-day Vattenfall Cyclassics Sunday. The 221.3km race begins in Kiel and finishes in the town of Hamburg. Sprinters have dominated the event for the past several years, with Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) winning in 2014 and teammate John Degenkolb the year before.