Giro d'Italia
Stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia belonged to Tom Dumoulin as the Dutchman delivered on his favourite status to pull on the first maglia rosa of 2016, but the weekend was all about Marcel Kittel. The German sprinter cantered to victory on stage 1 and 2 to take his Giro stage win career tally to four without even actually racing on Italian soil during the grand tour.
While Dumoulin was enjoying his day in pink in front of home crowds on Saturday, Etixx-Quick Step were plotting the stage win which would see Kittel move to within one second of his former Giant-Alpecin teammate. Milan-San Remo winner Arnaud Démare was the closest challenger to Kittel but the German was far too quick for his rivals in Nijmegen.
Stage 3 was an even greater display of strength and power by Kittel as he won his tenth race of the season with ease, several lengths ahead of Sky's Elia Viviani, to pull on his first maglia rosa. Kittel, who has twice worn the Tour de France's yellow jersey, will hold the pink jersey for the first rest day of the Giro as the peloton takes a flight from Amsterdam down to Naples in anticipation for stage 4 from Catanzaro - Praia a Mare.
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Tom Dumoulin and Marcel Kittel have been the two stars of the 2016 Giro d'Italia so far (Sirotti)
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