Marcel Kittel has made his feelings felt after the finish of today's stage of the Tour de France. Do you agree with what he says?
Sitting second man, being set up by his lead-out man and with an open road ahead of him; most people would have put their money on Marcel Kittel in the last couple of hundred metres today despite Mark Cavendish's form.
But the German from Etixx-QuickStep was passed by Cavendish - on his way to his fourth victory of this race - and seemed to just miss his back wheel.
He clear had to correct his line and stop pedalling for a moment; with any such disturbance in sprints at the Tour ending one's hopes of victory.
At the end of the stage Kittel was angry with the Dimension Data victory from the Isle of Man at the end of 208.5km from Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes Parc des Oiseaux when he would fade to 5th place.
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Good job by my boys in the final today! We were there in the right moment. In the end I have to be happy with place 5 & that I didn't crash.
— Marcel Kittel (@marcelkittel) July 16, 2016
"I started my sprint at 250 or 220 metres to go at the bottom of the right-hand turn,” Kittel said.
“And once I was in front, I saw Cavendish coming by and as soon as he passed me he went to the right, I had to brake to avoid a crash and that was it.
"That move definitely influenced the result of today. It's not up to me to decide what should happen now.
"It is what it is. All I can say is that I think that the result we have on paper is not what it normally would be. And of course I'm very disappointed."
Is he right or was he beaten anyway? Have a look at the finish in the clip below.
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