Germany's Marcel Kittel powers to stage 1 victory in Harrogate as Mark Cavendish crashes; Kittel overall leader of Tour de France 2014.

Following yesterday's transfer by plane from Ireland to Italy, Team Giant-Shimano's Marcel Kittel (Germany) has been forced to withdraw from this year's Giro d'Italia before the start of today's stage 4 due to a fever.

Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) has taken his second consecutive stage of the Giro d’Italia 2014.

Birthday boy Marcel Kittel (Team Giant-Shimano) wins Giro d'Italia stage 3 ahead of Ben Swift (Team Sky) and Elia Viviani (Cannondale Pro Cycling Team); Michael Matthews keeps overall Giro d'Italia lead before transfer to Italy.

Marcel Kittel sprints to stage 2 victory in Giro d'Italia for Team Giant-Shimano; Michael Matthews takes overall Giro lead.

Team Giant-Shimano's Marcel Kittel (Germany) takes third consecutive victory in Scheldeprijs, finishing ahead of Tyler Farrar of Team Garmin-Sharp-POC.

Germany's Marcel Kittel has won the fourth and final stage of the 2014 Dubai Tour, making it three in a row for Kittel and Team Giant-Shimano. USA's Taylor Phinney took the overall race victory for Team BMC Racing.

Team Giant-Shimano's Marcel Kittel wins final stage of Dubai Tour 2014; Taylor Phinney (Team BMC Racing) wins Dubai Tour 2014.

Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) made it two wins in a row when he sprinted to victory in stage three of the 2014 Dubai Tour while Team BMC Racing's Taylor Phinney remained the overall race leader.

Team Giant-Shimano's Marcel Kittel wins stage 3 of Dubai Tour 2014; Taylor Phinney (Team BMC Racing) maintains overall race lead.