It left the way clear for Nibali, who served notice of his intentions with an audacious break to win

Tour de France 2014 s winner Italy s Vincenzo Nibali poses on the podium on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, at the end of the 137.5 km twenty-first and last stage of the 101st edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 27, 2014 between Evry and Paris. (Photo: JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty royal carribean cruises to ensenada Images)
It left the way clear for Nibali, who served notice of his intentions with an audacious break to win the second stage in Sheffield in England and gained more time on the cobbled fifth stage where Froome exited.
Now that I m here it s even better than I imagined. I fought for this every day, I started building from a long way out with a winter preparation with the team because we had decided this was our objective.
Kittel, the star of the early stages of the Tour, used his raw sprinting power to match Nibali s four wins this year, edging out Norway s Alexander Kristoff with Ramunas Navardauskas of Lithuania third.
Tour de France 2014 s winner Italy s Vincenzo Nibali poses on the podium on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, at the end of the 137.5 km twenty-first and last stage of the 101st edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 27, 2014 between Evry and Paris. (Photo: JEFF PACHOUD/AFP/Getty Images)