Cycling - Kittel terminates Katusha contract, takes break from sport


  • Cycling
  • Thursday, 09 May 2019

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - The 108.5-km Stage 11 from Albertville to La Rosiere Espace San Bernardo - July 18, 2018 - Katusha Alpecin rider Marcel Kittel of Germany finishes. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) - German sprint specialist Marcel Kittel has terminated his contract with Team Katusha by mutual agreement to take a break from cycling, the rider and the team announced on Thursday.

The 30-year-old, who has 19 grand tour stage wins to his name, including 14 on the Tour de France, joined the outfit last year but never managed to reproduce the form that made him one of the world's best sprinters.

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