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Jay McCarthy picks himself off the ground (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Kittel took the win ahead of national German champion Andre Greipel (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Marcel Kittel wins (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Sky lead the way (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Marcel Kittel hugs his teammate after his victory (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Marcel Kittel wins the first race for Giant-Shimano at the 2014 People's Choice Classic (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The peloton pass through the big crowds (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The sun sets behind the peloton (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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André Greipel and Cadel Evans wait for the start (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Marcel Kittel on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Marcel Kittel and André Greipel sprint for the line (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Marcel Kittel celebrates his victory (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Cadel Evans (Team BMC) in action (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Frank Schleck (Team Factory Racing) back after his ban (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Frank Schleck (Team Factory Racing) (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Greipel and Voigt on the start line of the criterium (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Richie Porte (Team Sky) (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Robert Gesink (Belkin) on the attack (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Thomas Dekker (Garmin-Sharp) (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Jens Voigt (Trek Factory Racing) (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) ahead of his sprint win (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Robert Gesink (Belkin) (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Rick Zabel signs on for his first race with BMC (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Home favourite Cadel Evans (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Visconti is taken to hospital after his crash (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Marcel Kittel (Giant Shimano) (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Andre Greipel finished second (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Elia Viviani (Cannondale) finished ninth (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Marcel Kittel (Giant Shimano) takes the win for his new team (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Marcel Kittel (Giant Shimano) after his win (Image credit: Sirotti)

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2013 winner Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Visconti (Movistar) signs on (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) on the podium (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) beats Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) to the line (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Cadel Evans (BMC) (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Giovanni Visconti receives medical attention after a crash (Image credit: Sirotti)

Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) took a narrow win over Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) to record his first People's Choice Classic win and first victory for the new Giant-Shimano team. Despite taking control of the race, Lotto had only one rider left for Greipel who has forced to start his sprint early and couldn't quite match the speed of Kittel. Greipel's team had come to the front in the final laps after Team Sky had tried to set the win up for CJ Sutton but ran out of gas letting Lotto and Giant-Shimano take over on the front and set up their German powerhouse sprinters.

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Results

results
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Marcel Kittel (Ger) Giant-Shimano	1:04:34
2	Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
3	Caleb Ewan (Aus) UniSA
4	Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky
5	Jose Joaquin Rojas (Esp) FDJ
6	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
7	Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
8	Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Drapac
9	Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale
10	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
11	Steele von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
12	Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) UniSA	0:00:04
13	Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
14	Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale
15	Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha
16	Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ
17	Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) UniSA
18	Michael Kolar (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxobank
19	Boy Van Poppel (NED) Trek Factory	0:00:09
20	Nicki Sorensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxobank
21	Jack Haig (Aus) UniSA
22	Bjorn Hurau (Ger) Europcar
23	Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin
24	Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
25	Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale
26	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana
27	Rafael Valls (Esp) Lampre-Merida
28	Aleksandr Porsev (Rus) Katusha
29	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Astana
30	José Juan Lobato (Esp) Movistar
31	Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida
32	Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
33	Michael Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxobank
34	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana	0:00:16
35	Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha
36	Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC	0:00:19
37	Maxime Bouet (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
38	Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha
39	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
40	Jay McCarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxobank
41	William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
42	Koen De Kort (Ned) Giant-Shimano
43	Ivan Jose Gutierrez (Esp) Movistar	0:00:22
44	Matejv Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale
45	Bradley Linfield (Aus) UniSA
46	Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC
47	Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ
48	Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale
49	Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin
50	Kevin Reza (Fra) Europcar	0:00:26
51	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
52	Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step	0:00:36
53	Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale
54	Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida	0:00:43
55	Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
56	Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana
57	Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
58	Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
59	Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac
60	Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin
61	David Tanner (Aus) Belkin
62	Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin
63	Steve Morabito (Sui) BMC
64	Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC
65	Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC
66	Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar
67	Nicolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxobank	0:00:48
68	Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
69	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana
70	Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
71	Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana	0:01:30
72	Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC	0:01:33
73	Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC
74	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana
75	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha
76	Carlos Verona (Esp) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
77	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ
78	Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp	0:01:35
79	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Europcar
80	Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp
81	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Europcar
82	Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky	0:01:40
83	Luke Rowe (Gbr) Team Sky
84	Bernard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
85	Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol
86	Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
87	Thierry Hupond (Fra) Giant-Shimano
88	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Giant-Shimano
89	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Giant-Shimano
90	Thomas Peterson (USA) Giant-Shimano
91	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky	0:01:46
92	Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
93	Egor Silin (Rus) Katusha
94	Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
95	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ	0:01:49
96	Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ
97	Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin
98	Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin
99	Axel Domont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
100	Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha
101	Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
102	Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida
103	Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto-Belisol
104	Javier Moreno (Esp) Movistar
105	Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac
106	William Clarke (Aus) Drapac
107	Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
108	Daryl Impey (Rsa) Orica-GreenEdge
109	Matthew Goss (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
110	Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxobank
111	Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky
112	Mark O'Brien (Aus) UniSA
113	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
114	Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida
115	Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Drapac
116	Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing	0:01:55
117	Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
118	Campbell Flakemore (Aus) UniSA
119	Christpher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxobank
120	Damien Gaudin (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale
121	Simon Geschke (Ger) Giant-Shimano
122	Jérome Cousin (Fra) Europcar
123	Evan Huffman (USA) Astana
124	Caleb Fairly (USA) Garmin-Sharp
125	Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
126	Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac
127	Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing
128	Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto-Belisol	0:02:04
129	Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol	0:02:10
130	Ruben Plaza (Esp) Movistar
131	Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ	0:02:20
132	Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp	0:02:43
133	Lachlan Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
134	George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale
135	Maxime Daniel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale	0:03:20
DNF	Danny Van Poppel (NED) Trek Factory
DNF	Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
DNF	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar
DNF	Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac

Sprint one
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
2	Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida
3	Axel Domont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale

Sprint two
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
2	Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
3	Axel Domont (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale

Sprint three
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp
2	Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
3	Luca Wackermann (Ita) Lampre-Merida

Sprint four
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky
2	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
3	Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky

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