Marcel Kittel celebrates after winning the Stage 11 of the Tour de France yesterday. Pic/AFP

Marcel Kittel continued to dominate the Tour de France sprint finishes, taking his fifth stage victory in Pau yesterday. Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen took second with Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway third as Chris Froome retained the leader's yellow jersey. But there was agony for Poland's Maciej Bodnar who spent more than 200km in a breakaway, only to be caught with 300-metres to ride. Once he was caught, though, there was a certain inevitability about Kittel's victory, his 14th overall at the Tour.