Marcel Kittel finishes Stage 5 of the 2015 ZLM Tour
Giant-Alpecin sprinter Marcel Kittel's season hit another roadblock when he was left off Germany's 14-man longlist for the World Championships in Richmond, Virginia, next month.
Rival fastmen Andre Greipel and John Degenkolb made the cut, with Greipel particularly targetting the race, while three other members of Kittel's Giant-Alpecin team are also included on the list.
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