Andre Greipel

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Though André Greipel counts more grand tour stage wins, he can't match the popularity of his countryman and rival sprinter Marcel Kittel.

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André Greipel is the strongest sprinter in Italy, jumping early on an uphill run to the line in stage 5 to win ahead of Arnaud Démare.

Greipel, Kittel, and Ewan each head to the Giro d'Italia with something to prove, and the early flat stages are pregnant with opportunity.

André Greipel has had a rough start to the 2016 season, but he remains ambitious for the upcoming Giro d'Italia

TrainingPeaks takes a look at the numbers from André Greipel's breakaway ride at Tour of Flanders — the wattage stats are impressive.

Roubaix favors the dark-horse pick — here are five men who could surprise and why they've got a shot at winning the cobblestone trophy.

Will Sunday's cobbled race end with a mad dash to the line thanks to a long run into Wevelgem, or will an opportunist take over?

Marcel Kittel, Alexander Kristoff, and André Greipel headline a strong roster of sprinters set to take on Paris-Nice

André Greipel wil not start Sunday's Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, an early season classics tune-up that favors sprinters.

André Greipel closes out the four-day Mallorca Challenge race with a sprint win on Sunday.

German Andre Greipel makes a quick start to his 2016 campaign, winning his first race on European soil this season.

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The two-time Tour de France champion says the 2016 course, which was unveiled Tuesday, favors his "all-round" racing style.

When John Degenkolb raised his arms across the final finish line of the Vuelta, his missing confidence returned. Now, he says, he's ready for the worlds.

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In another blow for Marcel Kittel, the German national team is overlooking him in favor of Andre Greipel and John Degenkolb for Richmond.

André Greipel takes a big one-day win at the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg, Germany

André Greipel sprints to victory in stage 2 of the Eneco Tour as Jesper Asselman seizes the overall lead thanks to time bonuses.

Chris Froome was the big winner after taking the yellow and polka-dot jerseys, while several riders came up short of goals

Amid questions about the legitimacy of his performance, Chris Froome pedaled through it all to win his second Tour de France title

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The powerful Lotto-Soudal sprinter takes the final stage in Paris as Sky escorts Froome to his second Tour de France crown

An variety of nicknames — some humorous — are spread throughout the colorful Tour de France peloton

The German sprinter has won three of the four sprint stages in this Tour de France, including Sunday's close finish in Valence

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André Greipel leads a one-two German finish in stage 15 as Peter Sagan, who featured in an early break, finds himself denied yet again

Peter Sagan and André Greipel — two sprinters cut from different cloths — are locked in battle for green jersey as Tour enters final week.

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Germans have found success at the Tour thus far, with Tony Martin and Andre Greipel winning a combined three stages

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André Greipel leads the charge as Germans dominate early stages of the Tour but says Sagan may still better him in points classification.

Points classification leader André Greipel masters a tricky field sprint to win another stage as GC standings remain unchanged.

The German won stage 2 and hoped to recreate some of that success in stage 3 aboard the lime green Noah

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Mark Cavendish jumps first but André Greipel finishes fastest in stage 2, while Fabian Cancellara grabs the yellow jersey

Sprint star André Greipel raps about the upcoming Tour de France with the Internet's most musical cycling fan, Muax

The Giant-Alpecin star has eight Tour de France stage wins but will miss this year's race after an illness

Six-time Tour stage winner Greipel will captain Lotto-Soudal's sprint-centric squad for the 2015 Tour de France

The Norwegian has 18 wins so far this season, but several riders will challenge him in the mass gallops to the finish line

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Avoiding a challenging final week in the mountains, several sprinters are leaving Italy to recuperate in preparation for later season goals

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Greipel gets his first stage win of the Giro, but the fast sprint is overshadowed by concerns that race leader Contador may be injured

With the peloton's star sprinters opting out of the Giro, Greipel is in driver's seat, but up-and-coming speedsters may also have chances

Greipel and Modolo are tuning up their finishing kicks in Turkey ahead of the year's first grand tour, which kicks off in seven days

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André Greipel wins his third race of the season in a sprint finish ahead of Daniele Colli

The "Gorilla" comes up short in the first two stages, both of which end in mass gallups

The Orica-GreenEdge rider comes a few inches short of beating Mark Cavendish in the first stage at the Tour of Turkey

Neal Rogers considers the riders who succeeded and those who came up short at Belgium's biggest race, the Tour of Flanders

The Norwegian takes a 22-second lead into the final stage, the stage 3b time trial

Sunday's edition of the sprinter's classic pulls from past races to present an old-school route that finishes on the Via Roma

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German champion André Greipel sprints to his first stage win at Paris-Nice on Tuesday

The Paris-Nice route this year will offer something for everyone in the peloton

Much like Milano-Sanremo a month later, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne is very much dependent on factors outside an individual racer's control

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The six-day race in South Australia gets underway January 20

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The pair of Americans will join teammate Marcel Kittel in Australia next month

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German sprinter André Greipel will skip the 2015 Tour Down Under and instead look to the spring classics and Giro for early season racing

The veteran leadout man says the emergence of a top crop of sprinters only spurs motivation to help Andre Greipel win the mass gallops

With 16 victories over a long season that stretched from January to October, Greipel notches the most wins of any international pro

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The German national champion won the sixth stage of the 2014 Tour, out-sprinting Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) and Samuel Dumolin (Ag2r La Mondiale)