Marcel Kittel won the second stage of the 2017 Tour de France today, which helped him get the green jersey for highest points scorer ©Getty Images

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Marcel Kittell's victory was the 10th of career on the Tour de France ©Getty Images
Marcel Kittell's victory was the 10th of career on the Tour de France ©Getty Images
Marcel Kittel was applauded over the line by one of his Quick-Step Floors team-mates ©Getty Images
Marcel Kittel was applauded over the line by one of his Quick-Step Floors team-mates ©Getty Images
Today's stage saw the field cover a 203km course from German city Düsseldorf to Liege in Belgium ©Getty Images
Today's stage saw the field cover a 203km course from German city Düsseldorf to Liege in Belgium ©Getty Images
Once again thousands of supporters lined the streets of the route ©Getty Images
Once again thousands of supporters lined the streets of the route ©Getty Images
Today's route from Dusseldorf was almost entirely flat ©Getty Images
Today's route from Dusseldorf was almost entirely flat ©Getty Images
Wet weather and crosswinds made for a difficult day of racing ©Getty Images
Wet weather and crosswinds made for a difficult day of racing ©Getty Images
Defending champion Chris Froome, centre, crashed in the wet conditions around 30km from the finish ©Getty Images
Defending champion Chris Froome, centre, crashed in the wet conditions around 30km from the finish ©Getty Images
Great Britain's Geraint Thomas retained the yellow jersey despite finishing in 35th place today ©Getty Images
Great Britain's Geraint Thomas retained the yellow jersey despite finishing in 35th place today ©Getty Images
Action is due to continue tomorrow with stage three, which will see cyclists travel 212.5km from Verviers in Belgium to the French town of Longwy ©Getty Images
Action is due to continue tomorrow with stage three, which will see cyclists travel 212.5km from Verviers in Belgium to the French town of Longwy ©Getty Images