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PARIS www.cheapsoccerjerse… , July 12 (Xinhua) -- German rider Marcel Kittel on Wednesday recorded his fifth sprint victory in the 11th stage of the 2017 Tour de France, while the flat stage was not all about comfort with several nasty crashes ahead of challenge awaiting in the Pyrenees Mountains.


It meant that Kittel just lost once in the final sprint, and he has achieved back-to-back wins twice this year. A total of 14 stage wins extended his lead atop the all-time German riders list.


"It's incredible because even being at the top of your game, you're never sure to win. In those five bunch sprints I won, I never made a mistake," said Kittel.


After snatching 50 more points at the finish line, Kittel has led Australian Michael Matthews by 133 points for the sprinters green jersey.


"I'm speechless. Most importantly www.cheapsoccerjerse… , I've got the legs and the mind for it at the moment," added the German sprinter.


Wednesday's 203.5km stage from Eymet to Pau provided some riders, including yellow jersey owner Christopher Froome, enough comfort before they addressed the challenge ahead. For others, however, the memory was not all sweet.


Dario Cataldo, teammate of general classification runner-up Fabio Aru in the Astana Pro Team www.cheapsoccerjerse… , had to withdraw due to a broken wrist suffered in a crash midway through the stage.


Third-ranked Frenchman Romain Bardet hurt his knee slightly, before changing a bike and regrouping himself into the race for not losing time. Alberto Contador, the two-time winner, also went down twice.


Froome could maintain his 18-second advantage over Aru before Thursday's mountain stage that is expected to have more impact on the results. Bardet sat on third with 51 seconds adrift Froome.


"In stages like today and yesterday, it's difficult to say if I'm in the shape I want to or not because it's just about cruising in the bunch.


"Tomorrow, I'll know more in the mountains. I'm hoping to hit the last week in the best shape I've ever been," commented Froome.


Marco Marcato was the first man out of the 180 riders right after the gun www.cheapsoccerjerse… , before he was soon rejoined by Maciej Bodnar and Frederik Backaert. The leading trio built a maximum advantage of 4 minutes and 44 seconds at 44km into the race.


With 30km remaining, the peloton has cut their deficit to 30 seconds. Bodnar went solo two kilometers later, but he finally got reeled into the final 300 meters.


Local rider Warren Barguil maintained the polka-dot jersey representing the "king of mountains". British promising Simon Yates had no clue of falling down on the best young rider honor. Team Sky sat comfortably with a lead of more than seven minutes on overall team standings.


Starting in Pau, Thursday's 12th stage will finish in Peyragudes, and the 214.5km stage is set to be much tougher with one top-level HC climb and two first-category climbs.



The logo of Alibaba Group is seen inside the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province early November 11, 2014. [PhotoAgencies]

Alibaba has never produced any fake goods and the complaint accusing the company of knowingly selling counterfeits has no basis www.cheapsoccerjerse… , said a spokesman of the e-commerce behemoth on Monday.


The response came after Kering SA, owner of a group of luxury brands, including Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, filed a lawsuit against Alibaba Group, alleging that it had conspired to manufacture, sell and traffic in counterfeit products bearing their trademarks without permission.


The case was filed in Manhattan federal court on Friday, with the Paris-based company seeking damages and an injunction for alleged violations of trademark and racketeering laws www.cheapsoccerjerse… , according to Reuters.


"Alibaba Group has been working in partnership with numerous brands to help them protect their intellectual property, and has a strong track record of doing so. Unfortunately, Kering Group chose litigation one-sidedly instead of resolving the matter through constructive cooperation," said the company in a statement.


"The accusation has no basis and we reserve rights to subsequent legal action," added the statement.


It is the second time in 12 months that Kering has brought the case after the luxury brand owner withdrew the last one under an agreement to work together on the issue.


Concerns over fake goods on Alibaba's platforms, including Taobao, have plagued the company for years www.cheapsoccerjerse… , as the e-commerce giant announced in January that it had created a special task force of 300 to fight counterfeit products.


The company had spent more than 1 billion yuan ($160.7 million) fighting against knockoffs in the past two year, said Alibaba in an earlier statement, adding that it had worked with brand holders and tackled six million web links containing infringing items, assisting in more than 1,000 cases and the arrest of nearly 400 suspects.


Alibaba Group earlier reported better-than-expected first-quarter results. Gross merchandise value on China retail marketplaces jumped 40 percent to $97 billion, with revenue rising 45 percent to $2.81 billion.


The company is poised to overtake Walmart later this year as the world's biggest retail platform, said Daniel Zhang Yong www.cheapsoccerjerse… , Alibaba's new chief executive officer, on May 14 during an internal meeting. It aims at achieving more than $1 trillion gross merchandise value in five years.


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No one likes to spend money unnecessarily, and the words of the then British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson www.cheapsoccerjerse… , when he said, in November 1967, having just devalued the Pound Sterling, “the pound in your pocket is safe”, is something that chimes with most people today.
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