{"id":161886,"date":"2017-11-03T14:25:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T14:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=161886"},"modified":"2017-11-06T09:01:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T09:01:43","slug":"video-chris-froome-arm-wrestling-marcel-kittel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/11\/03\/video-chris-froome-arm-wrestling-marcel-kittel\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Chris Froome Arm Wrestling with Marcel Kittel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Who\u2019s going to win? The climber or the sprinter? It doesn\u2019t happen very often that you see Chris and Marcel go head-to-head. It might very well be the first ever showdown between these two, actually. So when they sat down to arm wrestle in Shanghai last week, they were certain to draw a large crowd.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Le duel le plus inattendu : <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisfroome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chrisfroome<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcelkittel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marcelkittel<\/a> \/ The most (un)-expected fight: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisfroome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chrisfroome<\/a> vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcelkittel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marcelkittel<\/a> \ud83d\udcaa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShanghaiCriterium?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShanghaiCriterium<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S9HZC57AYz\">pic.twitter.com\/S9HZC57AYz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tour de France\u2122 (@LeTour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeTour\/status\/924210463830720512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>We might have expected this to be pretty straightforward, but the duel actually started in a deadlock. Froome tried to topple his rival over a couple of times with no effect. And in the end Marcel showed \u201cthe difference between climber and sprinter\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The difference between climber and sprinter. \ud83d\ude0b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShanghaiCriterium?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShanghaiCriterium<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qfbj7ywbPW\">https:\/\/t.co\/qfbj7ywbPW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marcel Kittel (@marcelkittel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcelkittel\/status\/924213732737028096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Chris proved to be a good sport though, and made up for the disappointment the day after when he won the Shanghai Criterium ahead of Rigoberto Uran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I let <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcelkittel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marcelkittel<\/a> have it&#8230; didn\u2019t want to embarrass him \ud83d\ude09 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShanghaiCriterium?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShanghaiCriterium<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xpEGLr4d2B\">https:\/\/t.co\/xpEGLr4d2B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Froome (@chrisfroome) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisfroome\/status\/924214235168731136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who\u2019s going to win? 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