 The sprinters considered favourites for the points classification and wins in bunch sprint finishes were Mark Cavendish ( Omega Pharma – Quick @-@ Step ) , Peter Sagan ( Cannondale ) , André Greipel ( Lotto – Belisol ) , Matthew Goss ( Orica – GreenEDGE ) and Argos – Shimano riders Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb . Cavendish won the points classicfication at the 2013 Giro and had shown his form with thirteen wins in the season . In the previous year 's Tour , Sagan won the points classification and had won the same at the Tour de Suisse in the month preceding the Tour . Greipel , whose team manager Marc Sergeant claimed he had the best sprint train , came into the Tour with nine wins in the season , including three at the Tour Down Under . Goss only had one victory in the season , but had a team of strong and experienced riders . Kittel , as with Greipel , would arrive with a team dedicated for the sprints and he had accumulated eleven wins in the season . His teammate Degenkolb won five stages at the 2012 Vuelta and it was thought he was most likely to be used for the hillier stages . 
