Marcel Kittel played down his chances of winning the Tour de France Green Jersey today after winning his second stage in the inaugural Dubai Tour.

He is a big man but he has repeatedly proved that he can climb with the peloton and can outsprint Peter Sagan, the winner of the last two Green Jerseys in Paris. Kittel was almost 200 points down on Sagan in the competition in 2013 but look to have further improved his climbing.

"I think today was the personal limit of what I can do on the climbs. I'm just happy I could make it and achieve the win I wanted. Now I'm looking to the last stage," Kittle told Cyclingnews in an exclusive video interview.

He is also aware that Paris is a long way away.

“First of all it's the beginning of January. What happens in July I have no idea, it's still very far away for me. I think this is (challenging for the green jersey) another league."

As for the current focus, the Dubai Tour, he said:

"I'm super happy. My legs are very good. I knew that after the time trial and so I just wanted to have a go today and see how far I could go on the climb," Kittel said.

"The team brought me to a super good position and kept me out of the wind the whole day. Then I just had to go as hard as I could and see where I came out of the climb. I came over the top with Mark Cavendish and then we tried to come to the front. I was looking for Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg to make a plan for the finale and it worked out. I'm super happy."