Robert Gesink of the Netherlands cruised to victory in the Tour of California after finishing the eight and final stage in the middle of the pack. Gesink who shattered just eight months ago his leg in a fall grabbed the yellow jersey in Saturday’s penultimate stage in the Californian mountains and retained his lead of 46 seconds over American Dave Zabriskie.

The Sunday stage, a 72 kilometres ride from Beverly Hills to downtown Los Angeles, was won by Slovakian Peter Sa... More

Italian Matteo Rabottini of Farnese Vini won stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia atop the Piani dei Resinelli ahead of new race leader Joaquin Rodriguez of Spain.
Rabottini left the bunch after 18 kilometer and pretty much led the 169-kilometre long stage from Burso Arsizio to Piani dei Resinelli. In the last 500 metres of the final summit Katusha climber Rodriguez caught him but Rabottini found some new energy to pip Rodriguez in the final sprint.

Rodriguez took consola... More

Robert Gesink of the Netherlands won the seventh stage of the Tour of California, with a big chance he will claim the overall victory on Sunday. Gesink was too strong for his opponents after the 126 kilometres and mountain climb from Ontario to Mt Baldy. After starting the day in third place behind leader Zabriskie, he ended up leading by 46 seconds.

Gesink told the American media that he is back since he broke his leg in a crash last year. "I've been working really, re... More

Andrey Amador has won the 14th stage of Giro d’Italia. Movistar’s rider from Costa Rica outsprinted fellow escapees Jan Barta (NetApp) and Alessandro De Marchi (Androni Giocattoli). He took his first professional win of his career. The three were almost caught by Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) but he finished 20 seconds down in fourth place.

Amador said: “It’s like a dream come true. The mountains and rain made it a difficult stage and despite we knew that some of the favo... More