Jonathan Dibben (Team Sky) wins stage six Big Bear Lake ITT, California.

Jonathan Dibben (Team Sky) wins stage six ITT in Big Bear Lake, George Bennet (LottoNL-Jumbo) move's into overrall race lead, Amgen Tour of California.

 He took the stage win, covering the 24km route in 28:27, seven seconds better than runner-up Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing), who moved into fourth overall with his performance. Cannondale-Drapac's Andrew Talansky finished third, 16 seconds behind Dibben and moved into third overall.

 The 24km time trial course in Big Bear Lake, a picturesque alpine pool about 169km due east from Los Angeles, had a perfectly flat profile and was not especially technical, but the elevation of more than 2,000 metres added an extra challenge.

Top Ten riders after stage six result

 1, George Bennett (Newzealand) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 20:16:48,  
2, Rafal Majka (Poland) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:35,
 3, Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:36,
 4, Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:45,
 5, Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 0:01:00,
6, Vegard Stake Laengen (Norway) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:54,
7, Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 0:02:12,
8, Sam Oomen (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:02:15,
 9, Lachlan Morton (Australia) Dimension Data 0:02:20,
10, Haimar Zubeldia (Spain) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:14

Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floor's) launches his fourth grand tour debut stage 13 in Tortona, Italy.

Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floor's) wins stage 13 in Tortona, Giro d'Italia.

He's reckond as the richest haul since Bernard Hinault in 1978 – and he did so with the most searing sprint of the lot.

 The Colombian, who had won from a reduced group on stage 3 and from full bunch sprints on stages 7 and 12, came from a considerable distance back to finish with a clear margin ahead of Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo). Whereas lead-out man Max Richeze delivered him almost all he way to the line the previous day, this was a display of individual brilliance.

 Finding himself over 10 places back going through a crucial lefthand bend with 400 metres to go, he shouldn't have stood a chance. But normal rules don't seem to apply to Gaviria.

 He had a gap to close to Roberto Ferrari and even after that spell in the wind he had enough in the tank to surge up the right hand side of the road, past Richeze and Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott), and then Bennett, who was already in full flow and no doubt stunned as he had to settle for a fourth podium finish. "It was a different sprint, a difficult one.

Thanks to my team we did it and we have another victory here," said Gaviria, who overtook Nairo Quintana and Lucho Herrera as the Colombian with the most wins at the Giro

Andrew Talansky (Cannondale Drapac) wins stage five atop Mt.Baldy, California.

Andrew Talansky (Cannondale Drapac) breaks two-year's of no win of a worldtour race after outsprinting race leader Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) atop Mt. Baldy climb to win stage five queen stage, of Amgen Tour of California.

 George Bennett (Team LottoNl-Jumbo) retained his hopes of winning the overall title by finishing third overall. However, it's Majka who heads into Friday's time trial with a slender six-second lead over Bennett.

Talansky's win moved him into fourth, 44 seconds off the Nora rider's lead. "When we hit the final climb, I knew I felt good. But when I knew I didn't have a chance to shake Bennett, Majka and Boswell, I decided to go for the stage win," said Talansky.

I've never been at the front of this finish before. I knew there was that last corner and how I needed to take it.

 Top 10 General Classification Result from stage Five 

1, Rafal Majka (Poland) Bora-Hansgrohe 19:47:57,
2, George Bennett (Newzealand) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:06,
3, Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 0:00:25,
4, Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:44,
 5, Lachlan Morton (Australia) Dimension Data 0:00:49,
 6, Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:01:02,
 7, Sam Oomen (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:01:14,
 8, Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:31,
 9, Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:34,
10, Vegard Stake Laengen (Norway) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:50

Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floor's) wins stage 12 in Reggio, Giro d'Italia.

Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floor's) sprints to stage 12 victory in Reggio Emilia, his third stage in his first debut of a grand tour, Giro d'Italia.
Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) keeps his leaders pink jersey.

The Colombian, who won a reduced group sprint on stage 3 and a full bunch kick on stage 5, profited from a strong lead-out from Max Richeze in the final few hundred metres and comfortably held off Jakub Mareczko (Wilier-Selle Italia), who collected his second runner-up spot of this Giro.

 Stage 12 race result

 1, Fernando Gaviria (Colombia) Quick-Step Floors 5:18:55,
2, Jakub Mareczko (Italy) Wilier Triestina,
 3, Sam Bennett (Ireland) Bora-Hansgrohe, 4, Phil Bauhaus (Germany) Team Sunweb,
 5, Maximiliano Richeze (Argentina) Quick-Step Floors, 6, Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data,
7, Sacha Modolo (Italy) UAE Team Emirates, 
8, André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal,
9 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo,
10 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates  

Evan Huffman (Rally Cycling) wins stage Four in Amgen tour of California.

Evan Huffman (Rally Cycling) wins wind swept stage Four in Santa Clarita, Amgen Tour of California.

 Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) keeps yellow leaders jersey for second day.

 David vs. Goliath. In the first three days of the Tour of California, Goliath had his day. On stage 4, the most unlikely 'David' in the race stole not only the stage win but second place.

 Rally Cycling shouldn't have been in the race under WorldTour rules, but were given special dispensation to compete after an agreement with the UCI, and thanks to a tailwind, some complacency on the part of the peloton, and solid teamwork, Evan Huffman took out the stage win from the breakaway while teammate Rob Britton bested Sunweb's neo-pro Lennard Hofstede for second. It wasn't Huffman's first win against WorldTour teams - he took out a stage of the Tour of Alberta last year and ended the race third overall.

But it was his first official WorldTour victory, something he was unable to achieve in his two years with Astana. It wasn’t even his first real chance for a victory in the Tour of California - his last attempt came in the same finish in last year’s stage 2 to Santa Clarita, where his breakaway with Ben King stuck, but he couldn’t match the Cannondale man.

I can't believe that we did it," Huffman said. "It's surreal, amazing. I was thinking about last year's stage during the last 10km, and how much it would suck to not win again. I gave it everything I had in the last 100 metres.

 The peloton, meanwhile, finished an unlucky 13 seconds later, with Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) leading the way in to add to his lead in the points classification, while teammate Rafal Majka came through with all of his rivals to keep the race lead heading into the Mount Baldy stage.

Omar Fraile (Dimension Data) wins stage 11 in Romagna, Giro d'Itali.

Omar Fraile (Dimension Data) nets his first win of stage 11 in Romagna, Giro d'Italia.

He wins from the four man breakaway in perfect time sprint in the Apennines and with a little change in the general classification result.

 The Spaniard sealed the win in a four-up sprint with Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates), Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac), and Tanel Kangert (Astana), who finished in that order as the remnants of the large breakaway closed in over the final few hundred metres. Fraile was part of the 25-man move that formed on the first of four climbs, the Passo della Consuma, on the 161km leg from Florence to Bagno di Romana.

An early second-category ascent, it sent the race into chaos and suggested race leader Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) could be in for an exacting day. But Dumoulin and his teammates regained control on the second climb, the Passo della Calla, as Fraile took off with Mikel Landa (Team Sky) to spend the next 70km in a two-man lead group ahead of the rest of the break. Landa was dropped as soon as things came back together out front, on the long second-category Monte Fumaiolo with 35km to go, but Fraile hung tight and went on the attack over the top as the gradients stiffened. Rolland went with him, while Costa bridged across half-way down the final descent and Kangert at the bottom, all the while the rest of the break was a tense 14 seconds back on the flat 2km run to the line. That gap came crashing down in the final few hundred metres as the quartet soft-pedalled, but Fraile produced a powerful sprint, impressive for all his previous efforts, and celebrated wildly beyond the line. "I'd dreamed about a win like this for a long time.

It's great to finally pull it off," he said.

 Dumoulin held onto the maglia rosa, coming across the line in the third group on the road – a select GC group that contained all of the contenders save for Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) and Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo), who were dropped when Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) attacked on the steep gradients towards the top of the final climb.

 Top Ten General classification

 1, Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 47:22:07,
2, Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:23, 
3, Bauke Mollema (Netherland) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:38,
 4, Thibaut Pinot (France) FDJ 0:02:40  
5, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:47,  
6, Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 0:03:05,  
7, Bob Jungels (Luxebourg) Quick-Step Floor's 0:03:56, 
8, Tanel Kangert (Estonia) Astana Pro Team 0:03:59,
 9, Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:05,
10, Ilnur Zakarin (Russsia) Katusha-Alpecin 0:04:17

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