Stage 13 of the 2012 Giro d’Italia was the race’s shortest, a 121km ride from Savona to Cervere that was expected to finish in a bunch sprint.

Lars Bak of Denmark won the 12th stage of the Giro d’Italia and Joaquin Rodriguez retained the overall lead on Thursday.

Denmark’s Lars Bak of the Lotto Belisol team won stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia in Sestri Levante after outfoxing his fellow escapees inside the final two kilometres.

After a more or less flat ride for the first 47 kilometers of Thursday’s stage, things start to get a little bumpy in a “mixed mountain” stage that features 4 rated climbs over its 155km.

Roberto Ferrari sprinted to his first Grand Tour stage victory in the 11th and longest leg of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday, while Joaquin Rodriguez retained the overall lead.

Wednesday’s 11th stage of the 2012 Giro d’Italia was the longest of this year’s race at 258km and passed through the Tuscan hills from Assisi to Montecatini.

Everybody was expecting Katusha, particularly Joaquim Rodriguez, to make a move today in Assisi, and the Spanish rider and his team didn’t disappoint

Joaquim Rodriguez won the stage and took over the leader’s jersey in Tuesday’s 10th stage of the 2012 Giro d’Italia.

Tuesday’s stage 10 of the 2012 Giro d’Italia travels from Civitavecchia to Assisi, the home of Saint Francis.

Francisco Ventoso opened the Movistar team’s 2012 Giro account with an amazing sprint in Frosinone to repeat his success from last year and notch up the squad’s 14th win of the season