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.

The sport directors of Vacansoleil-DCM announced the fourteen riders pre-selected for the coming Tour de France. The pre-selection has six Dutch and three Belgium riders

Captain America takes a decisive win in the TT and mves into yellow. Sagan drops to 31st. It was a day for the specialists in Bakersfield, CA. While seeming like straightforward course, many riders suggested the heat and desert like scenery proved to be as challenging as the final rise to the finish. “The parcour was not technical at all,” Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) said. “I didn’t touch the brakes the whole time. It’s a really simple road, but the profile, it seemed it was going to be flat, but it was …

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.

Same Sagan, different day, as Peter Sagan edged out Heinrich Haussler for the 4th day in a row. With the time trial looming, there could be big changes ahead in the GC.

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.

Peter Sagan continues his success, taking his third win in a row by pipping Hausler and Boonen at the line.