CHERASCO, Italy (AP) — Britain’s Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory in the 13th and longest stage of the Giro d’Italia on Friday. Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali kept the overall lead, boosting his chances of winning his home country’s biggest cycling race for the first time.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is criticizing cycling’s governing body for failing to take decisive action to clean up the sport since the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.
DETROIT (AP) — BMX bike riders have transformed a city-owned plot of land just outside Detroit’s downtown into a maze of trails, ramps and jumps.
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish state prosecutor’s office is appealing the verdict in the Operation Puerto blood-doping case, including the decision to destroy hundreds of blood bags that anti-doping agencies had asked to be handed over for analysis.
BUSSETO, Italy (AP) — Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins and defending champion Ryder Hesjedal both withdrew from the Giro d’Italia before the start of Friday’s 13th stage.