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Pieter Weening wins Giro d'Italia stage nine after breakaway Pieter Weening wins Giro d'Italia stage nine after breakaway
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Orica GreenEdge's love affair with the 2014 Giro d'Italia continued when Pieter Weening won stage nine for the Australian team from Italy's Davide Malacarne. Cadel Evans retained the overall lead.Orica GreenEdge's love affair with the 2014 Giro d'Italia continued when Pieter Weening won stage nine for the Australian team from Italy's Davide Malacarne. Cadel Evans retained the overall lead.
Weening and Malacarne were the last survivors of a long breakaway as they scaled the final climb to Sestola together, and the Dutchman outsprinted the Europcar rider over the final 200 metres.Weening and Malacarne were the last survivors of a long breakaway as they scaled the final climb to Sestola together, and the Dutchman outsprinted the Europcar rider over the final 200 metres.
Behind them, AG2R Mondiale's Domenico Pozzovivo attacked the peloton on the final climb and came home third, taking almost 30 seconds out of his general classification rivals to move up to fourth. He is 1min 20sec behind Evans, who had a 57sec advantage over Rigoberto Uran in second. Behind them, AG2R Mondiale's Domenico Pozzovivo attacked the peloton on the final climb and came home third, taking almost 30 seconds out of his general classification rivals to move up to fourth. He is 1min 20sec behind Evans, who has a 57sec advantage over Rigoberto Uran in second.
Weening and Malacarne were in a 14-man breakaway that went off early in the 172km stage and opened up a lead of eight minutes. The peloton brought it back before the foot of the final climb but showed little interest in chasing them down entirely, and the breakaway began to splinter with stage honours on the line.Weening and Malacarne were in a 14-man breakaway that went off early in the 172km stage and opened up a lead of eight minutes. The peloton brought it back before the foot of the final climb but showed little interest in chasing them down entirely, and the breakaway began to splinter with stage honours on the line.
Weening launched the first serious attack, with Malacarne the only man able to catch him, and they worked together before fighting it out over the final half- kilometre.Weening launched the first serious attack, with Malacarne the only man able to catch him, and they worked together before fighting it out over the final half- kilometre.
Orica GreenEdge won the opening team time trial in Belfast to give the veteran Svein Tuft the pink jersey on his birthday, and their sprinter Michael Matthews wore the maglia rosa throughout the opening week before surrendering it to Evans after Saturday's stage eight. The riders will enjoy a rest day on Monday before stage 10 takes them to Salsomaggiore on Tuesday. Orica GreenEdge won the opening team time trial in Belfast to give the veteran Svein Tuft the pink jersey on his birthday, and their sprinter Michael Matthews wore the maglia rosa throughout the opening week before surrendering it to BMC's Evans after Saturday's stage eight. The riders will enjoy a rest day on Monday before stage 10 takes them to Salsomaggiore.
In the US, Sir Bradley Wiggins closed in on the overall title at the Tour of California after Slovakia's Peter Sagan won the penultimate stage in a field sprint. Team Sky's Wiggins finished in the main field to maintain his 30sec lead over Australia's Rohan Dennis of Garmin-Sharp. The American Lawson Craddock of Giant-Shimano remained third overall, 1:48 back. In the US, Sir Bradley Wiggins closed in on the overall title at the Tour of California after Slovakia's Peter Sagan won the penultimate stage in a field sprint. Team Sky's Wiggins finished in the main field to maintain his 30sec lead over Australia's Rohan Dennis of Garmin-Sharp. The American Lawson Craddock of Giant-Shimano remained third overall, 1.48 back.
"It was a relatively straightforward stage," said Wiggins, who has held the race lead for a week since winning the stage two time trial. "We didn't have to do too much. But it was a pretty fast and tough run-in to the finish. You always have to beware of a breakaway or a crash.""It was a relatively straightforward stage," said Wiggins, who has held the race lead for a week since winning the stage two time trial. "We didn't have to do too much. But it was a pretty fast and tough run-in to the finish. You always have to beware of a breakaway or a crash."
Sagan, riding for Cannondale, jumped to the front just after the final corner to win the 142.7km stage from Santa Clarita to Pasadena.Sagan, riding for Cannondale, jumped to the front just after the final corner to win the 142.7km stage from Santa Clarita to Pasadena.