Team Movistar's Giovanni Visconti soloes to victory in stage 17 of Giro d'Italia 2013; Vincenzo Nibali maintains overall Giro d'Italia lead for Team Astana.

Movistar has won its third stage of this year's Giro d'Italia and its second consecutive stage. Benat Intxausti took a three-up sprint to win the 238-km, medium mountain stage from Valloire, France to Ivrea, Italy in 5:52:48. Tanel Kangert (Astana) finished second, and Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) finished third. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) remains the maglia rosa.

Benat Intxausti sprints to stage 16 victory in Giro d'Italia 2013 for Team Movistar; Vincenzo Nibali maintains overall Giro d'Italia lead.

Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) has notched his team's second stage win of this year's Giro d'Italia. The Italian was the solo survivor of a daylong break, and he held off the field to win Stage 15, a mountainous, 149-km ride from Cesana Torinese to the Pantani Memorial on the Col du Galibier in France, in 4:40:48.

Giovanni Visconti climbs to victory on Col du Galibier; Vincenzo Nibali maintains overall Giro d'Italia lead ahead of Cadel Evans.

Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) has won Stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia. Santambrogio followed an attack by maglia rosa Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) on the day's final climb and took a two-up sprint to win the mountainous 180-km ride from Cervere to Bardonecchia in 4:42:55.

Mauro Santambrogio climbs to victory in stage 14 of 2013 Giro d'Italia ahead of Vincenzo Nibali who keeps overall Giro d'Italia lead.

Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has been so dominant in the 2013 Giro d'Italia's sprints that today he won a sprint stage that he had not planned to win. The Manx missile was trying to save his legs for the high mountain stages that will take place this weekend, but he took Stage 13, a rolling, 254-km run from Busseto to Cherasco, in 6:09:55.

Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep's Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) powers to sprint victory in stage 13 of Giro d'Italia 2013; Team Astana's Vincenzo Nibali maintains overall Giro d'Italia lead.

Team Garmin-Sharp's defending Giro d'Italia champion Ryder Hesjedal has withdrawn from this year's Giro d'Italia. Hesjedal has suffered on the bike since stage 8; Team Garmin-Sharp to focus on stage victories, team says.