On a cold, snowy day in the Italian Alps, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) blew the Giro d’Italia apart.

Team Movistar - Canyon Bikes' Nairo Quintana climbs to victory in stage 16 of Giro d'Italia 2014 and takes overall Giro d'Italia lead.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has won La Fleche Wallonne for the second time.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar - Canyon Bikes) wins Fleche Wallonne ahead of Team Garmin-Sharp-POC's Dan Martin.

Earlier today Team Tinkoff-Saxo Bank's Alberto Contador won the 2014 edition of the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race to signal a return to form after a meager 2013 season without a victory in stage races.

Adriano Malori wins stage 7 for Team Movistar - Canyon Bikes ; Alberto Contador wins Tirreno-Adriatico 2014.

Nairo Quintana has won the Tour de San Luis 2014 for Team Movistar. The Colombian rider was the strongest man in his first appearance in the one week stage race in Argentina.

Adriano Malori of Team Movistar won the individual time trial of this year's Tour de San Luis when he beat BMC Racing Team's American Taylor Phinney on the roads of Argentina. Movistar teammate Nairo Quintana beat overall race leader Phillip Gaimon (Team Garmin-Sharp-Castelli) and in the process took over the leader's jersey.

Colombian Nairo Quintana takes first 2014 victory for Team Movistar and climbs into 2nd overall in Tour de San Luis behind Garmin-Sharp's Phillip Gaimon after offensive riding from foot of the Cerro El Amago climb.

Former Italian national champion Giovanni Visconti underwent surgery on Sunday following a crash in the People's Choice Classic - the first event of the 2014 Tour Down Under.