Lotto-Soudal's Jens Debusschere victorious in crash-marred bunch sprint in Cascina. Tinkoff Bank - Saxo Bank's Peter Sagan second, Sam Bennett third for Team BORA - Argon 18; Adriano Malori keeps Tirreno-Adriatico general classification lead.

#TirrenoAdriatico Adriano Malori time trials to stage 1 victory and overall race lead at Tirreno-Adriatico 2015. Fabian Cancellara second, Greg Van Avermaet third.

Giro d'Italia organizer RCS Sport today handed out wildcard invitations for the 2015 Giro d'Italia as well as the 2015 Tirreno-Adriatico, Milan-San Remo and Giro di Lombardia. Team Bora - Argon 18 invited; Colombia team surprisingly excluded.

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.

Former World Champion Mark Cavendish catapulted himself to a magnificent stage victory in stage 6 of this year's Tirreno-Adriatico, beating Omega Pharma-QuickStep teammate Alessandro Petacchi and Team Cannondale's Peter Sagan in the sprint across the finish line.

#TirrenoAdriatico Mark Cavendish wins stage 6 of Tirreno-Adriatico 2014; Alberto Contador maintains general classification lead before tomorrow's final stage.

Alberto Contador wins stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico 2014 and takes overall race lead.

Alberto Contador wins stage 4 of this year's Tirreno-Adriatico ahead of Nairo Quintana and Daniel Moreno; Michal Kwiatkowski remains overall race leader.

Team Cannondale's highly talented young Slovakian all-rounder Peter Sagan won stage 3 of the 2014 Tirreno-Adriatico earlier this afternoon, when he darted away from a group of fast finishers to win the stage by multiple bike lengths.

Team Cannondale's Peter Sagan powers to victory in stage 3; Michal Kwiatkowski of Omega Pharma-QuickStep takes overall race lead.