with the lead of almost two minutes going into the 17 kilometre stage, 26—year—old richard cara paz cocara paz comfortably held off his main general classification challenges to just become the second south american to claim the title. the ecuadorian, who was fourth on his giro debut last year, was unflappable on the circuit, that was used in the 1999 and 2004 world championships. american chad hagel w011 championships. american chad hagel won the stage, while the spanish contender was replaced on the podium. behind the home favourite nibali. after taking the pink race leader's jersey following the 14th stage, carapaz leader's jersey following the 14th stage, cara paz rarely looked leader's jersey following the 14th stage, carapaz rarely looked like with increasing the leader's jazzy. he extended his advantage over the next three stages, and then kept pace with his general classification rivals on the final two mountain ranges which —— stages which concluded in the dolomites, to concluded in the dolomites, to conclude the tour. south africa's cricket world cup campaign has taken anothe

british cyclists have won the last five grand tours but richard cara paz has won the giro d'italia.o his lead on the final individual time trial in verona — to become ecuador‘s first grand tour winner. great britains simon yates was 8th. italian danilo petrucci won his first moto gp race — at his 123rd attempt — on his home circuit of mugello. he narrowly held off championship leader marc marquez. ott tanak has secured back—to—back wins in the world rally championship, with victory in portugal, he's nowjust two points behind sebastian ogier in the standings northern ireland's kris meeke retired on the final stage. great britain took goal in the men's four on the last day of the european rowing championships in switzerland. oliver cook, matt rossiter, rory gibbs and sholto carnegie held off poland for victory. the british men's and women's eights took silver. great britain's men are back into the top four of hockey‘s pro league after 3—1 victory over the netherlands in eindhoven. chris griffiths sealed the win with an impressive reverse stick strike. britain are fourth in the standin