Astana's Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang crossed the line alone to win the hilly fifth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race on Sunday with Britain's Adam Yates holding on to the leader's blue jersey.

Kazak rider Alexey Lutsenko survived two late crashes to win a sprint finish for the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race over 221km from Foligno to Fossombrone on Saturday.

Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas pulled out of the Tirreno-Adriatico during Saturday's fourth stage with "stomach" problems, his Team Sky announced.

Irish sprinter Sam Bennett of the Bora-Hansgrohe team said he was ready to fight for the Milan-San Remo classic title, after digging deep to clinch a narrow stage-six victory at Paris-Nice on Friday, his second win on the eight-day cycling race.

(AFP) – Italy's Elia Viviani of the Deuceninck Quick-Step team won a sprint finish for the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico cycling race over 226km from Pomarance to Foligno on Friday.

(AFP) – France's Julian Alaphilippe took the Tirreno-Adriatico second stage on Thursday as Briton Adam Yates claimed the overall leader's blue jersey.

(AFP) – Australian rider Michael Hepburn pulled on the Tirreno-Adriatico leader's blue jersey after his Mitchelton-Scott outfit won a crash-marred opening team time-trial stage at Lido di Camaiore in Tuscany on Wednesday.

(AFP) – Two riders from the German Bora-Hansgrohe team were caught up in a high-speed collision with a pedestrian on the opening team time-trial of the Tirreno-Adriatico race on Wednesday.

Tirreno-Adriatico is that rare stage race where classics riders and GC men battle for the overall classification, while the sprinters hone their form ahead of Milan San Remo.

(AFP) – The family of American cyclist Kelly Catlin said Monday the three-time world champion had been suffering from depression in the months leading up to her death last week.