Sacha Modolo

Slipstream Sports has bolstered its outlook for the sprints in signing Italian Sacha Modolo for 2018.

Italy's Sacha Modolo won a sprint at the end of the 142km stage 2 of the Tour of Poland on Sunday, beating Sky's Danny van Poppel.

Mark Cavendish picks up his first victory of the season by winning a bunch sprint and now leads the race's overall standings.

The Sky rider was able to avoid a crash in the final kilometer that seemed to hold up his sprint rivals.

The Frenchman takes the stage victory in a sprint finish at the end of the 173km route

Italian sprint star Sacha Modolo claims his second Giro stage win as Contador keeps GC lead after the race's shortest day

Alberto Contador loses 36 seconds and pink jersey to rival Fabio Aru in Giro stage 13 but says he feels okay despite hitting the deck

Greipel and Modolo are tuning up their finishing kicks in Turkey ahead of the year's first grand tour, which kicks off in seven days

Race leader Davide Rebellin sneaks into a move at the end of stage 5 to extend his lead as Sacha Modolo sprints to first win of the year

The Norwegian takes a 22-second lead into the final stage, the stage 3b time trial

The Belgian tops Dan Martin by just three seconds in the overall standings

A crash with 500 meters left takes out Mark Cavendish and several others vying for the sprint win

The three-day race concludes with Thursday afternoon's stage 3b time trial

Italian wins second leg of three-day race in western Flanders

Italian wins for second time in two days at the Mallorca Challenge

Modolo wins the Trofeo Palma, the first day of the four-race Mallorca Challenge

Modolo pips Sagan in the stage-7 sprint as Quintana wraps up the final overall title

With a doping investigation lingering, Lampre-Merida is focusing on 2014 — which includes anchoring its grand tour plans around Rui Costa

He's joined by a number of other speedsters, including Moreno Moser and Fabio Aru

As expected, Peter Sagan and Tom Boonen abandon as they prepare for Sunday's Tour of Flanders

Sacha Modolo ripped off a win in San Luis on Tuesday and wants more at Milan-San Remo

Youngster takes stage 3 sprint in Terrazas del Portezuelo

Tour of Turkey stage 6 through the lens of Brian Hodes

Sacha Modolo dominated the sprint in stage 6 at the Tour of Turkey today, boding well for his ultimate goal to take a win in Giro

NetApp in, Acqua e Sapone out

ROME (AFP) - Former Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso has called for calm after he was slapped and insulted by separatists during the Giro di Padania (Tour of the Po Valley).