Bouhanni takes third Giro d’Italia stage win

CYCLING: Nacer Bouhanni of France continued his dominance of the Giro d’Italia sprint finishes by winning his third stage of the race in Salsomaggiore Terme yesterday.

The FDJ.fr rider had already won stages four and seven and added the 173-km 10th stage from Modena yesterday to strengthen his hold on the points classification’s red jersey.

Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) finished ninth to retain the raceleader’s maglia rosa — or pink jersey — with a 57-second advantage over Rigoberto Uran (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).

The technical finish was a challenge for the peloton — Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) crashed in the closing stages, splitting the bunch — but not for Bouhanni, who won ahead of Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek) and Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge).

Today’s 11th stage is the 249km medium mountains route from Collecchio to Savona.