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.

Adriano Malori wins stage 7 for Team Movistar - Canyon Bikes ; Alberto Contador wins Tirreno-Adriatico 2014.

Earlier today former Tour de France Champion Cadel Evans of Team BMC Racing decided to withdraw from this year's Tirreno-Adriatico before the start of today's final stage - a 9.2 kilometer individual time trial.

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.

Matteo Pelucchi sprints to stage 2 victory in Tirreno-Adriatico for IAM Cycling; Mark Cavendish keeps overall race lead.