• American Phinney wins opening of Giro d’Italia: American Taylor Phinney won the first stage of the Giro d’Italia, a 5.4-mile individual time trial in Herning, Denmark, on Saturday. Phinney becomes the first American to wear the pink jersey since Christian Vande Velde when Garmin won the opening team time trial in Palermo in 2008. An outstanding performance from the BMC Racing cyclist was timed at 10 minutes, 26 seconds, nine seconds ahead of British cyclist Geraint Thomas in the 198-man field.