Sports Short: Wiebes sprints to victory in Burgos, no title extension in Eemland

Sports Brief Wiebes outsmarts Pieterse and wins Ronde van Drenthe

CYCLING Lorena Wiebes has won the third stage of the Tour of Burgos. The Dutch rider from SD Worx-Protime was supreme in the sprint of the peloton, after a ride from Roa de Duero to Melgar de Fernamental over 122 kilometers. Wiebes kept the Italian Clara Copponi and the Dutch Maike van der Duin behind her. There was a massive crash in the group a mile before the finish. The fourth and final stage follows on Sunday, a difficult mountain stage to Canicosa de la Sierra. (Saturday May 18)

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