Slovakian Peter Sagan surged late and won the Tour of California by three seconds on Sunday with a close third-place finish. Britain's Mark Cavendish won his fourth stage of the eight-stage event and 13th victory of the season in a mass sprint in the last of nine circuits around the Rose Bowl. Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo), who began the final day trailing former race leader Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick Step) of France by two seconds, gained four bonus seconds for the third-place finish and a one-second bonus during a mid-race sprint. Wouter Wippert (Drapac) of the Netherlands was second in the final stage. More...