Oleg must be a happy man this morning*. If you missed either the Giro d’Italia‘s stage 5 or stage 4 of the Tour of California, here are your highlights and final kilometres.

Yesterday’s Giro Abetone stage continued the winnowing of the GC. Another youngster took a fabulous solo win – Jan Polanc of Lampre – and Alberto Contador rode into pink.

Meanwhile, in California, Peter Sagan has finally added a top step to his three second steps from this week’s Tour of California.

Added bonus! Today’s ATOC stage will be a beast for the sprinters because it’s all about the climbing. Dave Zabriskie joins the GCN team to give you a preview of what’s up in Cali.

*God help that team if there is anything other than top steps from now on for these two …