Phil Bauhaus won the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday after coming out on top in a crash-hit bunch sprint to the line in Gualdo Tadino.

Belgian Jasper Philipsen sprinted to his fourth stage win on this year's Tour de France with a powerful last burst on Stage 11 from Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins.

Germany's Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) held off fast-finishing Australian Caleb Ewan to narrowly take out the first stage of the men's Tour Down Under in Adelaide on Wednesday.

Sprinter Kaden Groves edged Phil Bauhaus by half a wheel to win stage two of the Volta a Catalunya on Tuesday a day after his teammate Michael Matthews won the opening run.

[p: Phil Bauhaus] edged the closing sprint in the Tour de La Provence in Salon-de-Provence on Sunday as [p: Ivan Sosa] retained his overall lead to win the four-day race.

Thanks to his second stage success this week after an impressive sprint, Phil Bauhaus made history by becoming the first ever overall winner of the Saudi Tour. The final day was indeed decided in a bunched sprint in Al Masmak. Led out in style by his prestigious Bahrain-McLaren team mate Mark Cavendish, the German conquered the win ahead of Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa-Samsic) and Arvid de Kleijn (Riwald Readynez Cycling Team). Bauhaus finishes first of the general classification with a 2'' advantage over Bouhanni and 13'' over Rui Costa.

German Phil Bauhaus grabbed the overall lead of the Saudi Tour on Thursday with victory in a bunch sprint at the end of the third stage in Riyadh.