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TRE CIME DI LAVAREDO, Italy -- Vincenzo Nibali virtually wrapped up the Giro dItalia title with a dominating solo performance to win the penultimate stage Saturday, leaving behind his rivals under a blizzard of snow on the races final climb. Tom Chambers Jersey . Nibali attacked with three kilometres to go on the steep ascent to Tre Cime di Lavaredo, the three-week classics highest point at an altitude of 2,304 metres. On the final stages of the climb, the road was surrounded by huge banks of snow. It was Nibalis second stage victory of the race, having also won Thursdays mountain time trial. His performance came in stark contrast to the developments at the race Friday, when the 19th stage was cancelled due to snow and it was announced that 2007 Giro winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise check at his home before this years race. "I wanted to leave a mark," Nibali said. "After what happened yesterday I wanted to show that I was fighting right up to the end." An Italian with the Astana team, Nibali clocked five hours 27 minutes 41 seconds over the 211-kilometre leg, which began in Silandro and passed through the renowned ski resort of Cortina dAmpezzo. The 20th stage was originally supposed to include a few more climbs but the route was altered due to the adverse weather conditions and snow covering some roads. Colombian pair Fabio Duarte and Rigoberto Uran finished second and third, 17 and 19 seconds behind, respectively. Uran moved up from third to second overall, 4:43 behind Nibali. Cadel Evans, the 2011 Tour de France winner, dropped to third, 5:52 back. Evans finished about 1 1/2 minutes behind Nibali in the stage, which was also characterized by sub-freezing temperatures. Nibali had to have hot tea poured over his hands to relieve the cold after crossing the line, so he could take off his wet gloves without pain. Along the final climb, Nibali had to push fans away who kept clinging to him. "I was worried one of them might slip," he said. "I want to thank all the people who waited for me up here at the top and the organizers for allowing us to get here." Before the stage started, Dutch rider Robert Gesink, one of the pre-race favourites, withdrew from the race. The race ends on flat ground in Brescia on Sunday with a 197-kilometre stage starting in Riese Pio X. Nibali also took the red points jersey from Mark Cavendish, but the British sprinter can reclaim it by winning the final stage. Danilo Gallinari Jersey . It was the kind of score that might make everyone else wonder which course he was playing. Except that Graeme McDowell saw the whole thing. Crouched behind the 10th green at Sheshan International, McDowell looked over at the powerful American and said, "Ive probably seen 18 of the best drives Ive seen all year in the last two days. Desmond Mason Jersey . Burke is expected to miss two to three months after breaking a finger in the teams third preseason game. Tinsley, a 10-year veteran, spent the last two seasons in Utah, where the point guard averaged 3. https://www.cheapthunder.com/ . MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez also will attend the session, which was announced Monday. The league has discussed placing its next two expansion teams in Miami and Atlanta. LAS VEGAS -- New team. Same old result.Full of new star power -- and dominant on the inside -- the U.S. mens basketball team opened its bid for a third straight Olympic gold medal Friday night with a 111-74 exhibition romp over Argentina.A game that was over almost before it began showed the U.S. has to improve its shooting and conditioning. It also showed that there is plenty of talent among a group of players who seem to want to play well for each other and their country despite the absence of Olympic stalwarts Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.Theres a willingness from these guys to work on anything we need and to work hard, coach Mike Krzyzewski said. These are very good guys.A U.S. team that hasnt lost a game in 10 years had little trouble with Argentina, which some consider to be a medal contender in Rio de Janeiro. Paul George scored 14 first-half points, Kevin Durant added 12, and the U.S. blew open the game early before an appreciative crowd on the Las Vegas Strip.Even with Bryant retired and James taking this Olympics off, there was no real talent drop-off on a team heavily favored to win gold once again. The depth of the U.S. showed as Krzyzewski rotated players in and out, searching for the right combinations on a team with 10 new players from 2012.Nothing is for sure, Durant said. We want to get this gold, and right now we have a job to do. We have to prepare the right way.Count the Argentines among those who were impressed at the first real game for the Olympic team.Obviously, they have the best talent and the best size in the world, Argentinas Luis Scola said. Thats a big difference in their favor.The game was the first of five exhibitions the U.S. will play before traveling to Rio to defend the gold medal. The U.S. team has spent the past week practicing in Las Vegas in preparation for the tour and the Summer Games.There werent any opening-night jitters, though the U.S. shot only 45 percent and missed all but 14 of 41 3-pointers. With DeMarcus Cousins pulling doown 15 rebounds in just 16 minutes, the U. Steven Adams Jersey. S. dominated inside, outrebounding Argentina 53-30.The big thing is getting in shape, and they are not there where they will be, Krzyzewski said. But we really have an inside presence on the boards.For Durant, the game was a chance to play with a pair of his new Golden State teammates, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. It was also a chance for Durant and Carmelo Anthony,?the only two players from the 2012 team, to demonstrate that this will be their team in Rio.Both players cheered from the bench as the minutes were spread around, jumping up to clap for teammates. Every U.S. player got quality time, with Greens 12 minutes the least played by any American.Were going to have fun and were going to enjoy ourselves, Anthony said. If its not fun, its not worth it. Were going to enjoy ourselves, but at the same time were going to be focused in trying to get that gold medal.Durant finished as the games high scorer with 23 points, and George had 18 and Carmelo Anthony 17. Andres Nocioni had 15 and?Manu Ginobili added 11 for Argentina, which lost to the U.S. in the semifinals of the 2012 Olympics.Though at times little defense was played, there was plenty of offense to keep the crowd at the new T-Mobile Arena happy. The teams combined to put up 70 3-point attempts, 41 of them from the U.S.Oddsmakers had made the U.S. a prohibitive 29.5-point favorite in what at times looked a lot like an NBA All-Star game. But while the U.S. team is loaded with 12 NBA players, the Argentines had only three on their roster, and the talent difference showed.While the team is full of new players, the gold-medal run will be the last for Krzyzewski, the national coach for the past decade. His teams have lost only one game during his reign, which will end after the Olympics with San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich taking over. ' ' '