Stage winner Mark Cavendish center, of Britain, is joined on the podium by second-place Zico Waeytens, left, of Belgium, and third-place Peter Sagan, of Slovakia, after the fifth stage of the Tour of California cycling race Thursday, in Santa Clarita, Calif. — AP PASADENA, US — Slovakia's Peter Sagan won the 2015 Tour of California, completing eight days of racing with a dramatic third-place finish in the final stage Sunday. Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) won by just three seconds from overnight leader Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx), who grabbed the yellow jersey by winning Saturday's grueling seventh stage that finished on the upper slopes of Mount Baldy. Briton Mark Cavendish (Etixx) won the eighth stage from Los Angeles to Pasadena in a sprint with a time of two hours, 14 minutes, 55 seconds. It was Cavendish's fourth stage win since last Sunday. — AP
