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Anna van der Breggen overtakes Katie Hall to win the Women’s Tour of California

Anna van der Breggen rides in the peloton during Stage 4 of the Women's Tour of California on Sunday in Sacramento.
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Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen picked up two intermediate time bonuses in the final stage through downtown Sacramento to win the Women’s Tour of California on Sunday.

The Dutch star trailed American Katie Hall by a second entering the final stage, which consisted of laps on a 2.2-mile course through the California capitol.

The race figured to be decided in sprints and van der Breggen was coy enough to earn enough time before the final kick.

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Italian sprinter Giorgia Bronzini won the fourth and final stage, holding off Stage 3 winner Coryn Rivera and Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands at the line.

Hall finished second overall, and Cuba’s Arlenis Sierra was third.

In the start of the Tour of California for men, Marcel Kittel took advantage of a textbook lead-out from his Quick-Step Floors teammates to hold off Peter Sagan and Elia Viviani and win the opening stage.

The German sprinter spent the 104-mile stage that began and ended in downtown Sacramento tucked safely in the peloton. And when the field brought back a four-man breakaway with about 15 miles to the finish, Kittel knew he would have a chance for his eighth win of the season.

Team Sky went to the front on the first of three 2.2-mile circuits, but it was Quick-Step that made the decisive move on the final lap with Fabio Sabatini launching Kittel to the finish line.

The second stage Monday takes riders 90 miles from Modesto to San Jose.

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