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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Marcel Kittel sprinted to a second straight stage victory in a wet third leg of the Giro dItalia on Sunday while Michael Matthews retained the overall leaders pink jersey. NMD R2 Canada . Kittel looked to have left it too late on his 26th birthday after losing contact with his rivals inside the final kilometre. But the German cyclist came from behind to edge out Ben Swift on the line and deny the Briton a maiden Grand Tour stage victory. Kittel finished in four hours 28 minutes 43 seconds. Elia Viviani was third in a bunch sprint at the end of the 187-kilometre cross-border leg from Armagh to Dublin. Svein Tuft of Langley, B.C., was 74th while Victorias Ryder Hesjedal finished 96th. Tuft is in a four-way tie for fourth in the overall standings while Hesjedal is tied for 156th. Matthews -- whose Orica-GreenEdge team won Fridays opening time trial -- will lead the race back to Italy and the Australian has an eight-second advantage over Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi. Rain fell intermittently for most of the day and wet roads caused several crashes, including two large ones, but all the riders were able to continue. Former winner Michele Scarponi was one of the riders caught up in a large crash around 60 kilometres from the finish. Several cyclists also suffered technical problems and Swift briefly dropped off the back of the peloton when he had to change his bike with 25 kilometres to go. Maarten Tjallingii, who is still wearing the blue King of the Mountains jersey, led for most of the stage for the second day in a row. He was part of an early breakaway of five riders, along with Yonder Godoy, Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez, Gert Dockx and Giorgio Cecchinel. They had a lead of six minutes before the peloton started reeling them in with more than 100 kilometres remaining. Their advantage briefly increased as the peloton slowed to wait for riders involved in the major crashes to catch up, but the group was back together with more than seven kilometres remaining after a brief solo escape from Cecchinel. After three wet days in Northern Ireland and Ireland, the Giro takes a rest day on Monday as it travels back to Italy. The Giro ends in Trieste on June 1. NMD R1 Womens Canada . Marie rink got back in the win column at the Olympic mens curling tournament with a 7-4 win over the host Russian squad on Wednesday. NMD CS2 Canada . The top-ranked Spaniard won his fourth Madrid Open on Sunday after Kei Nishikori was forced to withdraw with a hip injury when trailing 2-6, 6-4, 3-0 in the final. And Nadal, who is coming off to uncharacteristic quarterfinal losses on clay, said his mental strength is still lacking just two weeks ahead of the French Open. http://www.nmdshoescanada.com/ultra-boost-cheap-canada/4.html . -- Josh MacDonalds second goal of the game kept his team alive as the Peterborough Petes edged the host Kingston Frontencas 6-5 in overtime on Friday in Ontario Hockey League playoff action.TSN sweeps into Montreal as Canadas best womens curlers battle for the national title at the 2014 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS, airing Feb. 1-9 on TSN. With more than 65 hours of exclusive live coverage, TSN delivers all the action beginning with Draw 1 on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 2 p.m. ET and culminating with the final on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET (see below for complete broadcast schedule). Defending champion Rachel Homan will lead Team Canada against 11 teams that advanced to represent their province or territory. This years field also includes hometown favourite Allison Ross captaining Team Québec, and Stefanie Lawton, who helms Team Saskatchewan during her third SCOTTIES appearance. On-site at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal is TSNs acclaimed curling broadcast team of Vic Rauter, Olympic gold medallist Linda Moore, and two-time Brier champion and Olympic gold medallist Russ Howard, as well as TSN curling analyst Bryan Mudryk and three-time SCOTTIES winner Cathy Gauthier. The 2014 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS is part of TSNs best-in-class slate of currling events, including exclusive live coverage of the Season of Champions. Adidas NMD For Sale Canada. Following the SCOTTIES, TSN heads to Kamloops, B.C., to deliver complete live coverage of the 2014 TIM HORTONS BRIER, running March 1-9 at Interior Savings Centre. TSN is the official broadcaster of the Canadian Curling Association. TSNs broadcast schedule for the 2014 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS is as follows: Saturday, Feb. 1Draw 1 at 2 p.m. ETDraw 2 at 7 p.m. ET Sunday, Feb. 2Draw 3 at 9 a.m. ETDraw 4 at 2 p.m. ETDraw 5 at 7 p.m. ET Monday, Feb. 3Draw 6 at 2 p.m. ETDraw 7 at 7:30 p.m. ET (TSN2) Tuesday, Feb. 4Draw 8 at 9 a.m. ETDraw 9 at 2 p.m. ETDraw 10 at 7:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 5Draw 11 at 9 a.m. ETDraw 12 at 2 p.m. ETDraw 13 at 7:30 p.m. ET Thursday, Feb. 6Draw 14 at 9 a.m. ETDraw 15 at 2 p.m. ETDraw 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday, Feb. 7Draw 17 at 9 a.m. ETPage Playoff (1 vs. 2) at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday, Feb. 8Page Playoff (3 vs. 4) at 11 a.m. ETSemifinal at 4 p.m. ET Sunday, Feb. 9Bronze Medal at 2:30 p.m. ETFinal at 7:30 p.m. ET ' ' '