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SALTARA, Italy -- Alex Dowsett won the individual time trial in the eighth stage of the Giro dItalia on Saturday after favourite Bradley Wiggins was slowed by a puncture and only managed second. Vincenzo Nibali, Wiggins main rival for the title, took the overall lead from Benat Intxausti after finishing fourth following a surprisingly good ride. "I had a really good time trial," Nibali said. "It seemed designed for me, with so many curves and several ups and downs. I kept up the pace with all my strength, in view of the final climb and in the end I did it." Dowsett won his first Grand Tour stage by finishing the hilly 54.8-kilometre (34.05-mile) route from Gabicce Mare to Saltara in 1 hour, 16 minutes, 27 seconds, beating fellow Briton Wiggins by 10 seconds. Tanel Kangert of Estonia was third. "It will take a bit of time before I realized what I have done, I still cant believe myself," Dowsett said. "It was quite a harder TT than I expected, without a doubt the hardest in my life." It was a tough day for defending champion Ryder Hesjedal. The Victoria native finished 2:23 back in 18th place, and dropped from third overall to sixth. Nibali is nearly half a minute in front of second-place Cadel Evans of Australia. Wiggins moved up to fourth in the overall standings but is still 1:16 behind the Italian. Wiggins lost more than a minute to the other contenders Friday after crashing. The Team Sky rider appeared cautious when descending corners and had to change bikes early on due to a flat tire, losing precious seconds. The Tour de France champion won gold in the in the time trial at the London Olympics, and his impressive climb up the steep ramp Saturday to the finish line reduced his deficit to Dowsett from just under a minute to only 10 seconds. By contrast, Nibali enjoyed a promising start but slowed on the second half of the course. Dowsett was 39th to start and faced a long and anxious wait to see if he could keep hold of top spot. 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The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. The move also reunites with him with head coach Dallas Eakins from their time together with the American Hockey Leagues Toronto Marlies. Fausse Yeezy Boost 350 v2 Pas Cher . The showiest items on Calgarys lot were forwards Mike Cammalleri and Lee Stempniak. Both will be unrestricted free agents this summer. The Washington Wizards had chances to win road games against the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs. They just could not make plays when necessary to get those wins.Washington has had two days to digest its last-second loss to the Spurs and is hoping to get it done Monday night when it visits the Brooklyn Nets.The Wizards are 6-12 with three losses in their last four games. It is the last two defeats that are especially frustrating.Last Wednesday against Oklahoma City, the Wizards came back from a 16-point deficit and held a seven-point lead with 5:35 left on a 3-pointer by Bradley Beal. They wound up with a 126-115 overtime loss by going 6-of-19 the rest of the way.Two nights later in San Antonio, Washington held an 11-point lead early on and wound up coming back from 10 points down to get the game tied twice in the final 84 seconds. The ending was a Kawhi Leonard 20-footer with 20.1 seconds remaining and when Otto Porter missed a floater with 1.2 seconds remaining, the Wizards wound up with a 107-105 loss.Once again, we competed well and the game came down to one play, Wizards coach Scott Brooks said. I didnt like the way we played against them last week at our place, but tonight we did everything we could possibly do to get the win except get the win.It is a familiar refrain for the Wizards. Of the Wizards 12 defeats, half have been single digits with two of those close losses coming in overtime.We fought and we are making strides -- we just have to find a way to make stops, Wall said after getting 17 points and 15 rebounds. We need to get over that hump. You cant have that many turnovers and beat a team that executes as well as San Antonio; for us to even be in the game with them at their home place with that many turnovers is impressive.On Friday, in the final three minutes of quarters, the Wizards were 8 of 24 from the floor. They were 7 of 20 in tthose situations in the first three quarters, which eventually set up the frustrating finish.ddddddddddddLet another one go, Wall said. There are about seven games already this season for us that can haunt us (in regards to playoffs).The Nets have lost nine of their 10 games since they held a 4-5 record Nov. 12. Only two of those losses have been by single digits and most of those often feature a bad quarter.For most of this skid, third quarters were problematic. In Saturdays 112-103 loss at Milwaukee, the Nets outscored the Bucks by seven in the third only to have the collapse occur late in the fourth.In the final 12 minutes, the Nets held four one-point leads and a two-point lead on a 3-pointer by Brook Lopez. In the final 5:20, the Nets were outscored 20-9 by missing seven straight while allowing the Bucks to make four of their last six shots and hit 12 free throws.We were down one with five minutes, I thought we couldnt score, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said. We struggled to score.Bojan Bogdanovic led the Nets with 24 points but Lopez was held to 13 on 3-of-17 shooting. He made 3 of 9 shots from 3-point range but was 0-of-8 from inside the arc.We just kind of hurt ourselves, Lopez said. I definitely wasnt happy with the way I played. I am very disappointed in myself. That definitely affected the outcome. I think I let us down tonight, no question.Lopez is averaging 19.6 points but shooting a career-low 45.2 percent. He is shooting 37.3 from long range as he consistently becomes a perimeter threat for the first time in his career but inside the arc has been difficult at times as Lopez is 1 of 12 on two-point attempts.The Wizards have won eight of the last 10 meetings and have swept the season series in two of the last three seasons. ' ' '