Bike World News

In today’s cycling news, spears flying in the Alejandro Valverde case, roster announcements for Milan-San Remo, Contador greets former teammates and other news:

European news sources are reporting today that former Astana team manager Marc Biver confirmed that he is negotiating with a Luxembourg company to sponsor team

The notable exclusions are Astana and Footon-Servetto.

Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) claimed the stage 5 victory by winning a 4 man sprint at the end of another brutal hill finish.

Amaël Moinard (Cofidis) took a surprise stage victory over breakaway companion Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) and Alberto Contador (Astana) secured his second overall Paris-Nice victory.

Xavier Tondo took his chance in the longest stage of the 2010 Paris-Nice to steal glory in the 6th and longest stage between Peynier and Tourrettes-sur-Loup.

Alberto Contador makes one of his signature attacks on the final climb to take Stage 4 of Paris-Nice and move into the overall lead.

The 2010 Tirreno-Adriatico starts up tomorrow and the final list of teams and riders have been announced.

In today’s cycling news, Lance Armstrong may put more on his calendar to prep for Tour, Sinkewitz settles with former sponsor, long term study shows steroids pose significant risk, and more…

Team Sky notches another win with New Zealand’s Gregory Henderson attacking with 1 km to go to take today’s stage.