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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:

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.

Daniele Bennati (Liquigas-Doimo) won the field sprint today, speeding to victory by a bike-length over Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) and Bernhard Eisel (Team HTC – Columbia).

Peter Sagan wins the 5th stage of Paris-Nice in Aix-en-Provence, his second stage win of the race.

Tom Boonen (Quick Step) bested Paul Martens (Rabobank) and Daniele Bennati (Liquigas-Doimo) to take Thursday’s stage.

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.

Liquigas’ Peter Sagan takes the win today in a shortened stage, and Saxo Bank’s Jens Voigt moves into the leader’s jersey.

In today’s cycling news, more Omloop Het Nieuwsblad previews, Lance Armstrong survives encounter with cat, women’s results from New Zealand and more…

Provisional rosters have been released for Saturday’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the opener to the Belgian classics season.

In today’s cycling news: route and teams announced for Tour of Sardinia; Mark Cavendish up for award honoring breakthrough athletes, Switzerland drops inquiry into Ullrich and more