Bike World News

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

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.

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

The Belgian neo-pro Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis) has won the Three Days of West Flanders (Cat. 2.1), and thus celebrated his third victory in five days.

Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) has won the 2nd stage of the Three Days of West Flanders (Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen), his first win of the season.

Luke Roberts (Milram) won the finishing sprint of today’s 166.5 km stage from Las Torres de Cotillas to Alhama de Murcia. He was joined on the podium by Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil) and Josep Jufre (Astana), who assumed the race lead.

Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) won a three man sprint ahead of Rick Flens (Rabobank) and Ian Stannard (Team Sky).

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

Oscar Freire rode to victory in the second stage of the Vuelta a Andaluci Ruta del Sol, 182km between Otura and Courdoue.