Bike World News

Daniel Martin (Garmin-Transitions) is the new king of Poland.

In today’s bicycle racing news, Lance Armstrong returns at Tour of the Gila, Belgium honors Eddy Merckx with a stamp, Liege-Bastogne-Liege notes, results from Tour of Mexico and more…

In today’s report, we have more rosters for the World Cup. Also, Shimano announces an anti-doping policy for sponsored teams, Theo Bos leaves Rabobank and more.

Today’s stage travels from yesterday’s arrival town of Valladolid to the city of Las Rozas. The road tilts gently upward for about the first 85 kilometers and then the stage gets a little more bumpy, culminating in the climb up Category 3 Alto des Leones at the 128km mark. From there, the riders will have a 38km downhill ride into the town of Las Rozas. The sprinters will have some time to recover before the finish. 
As anticipated this morning, Tom Boonen dropped out and headed home to rest up for …

I’ve been a little tied up with 2009 bikes lately, but the racing goes on:

Gerolsteiner’s Carlo Westphal took his first professional victory in the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour, but Andre Greipel of the Columbia team still sits in the lead with an 11 second advantage over Jose Ivan Gutierrez of Caisse d’Epargne. Here’s the rest of stages:

Prologue: Gutierrez defended his win in last year’s Eneco Tour, setting the fastest time in the prologue and securing the leaders jersey.
Stage 1: Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won the mass sprint ahead …