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Less than eight months after an horrific crash on the Tour de France, Jens Voigt is already looking ahead to this years race. - [Read more]

Germanys Linus Gerdemann grabbed victory in the first stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday, the first big stage race of the Italian season. - [Read more]

Linus Gerdemann of Germany won the opening stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race in a sprint. Mark Cavendish of Britain fell behind on a mild climb shortly before the finish Wednesday. Gerdemann, who rides for the Milram team, covered the 92-mile route from Livorno to Rosignano in 3 hours, 36 minutes, 15 seconds. - [Read more]

Slovakias Peter Sagan won the 153-km third stage of the Paris-Nice race between St Yrieix La Perche and Aurillac on Wednesday. - [Read more]

Italian cyclist Massimo Giunti has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned blood boosting hormone EPO. The International Cycling Union said Wednesday that Giunti returned a positive test in an out-of-competition urine sample he gave two weeks ago. The UCI said Giunti was targeted because of suspicious blood profile results from samples taken for his biological passport. - [Read more]

Australian Olympic cycling gold medalist Lionel Cox has died of pneumonia, the Australian Olympic Committee said. He was 80. Cox won a gold medal with Russell Mockridge in the 2,000-meter tandem event and silver in the 1,000-meter sprint at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. AOC president John Coates described Cox as one of "Australias finest Olympians." AOC historian Harry Gordon says the... - [Read more]

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has arrived in South Africa ahead of his appearance in the Cape Argus cycling race. Armstrong flew into Cape Town late Monday and is set to ride in South Africas biggest cycling event on Sunday. The 38-year-old Texan has also said he hopes to meet Nelson Mandela during his weeklong visit. - [Read more]

Crosswinds, crashes and splits in the bunch were too much to handle for Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, who was trapped by his rivals in the first stage of Paris-Nice won by New Zealands Greg Henderson on Monday. - [Read more]

Team RadioShack rider Gert Steegmans broke his left collarbone when a whirlwind caused him to crash during the prologue of the Paris-Nice race on Sunday. - [Read more]

Lars Boom of the Netherlands won the Paris-Nice prologue Sunday ahead of German rider Jens Voigt and Levi Leipheimer of the United States. Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador finished fourth in the 8-kilometer time-trial featuring a third-category climb. The 24-year-old Boom, a former cyclo-cross world champion, surprised all the favorites to win in 10 minutes, 56 seconds.

Dutchman Lars Boom of the Rabobank team won the eight kms prologue of the Paris-Nice cycling race on Sunday. - [Read more]

Lance Armstrong says he hopes to meet with Nelson Mandela during a visit to South Africa next week. Armstrong is traveling to the African country Monday to take part in a local race next weekend and says meeting the former president would be "the opportunity of a lifetime." The seven-time Tour de France champion says he has not been guaranteed a meeting since Mandelas schedule is... - [Read more]

Lance Armstrongs hopes of a Tour of Murcia victory were all but dashed when he finished more than a minute behind leader Frantisek Rabon in the time trial. Armstrong finished eighth Saturday after clocking 26 minutes, 28 seconds at the time trial in Spain. He trails Rabon by 1 minute, 23 seconds ahead of Sundays flat 75.2-mile stage, where few serious breakaways are possible. - [Read more]

Spains Alberto Contador returns to the Paris-Nice race on Sunday, having learnt an important lesson from the 2009 edition. - [Read more]

Lance Armstrongs hopes of a Vuelta de Murcia victory were all but dashed when he finished more than a minute behind leader Frantisek Rabon in Saturdays time-trial. Armstrong trails Rabon by 1 minute, 23 seconds ahead of Sundays flat 121-kilometer stage, where few serious breakaways are possible. - [Read more]

Spanish cyclist Jose Enrique Gutierrez has announced his retirement after his American Rock Racing team failed to get a license to compete. In a statement, Gutierrez said that "at this stage of the season it is very difficult to find a team" that could offer him the right conditions. The 35-year-old Gutierrez has competed in six Tour de France races, three Italian Giros and five Spanish... - [Read more]

The French anti-doping agency (AFLD) is to give to local judicial authorities information it gathers about potential cheats during next weeks Paris-Nice race, the AFLD said on Friday. - [Read more]

Frances antidoping agency wont help the International Cycling Union try to catch drug cheats at the Paris-Nice race. The AFLD said Friday in a statement it will only give its information "to judicial authorities," rather than to the sports ruling body. In a letter to AFLD boss Pierre Bordry last month, UCI president Pat McQuaid said there would be no repeat of last... - [Read more]

Lance Armstrong is looking to improve his time trial performance in the Tour of Murcia as part of his Tour de France preparations. The Team RadioShack rider says the five-day Spanish race starting on Wednesday is "definitely important" for his hopes of winning an eighth Tour de France. Armstrong says physically he is in a "different shape" from last year because he hasnt... - [Read more]