He's threatened with Ardennes assaults in the past but today Serguei Ivanov made good on the promise shown and won a dramatic Amstel Gold Race.
Tyler Hamilton tests positive for a banned substance, which was in an anti-depressant he was taking.
A breakaway in the classic race Gent-Wevelgem lead to a young Columbia High Road, Edvald Boasson Hagen, to take the biggest victory of his career.
On the queen stage of the Basque Tour, Astana's Alberto Contador displayed the brilliance which propelled him to three Grand Tours in his young career.
Russian Yury Trofimov won the second stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco in a brilliant solo attack from the breakaway on the 160km journey from Ataun to Villatuerta.
The Spaniard Luis León Sánchez has won the first stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco. The 25-year-old won the sprint ahead of his compatriot Samuel Sánchez and the Frenchman Jérôme Pineau in the 142.5 kilometre stage starting and finishing in Ataun.
Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) repeated last year's victory in almost identical style, soloing away in the final kilometres for his second consecutive win the Vlaanderens Mooiste.
Ina Teutenberg won the Ronde van Vlaanderen Vrouwen, the women's Tour of Flanders, with a sprint finish ahead of Kirsten Wild and Emma Johansson.
Spaniard David De La Fuente surprised the favourites to win the GP Miguel Indurain Saturday in Spain's Basque country. The Fuji-Servetto rider surged ahead in the final kilometre, up the climb of El Puy
Mark Cavendish bolted to a sprint victory Wednesday in the second stage of the Three Days of De Panne in Belgium.
Filippo Pozzato is on a roll, taking stage one of the Driedaagse De Panne. Pozzato easily dispatched Frederik Willems in the downhill two-up sprint and took over the lead in the overall classification.
Jens Voigt won his fifth Critérium International with another solid time trial, finishing fifth on the day, 18 seconds behind Tony Martin. But Frantisek Rabon gave Voigt a run for his money, finishing the weekend's racing only two seconds behind the German.
Jens Voigt formed part of the early break to win the second stage of France's Critérium International, 98.5 kilometres between Les Vieilles Forges and Monthermé.
Jimmy Casper returned to the big stage with a brilliant sprint victory in stage one of the 78th Critérium International. Casper took a clear win over Yauheni Hutarovich and Cyril Lemoine on a rainy day in northern France.
Levi Leipheimer (Astana) finished in the group, two seconds behind four sprinters, and secured the overall victory. Valverde also won the points and mountains classification.
Juan José Cobo gave his Fuji-Servetto team its first victory of the season with a well-timed his attack up to the Laguna De Los Peces on Thursday's stage of Castilla y León.
Australian pair Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch stunned defending champions Britain to win gold in the women's team sprint final at the world track cycling championships Thursday.
American teenager Taylor Phinney struck gold in the men's pursuit to end the United States' 16-year wait for the title at the UCI World Track Championships in Poland Thursday.
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde took the third stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León with a characteristically powerful uphill sprint, besting compatriots Rubén Plaza and Javier Moreno.
Australia's Cameron Meyer won the tough battle in the points race to be crowned World Champion in Poland on Wednesday.
American Levi Leipheimer took his Tour of California-winning form to Spain and demolished the competition in the stage two time trial in Palencia.
Joaquin Sobrino chalked up a victory for the local boys by taking the sprint victory over David Vitoria and fellow Spaniard Jose Joaquin Rojas. Armstrong breaks collarbone.
Alberto Contador has downplayed the significance of his first race alongside new Astana teammate Lance Armstrong in the Vuelta a Castilla y León that gets underway on Monday.
Stuart O'Grady, who was injured in a fall during Milan-San Remo on Saturday, will be forced to skip the Spring Classics, his Saxo Bank team said Sunday.
The Garmin-Slipstream rider -- fresh off beating eventual winner Mark Cavendish in a bunch sprint this week at Tirreno-Adriatico – crashed out with a possible broken clavicle.
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