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| Tondo wins 6th stage of Paris-Nice (AP) |
| March 13, 9:7 AM : sc |
Xavier Tondo of Spain won the sixth stage of the Paris-Nice race after a long solo breakaway on Saturday, while Alberto Contador of Spain kept the overall lead. Tondo broke away after 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) of a hilly 220-kilometer (136.4-mile) trek from Peynie to Tourrettes-sur-Loup and beat Alejandro Valverde of Spain by five seconds.
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| Scarponi wins hilly 4th stage of Tirreno-Adriatico (AP) |
| March 13, 8:46 AM : sc |
Defending champion Michele Scarponi won the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Saturday and took the overall lead. Scarponi broke away from a small group of riders on a steep climb about 2.5 miles from the finish and completed the hilly 151-mile route from San Gemini to Chieti in 6 hours, 23 minutes, 47 seconds.
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| Champion Scarponi takes charge in Tirreno Adriatico (Reuters) |
| March 13, 8:40 AM : sc |
Defending champion Michele
Scarponi broke away late on to win the fourth stage of the
Tirreno-Adriatico on Saturday and seize the overall lead.
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| Tondo clinches Paris-Nice stage after long breakaway (Reuters) |
| March 13, 8:30 AM : sc |
Spain's
Xavier Tondo held off the peloton to snatch the sixth stage of
the Paris-Nice race after a 180-km breakaway on Saturday.
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| Tondo wins Paris-Nice sixth stage, Contador retains lead (Reuters) |
| March 13, 8:20 AM : sc |
Spaniard
Xavier Tondo won the 220-km sixth stage of the Paris-Nice race
from Peynier on Saturday.
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| Scarponi wins Tirreno fourth stage, takes lead (Reuters) |
| March 13, 8:12 AM : sc |
Italy's Michele Scarponi won the
fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Saturday to take the
overall lead.
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| Baby face Sagan matures on big stage (Reuters) |
| March 12, 10:3 AM : sc |
Cycling's new
phenomenon Peter Sagan has already dropped seven-times Tour de
France champion Lance Armstrong on a climb and bagged a couple
of stage wins in Paris-Nice.
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| Queally makes return bid in British cycling team (AP) |
| March 12, 2:44 AM : sc |
A decade after he won Olympic gold and two years after retiring from cycling, Jason Queally is back in the British team with his sights fixed on the 2012 London Games. The 39-year-old Queally won the kilometer sprint in Sydney in 2000 but has now moved to the endurance events and has been selected for the men's team pursuit at this month's world track championships in Copenhagen.
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| Hoy leads British team for world championships (Reuters) |
| March 12, 2:32 AM : sc |
Chris Hoy and Victoria
Pendleton will spearhead Britain's challenge at the Track
Cycling World Championships in Copenhagen later this month.
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| Polish brothers accused of doping in cyclo-cross (AP) |
| March 11, 9:2 AM : sc |
Polish brothers Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak have been suspended after failing doping tests when finishing 1-2 in the under-23 Cyclo-cross World Championship race. The International Cycling Union said Thursday they tested positive for the banned hormone EPO in urine samples taken after the race Jan. 30 in Tabor, Czech Republic.
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