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Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi is confident Lampre's manager Giuseppe Saronni will resolve the team's ProTour licence problem.

The moment happened in late March, in Santa Croce on the Arno River, near Pisa. At the end of a moderate day in the saddle, the Cervelo Test Team, feeling confident and on form, put five guys on the front of a large pack of sprinters, hopeful that Thor Hushovd could finish off the stage and send a message heading into Milano-Sanremo. Their move ...

French cycling will have only two ProTour teams in the peloton in 2010 following the UCI's decision to deny the renewal of the Cofidis and Bouygues Telecom licenses to the sport's top tier.

Columbia-HTC's Andre Greipel takes 20th win of the season in Paris-Bourges. The 85th win of the Columbia-HTC team in 2009.

Vuelta a Espana points competition winner Andre Greipel added another win to an impressive 2009 record as he outsprinted the field at Paris-Bourges on Thursday.

Tyler Farrar made it two in a row Friday at the Circuit Franco-Belge. Just a day after winning the opening stage of the four-day race across the French-Belgian border, Farrar kicked his way to his 10th win on the 2009 season.

Out of favour: Thomas Voeckler may be able to repeat his stage winning heroics with Bbox Bouygues Telecom at next year's Tour de France, but not on the ProTour The decision comes just two days after the Road Race World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland, where UCI members gathered for their annual committee meeting to discuss key issues facing ...

Greipel was led to the line by Greg Henderson and released at 100 meters to pass Daniele Bennati of Liquigas and Borut Bozic moving up the center of the road the middle of the road to win by 2 bike lengths.

There will be no affect here on the GC and the focus will be on the final bunch sprint in Madrid.

Vuelta 2009, Stage 20: Millar time. Millar was an early starter, but his time held up.

Columbia's Andre Greipel won a sprint finish in the final stage of the Vuelta a Espana in Madrid as Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d'Epargne finished safely in the pack to confirm his first overall win in a grand tour.

Vuelta 2009 - Stage 18: Deignan takes the win after another long break. It's been a long time since an Irishman won a stage at a grand tour.

Lots of GC intrigue today, but the real story was off the bike... precisely, the full minute or so Cadel Evans spent off the bike waiting for a wheel change from the neutral service.

Stage 11 Live All the usual suspects on the attack today... Txurruka, Moncoutie and Hoogerland on a flyer Stage 11 Murcia - Caravaca de la Cruz, 200 kms welcome to the 11th stage of the Vuelta D'Espana from Murcia to Caravaca de la Cruz over 200 km.

David Moncoutie padded his lead in the mountains competition by winning stage 13 of the 2009 Vuelta a Espana on Saturday.

Australian Cadel Evans moved into the lead of the Vuelta a Espana after Italian Damiano Cunego won the first mountain stage of the race.

An early attack by Anthony Roux of Francaise des Jeux and Cervelo's Dominique Rollin and company met with little success.

Damiano Cunego won stage 8 of the Vuelta a EspaA a on Sunday, a mountainous, six-hour slog that ended atop the fog-shrouded categorA a especial Alto de Aitana.

195 riders took the start today our "abandons" went to three over the rest day as Robert Kiserlovski broken collarbone was confirmed; he joined Charles Wegelius and Chris Horner who fractured his hand in the mass pile up in Liege.

Italian Pro Continental team Acqua e Sapone has signed Tunisian rider Rafaa Chtioui next season whilst talented young Frenchman Tony Gallopin will ride for Cofidis for the next two seasons.