Team WWE open their winnings account with a strong Team Time Trial Performance in the opening stage of the seasons first stage race.

After battling through the miserable conditions, Jonas Aaen Jørgensen takes the first win for newcomers Aker Solutions – Bergans.

Despite having the dominant sprint train, it's second place again for Cerne's Santos, as Jørgensen takes his second win in as many days.

Aker's million dollar man, Jose Alarcon makes it three from three for the new team, as they take the stage – and season - by storm.

Cerne finally make it work, delivering Santos to the line first. He also snatches the points jersey.

The season seemed to be favouring the new teams, as CSC – Orbea take a stage win when Edwin Parra Bustamante survives to take the stage.

Attacking at the very first oppurtunity, Julián Rodas outsmarted his breakaway companions, and everyone else, to take the stage and slip into the overall lead.

Continuing the trend of stage wins for the newcomers, Polish TT champ Niemiec saw off all competition to take the win by 10 seconds from nearest rival, Ratiy.

Managing to fend off his breakaway rivals, Raisin fought on bravely to take a solo win.

An uphill sprint, and Haedo takes a photo-finish win, ahead of Vespa's Carrara.

Another win for Aker and Alarcon – however, it may have been a somewhat bitter win, as Alarcon was unable to wrangle the race lead away from Rodas.[/center]

Second win this season for the italian squad, as Carrara improve on his 2nd from two days ago to take a solo win.

No one was shocked by the eventual winner, rather the manner in which he won. Taking 2nd and the 12 bonus seconds in the final stage was enough to slingshot Alarcon into the race lead, and the win, much to the dismay of Rodas.

GC	Jose Alarcon	Aker Solutions – Bergans
Points	Jose Alarcon	Aker Solutions – Bergans
Mountain	Jose Alarcon	Aker Solutions – Bergans
Youth	Jose Alarcon	Aker Solutions – Bergans
Team		Team Emu - Exports

Retaining his title, Davies takes the race win emphatically, edging out Bennati and Brown.

There's barely a wheel length in it, as Davies takes 2 wins in a row.

It's German Gerald Ciolek preventing Davies from taking three in a row. The Bianchi rider also takes the race lead.

Australian Gerrans takes the stage win on a tough final circuit, just ahead of Hollister's Proni.

Having swapped the classy black for the somewhat garish leopard print kit, Mark Cavendish takes the first win for his new team.

In a fairly difficult stage, it was Gasparotto who took highest honours from a group that had been whittled down by the infamous Willunga Hill.

Davies beats fellow countryman Mitch Docker to the line after a fast, action packed sprint finale.

Constantly staying in the front of the stage finales, and taking 2 wins along the way is enough for Davis to take both the race overall win, and the points jersey.

GC	Allan Davis	Hollister Pro Cycling
Points	Allan Davis	Hollister Pro Cycling
Mountain	Cedric Pineau	Focussed Cycling
Youth	Tosh Van Der Sande	Unicredit
Team		Team Puma - SAP

The manxman in black edges out Feillu to take the first stage of the tour.

Flugel takes on the rain and the rest of the peloton to prove he is the strongest, taking the win in the hilly finale against Rapha Condor's Froome.

Another new team to take a win, as Wegmann powers away to take the stage

By outsmarting his escapees, Lewis takes the first win for the somewhat underrated, but ever popular Aussie newcomers.

Taking a brave solo win, Westphal was able to resist the pack to take his place atop the podium.

Staying in the main group, Flugel sprinted to ensure there were no threats to his yellow jersey, as he takes the overall win.

GC	Aleksandar Flugel	Volkswagen – Siemens Cycling
Points	Fabian Wegmann	Team Trilux - Falke
Mountains	Aleksandar Flugel	Volkswagen – Siemens Cycling
Youth	Markus Fanhert	Team Trilux – Falke
Team		Jayco – Red Bull

It's a one-on-one battle between Hushovd and Bellis, but the Norwegian veteran comes out on top.

In an action-packed finale, it was Biondo who was able to finish fastest and take the highest honour.

Hishovd takes his second win of the race, clearly the strongest sprinter in the field.

Di Maggio shows his strength, riding away from all of his rivals, and taking the race lead by 17 seconds.

On the decisive stage, it was Roy who was strongest, taking the win ahead of Ginanni and Di Maggio.

After a battling performance on the final stage, Di Maggio ensured the gap never grew too large and kept the overall lead, and Venchi Pro Cycling's first ever race win.

GC	Cesare Di Maggio	Vespa Pro Cycling
Points	Jonathan Bellis	Rapha Condor - Qhubeka
Mountain	Andreas Schillinger	Team Trilux – Falke
Youth	Cesare Di Maggio	Vespa Pro Cycling
Team		Cyclevox

Taking the first scalp of the race is Russian Serebriakov, in a bunch sprint.

In the races first mountain stage, it is Salerno who takes the surprise victory, as the peloton never caught the break.

Griepel proved to be the fastest sprinter on the day, taking the win from a bunch show down.

Schadlich's time was the fastest on the day, in the this 18km time trial.

There was no stopping the pre-race favourite, Valverde, who dominated the competition on this, the queen stage of the race.

Two in a row for the former world champion, as he stamps his authority on this race.

Griepel takes his second win of the race, in a powerful display of sprinting.

No surprise as to the race winner, as Valverde takes the overall, points and mountain classifications, much the relief of his team, who are depending largely on the spaniard for a good season.

GC	Alejandro Valverde	Proximus – Trek
Points	Alejandro Valverde	Proximus – Trek
Mountain	Alejandro Valverde	Proximus – Trek
Youth	Vadim Ratiy	Volkswagen – Siemens Cycling
Team		Volkswagen – Siemens Cycling

Bennati shows his world class for the first time this season. The Italian superstar gets things going for the new team, Team Puma – SAP

Bennati with another great win. No time for celebrating this time though. He just edged Manan and Sutton for the win, making his second classic win this season.

Bobridge scores a surprising win for Oz Cycling Project. With an absolutely outstanding attack, more than 90 kilometres from the finish line, he succeeds, to take one of the most spectacular win so far this season.

Ziegler surprised all sprinters with an attack inside the final 5 kilometres. He comfortably held on, outsprinting Quinziato, who was the only one that tried to follow his move.

After yesterday’s failure, the sprinters were determined to have a bunch sprint today. Thor Hushovd, the “God of Thunder,� proved strongest, after a superb leadout from his teammates

The first hilly stage of the race, Sánchez was the strongest and smartest, outsprinting Valverde for the win. His win also gave him the KoM jersey, and the same time as overall race leader, Valverde.

Roche takes Pirelli – Alfa Romeo’s first win of the season. He had a horrible day yesterday, but today he finally showed his potential.

Luis Leon takes the final stage, in a bunch sprint, showing his worth and importance to the Portuguese team.

Sánchez takes the overall title in Mallorca, mainly thanks to his superb stage win on stage 3. The win gave him 20 valuable bonus seconds, which turned out decisive, as he took the overall by 12 seconds to Valverde.

GC	Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez	California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
Points	Alejandro Valverde	Proximus – Trek
Mountain	Manuel Lloret	Team Bianchi
Youth	Cesare Di Maggio	Team Venchi ProCycling
Team		T.CS Bank - OJSC

Bellis takes a dominant win on the first stage in South Africa. It was a quite surprising win, considering the stage was ranked flat, but superb positioning, concluded with a strong kick to the line, gave him a strong win.

The first hilly stage in South Africa saw a breakaway succeed. Mori held on to a superb solo win, after attacking away in the last 15 kilometres. The stage win also gave him the yellow jersey.

Another breakaway succeeded, this time it was only two men fighting for the win. Partridge proved to be the strongest, and with almost 3 minutes down to the peloton, he confidently moved into the race lead.

Rapha Condor – Qhubeka continued their great campaign in South Africa. Bellis took the stage win in a sprint between the main contenders for the overall win.

Stage 5 saw the 3rd successive breakaway in South Africa. Bar outsprinted his companions, and took a nice win for Team Puma - SAP/spoiler]


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Arguably the Queen Stage of this tour, and it was a great day for Jayco – RedBull. Gerrans took the stage win, and also moved to 3rd overall.

A criterium stage ends Tour of South Africa. Santos took the win, continuing his solid early season form.

Bellis takes the overall in South Africa, after a great first half of the race. He had some difficulties on the Queen Stage, but he defended himselves superb, and held on to the lead. A much deserved win for him and their team.

GC	Jonathan Bellis	Rapha Condor – Qhubeka
Points	Jonathan Bellis	Rapha Condor – Qhubeka
Mountain	Chen Shikai	Team Meiji – Fuji
Team		Team Puma – SAP

The aggressive German, Flügel, takes a big win in Switzerland, thanks to an attack right before the top of the final climb of the day. He descended fearless, and took a great win, having all the time in the world to celebrate on the finish line.

Trusov finally takes a win for T.CS Bank – OJSC. They’ve had a slow start to their season; they can only hope this is the turning point for them.

Grau joined the early breakaway, and his well-timed sprint saw him just hold on for the stage win. The chasing peloton came right behind him, but nonetheless, a well deserved win for Grau.

The Queen Stage of this year’s Volta ao Algarve, and Sanchez took the stage in a convincing way. No one was able to follow, and the win also gave him the leader’s jersey.

After being unlucky on earlier stages, Pokerstars.com bounced back on stage 4. Dumoulin proved strongest in the bunch sprint, taking a dominant win.

Boom had been solid on the hills in here in Portugal, but he proved outstanding on the time trial. His stage win also gave him and his team a nice 2nd overall, and some much wanted points.

Luis Leon Sanchez continued his great early season form, taking the overall win in Algarve. The key was definitely his win on stage 3, where he gained time the other contenders never managed to take back.

GC	Luis Leon Sanchez Gil	Cerne
Points	Sergio Marinangeli	Team Venchi ProCycling
Mountains	Jordi Grau	UniCredit
Youth	Peter Sagan	Team Venchi ProCycling
Team		UniCredit

Costa took a somewhat surprising win on �the white roads� in Italy. He, together with 2 others, attacked with more than 100 kilometres to the finish line, and they held on. Costa was clearly the strongest in the sprint, taking a brilliant win for his team

The Manxman takes a solid win on the opening stage in Malaysia. The other sprinters didn’t really stand a chance when he first opened his sprint.

Dall’Antonia was the strongest in this tough, uphill sprint. He came from a long way behind, just flying past everyone else.

Marzano took the first mountain stage of the race, being the strongest in the final sprint. The win also gave him the yellow jersey.

Caruso finished the job for Ferrari – ERG on today’s stage, as his team worked very hard throughout the whole day, to secure Caruso a good position. And they succeeded, as Caruso started his sprint early, and held on to the win. Thanks to bonifications, he also took the race

Marzano proved strongest on the famous Genting Highlands climb, and took the stage win. He also got a little gap down to the closest followers, meaning he just took back the ra

The stage will be remembered for its crashes, but it was Ciolek who took the win, no one was able to challenge him after he made his move.

Wei proved the smartest when a breakaway of 11 riders were allowed to fight for the stage win. His attack was perfect, and none of the others were able to catch him.

Napolitano finally takes a stage win down in Malaysia. After missing a great opportunity on stage 6, it must have been a relief to him and his team manager.

Again, a breakaway was allowed to fight it out for the stage win. Kilun was the strongest, a strong attack saw him hold on for the glory.

The second successive win for Jayco – Red Bull, who prove to be consistently strong this year, as Moreno takes the win ahead of Lagutin and Matthews.

Marzano fought bravely in the final stage to secure the overall win, after several strong performances throughout the entire race.

GC	Marco Marzano	Volkswagen – Siemens
Points	Marco Marzano	Volkswagen – Siemens
Mountain	Marco Marzano	Volkswagen – Siemens
Youth	Peter Stetina	California Giant
Team		Jayco – Red Bull

Bellis finished the job for Rapha Condor – Qhubeka. Their sprint train proved superb, and Bellis easily took the win, and naturally the yellow jersey.

Bellis took his second stage win in a row. Another bunch sprint, another good lead out from Rapha Condor – Qhubeka, and another win from Bellish, increasing his overall lead.

The Bellis show goes on. The pace was fast over the final hill, and Bellis, together with 7 others made it in the first group. In the sprint, Bellis was once again dominant, making it three in a row.

A true show of dominance from the British specialist, taking 4 out of 4. No one can dispute Bellis' dominance here in South Africa..

No surprises as to the overall, really; Bellis dominated from day one, to secure the overall, and a massive points haul for his British / African team.

GC	Jonathan Bellis	Rapha Condor – Qhubeka
Points	Jonathan Bellis	Rapha Condor – Qhubeka
Mountain	Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio	Team CSC – Orbea
Team		Jayco – Red Bull

The ever dominant Alarcon shows us why he's worth €1million, taking yet another mountain top finish ahead of a first-class field, including Van Der Broeck and Valverde.

Vansummeren was able to sneak a win away from the big name sprinters, in a display of both cunning and strength, as he took advantage of a moment of confusion in the peloton.

Whilst the big names fought amongst themselves for GC honours, it was early runner Schadlich who beat all competition to take a well deserved win in the TT.

Despite being on less favoured terrain, and in a TT, Alarcon was still able to dig deep during the time trial to secure his overall win, carried forward by his stunning performance on the mountain top finish two days earlier.

GC	Jose Alarcon	Aker Solutions – Bergans
Points	Lucas Schadlich	Volkswagen – Siemens
Mountain	Valerio Agnoli	Team Venchi Pro Cycling
Youth	Jose Alarcon	Aker Solutions – Bergans
Team		Aker Solutions – Bergans

Making his move 5km to the finish, Gaudin was able to stave off the assault of several cobble-sprinters to hold on to a massive win, much to the dismay of those behind.

Perfection may be the only way to describe Sambis' ride; on the day, no one was able to match him, as he rode away from the peloton with 63km to go, and proceeded to tear apart the remaining break away, before rounding it off by out-sprinting Nordhaug.

It was a day largely dominated by cobbled specialists Bpost and Koppert, but it was Veelers who was able to take the win for his dutch team in a perfectly timed sprint, denying Vanspeybrouck the dominant season he enjoyed last season.

Continuing a strong showing for the Netherlands, Lars Boom takes a hotly contested win, with Vanspeybrouck and his seemingly dominant Bpost team once again denied the elusive cobblestone victory..

Morizot proved strongest on the opening prologue in Taiwan. He won the stage with a full second, and naturally took the leader's jersey.

Haedo continued Aker Solutions - Bergans' great start to the season, winning stage 2 in Taiwan. He had the perfect position going into the sprint, and he took good care of it.

The first hilly stage in Taiwan turned out harder than expected. And in the final uphill sprint, Kiserlovski was clearly the strongest. It was a great start for his overall ambitions.

Bazajev, the strongest sprinter in the race, took a deserved win on stage 4. His team worked hard for him, and he held off Haedo in the sprint, giving him his first win of the season.

Stage 5 was the first mountain stage, and also the first stage where a breakaway succeeded. Seeldrayers proved strongest in the uphill sprint, taking the stage win, and suddenly he was back in contention for a podium place overall.

In horrible weather, Kairelis took Emu Export's second win in a row. He picked the right breakaway, and a late attack, gave him all the time in he world to celebrate on the line.

Stage 7 was another opportunity for attacking riders to shine, as the breakaway succeeded once more. And again a rider from Emu Export won a stage, they were really on a roll now. This time the breakaway just managed to hold on to their lead and Montenegro was, somewhat surprising, the strongest finisher in the group, taking the fame.

Another success for a breakaway, this time it was a young rider taking advantage of it. Kelderman beat Pereyra in the sprint for the win.

Krasnoperov won stage 9 of Tour of Taiwan. He got himself in the right breakaway, and in the uphill sprint, he was simply the strongest. The gap down to the peloton also meant he was back in contention for overall glory.

Stage 10 was definitely the Queen stage of this tour, and Carrara was definitely the strongest in the end. A favourite group of 12 riders were set to battle it out for the stage win, but Carrara simply blew them away in the sprint, taking the stage win, and gapping everyone else with at least 14 seconds on the final kilometer.

GC	Mikayil Krasnoperov	Emu Export
Points	Assan Bazajev	Pirelli - Alfa Romeo
Mountain	Kevin Seeldrayers	Emu Export
Youth	Mikayil Krasnoperov	Emu Export
Team		Emu Export

Giro del Trentino, a mountainous race, started with a 12 kilometers long time trial. Stannard did what he came for, he won the time trial, and secured the leader's jersey, at least for one day.

Stetina tried his luck in a breakaway on stage 2, and that was a clever move. He was clearly the strongest climber in the breakaway, holding off the best climbers from the peloton aswell. His victory also gave him the yellow jersey.

Stage 3 was the only flat stage of this tour, and Jiriakov was the strongest finisher, taking Rapha's second stage win in Trentino. No doubts this was a successive race for Rapha Condor - Qhubeka.

The last stage in Trentino was another hard mountain stage. This time there were no successive breakaway, and it was all about the favourites. Pozzovivo showed his class, taking the stage, and the overall in his home country.

Pozzovivo's brilliant display on the final stage gave him the overall victory. There were lots of great climbers in this race, and it must have been great, both for Pozzovivo and his team manager, to see that the Italian still got the climbing legs.

GC	Domenico Pozzovivo	Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
Points	Domenico Pozzovivo	Vespa - Aprilia - De Rosa
Mountain	Peter Stetina	California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
Youth	Peter Stetina	California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized
Team		Ferrari - ERG