Swift wins final Tour Down Under Stage

Ben Swift won the final stage of the Tour Down Under and in doing so moved up into third place overall. Australian Cameron Meyer held onto his advantage gained in a breakaway to take the general classification title.

On the final day HTC-Highroad were looking to setup their rider Matt Goss to take the bonus seconds on offer to snatch the overall victory. However it was the Sky team who got their train working to deliver Swift and Greg Henderson to the line for a 1-2 finish.



Stage Result
1. Ben Swift - Sky
2. Greg Henderson - Sky
3. Matt Goss - HTC-Highroad

Overall Result
1. Cameron Meyer - Garmin-Cervélo
2. Matt Goss - HTC-Highroad +2"
3. Ben Swift - Sky +8"

British riders at international Continental teams 2011

An Post-Sean Kelly Team (BEL)
Andrew Fenn
Mark McNally

CC de Tavira (POR)
Tomas Swift Metcalfe

Colba-Mercury (BEL)
Hamish Haynes

Donckers Koffie-Jelly Belly (BEL)
James Spragg

Fuji-Cyclingtime.com (TWN)
Lee Rodgers

Giant Kenda Pro Cycling (TWN)
Alex Coutts

Wonderful Pistachios (USA)
Neil Coleman
Tom Faiers

Swift wins stage two Down Under

Ben Swift has won the second stage of the Tour Down Under to give him the most high-profile victory of his career so far. Swift took the win in a sprint finish ahead of Robbie McEwen and Graeme Brown. Swift was originally set to be part of the lead-out for Chris Sutton but he crashed in an incident that also injured Mark Cavendish.

Swift therefore was lead out by Geraint Thomas who himself crashed as the other sprinters rushed past him at the finish. Robbie McEwwn initially got the jump on Swift but it was the Yorkshireman who was strongest and came through to take the win.



Results
1. Ben Swift - Sky
2. Robbie McEwen - Radioshack
3. Graeme Brown - Rabobank

Tour de San Luis (17/01 - 23/01)

The Tour de San Luis starts off the international cycling season on Monday. Three British riders will be taking part - Charly Wegelius of UnitedHealthcare, as well as Dave Clarke and Rob Partridge of Endura Racing. The tough route facing them features two mountain top finishes as well as a 19.5km individual time trial.

Stage 1: San Luis - Justo Daract



Stage 2: Juana Koslay - Mirador Del Portrero



Stage 3: Buena Esperanza - Villa Mercedes



Stage 4: San Luis - San Luis I.T.T.



Stage 5: La Toma - Merlo (Mirador Del Sol)



Stage 6: Estancia Grande - La Carolina



Stage 7: San Luis - San Luis



Profiles from www.tour-sanluis.com.ar

Tom Faiers moves to US team

Tom Faiers has signed with American Continental team Wonderful Pistachios for 2011. Faiers had ridden as a neo-pro for Footon-Servetto in 2010 but was not kept on when the team became Geox possibly due to his rare heart condition which affected him last year.

While riding in the Tour of Austria, Faiers felt his heart racing due to condition called Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. Faiers quit the race immediately but that was to be the last time he rode for Footon-Servetto. Ater being cleared to race again, he is now looking to win races on the National Racing Calendar in the USA with the goal of returning to a top European team in the future.

Rapha-Condor-Sharp 2011

Graham Briggs - GBR
Ed Clancy - GBR
Dan Craven - NAM
Zak Dempster - AUS
Dean Downing - GBR
Ben Greenwood - GBR
Kristian House - GBR
James McCallum - GBR
Casey Munro - AUS
Tom Southam - GBR
Andy Tennant - GBR
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke - GBR
Dean Windsor - AUS

Motorpoint team for 2011

Marcin Bialoblocki - POL
Ian Bibby - GBR
Will Bjergfelt - GBR
Lee Davis - GBR
Malcolm Elliott - GBR
Tobyn Horton - GBR
Andrew Magnier - GBR
Jonathan McEvoy - GBR
Andrew Roche - IRE
James Sampson - GBR
Peter Williams - GBR

Endura team for opening 2011 races

Endura Racing has revealed the line-ups it will send to the opening races of the season. The first two races will be the Tour de San Luis in Argentina and the Tour Méditerranéen in France. The team will also take part in two one day races in Mumbai, India.

Tour de San Luis (17/01 - 23/01)
Iker Camaño, Dave Clarke, Maarten De Jonge, Evan Oliphant, Rene Mandri, Rob Partridge

Tour Méditerranéen (09/02 - 13/02)
Jack Bauer, Alexandre Blain, Iker Camaño, Maarten De Jonge, Rene Mandri, Rob Partridge, Alexander Wetterhall, Ian Wilkinson

Tour de Mumbai (11/02 & 13/02)
Jack Anderson, Dave Clarke, Rob Hayles, James Moss, Scott Thwaites, Callum Wilkinson

British riders at ProTour and Pro-Continental teams 2011

Garmin-Cervélo (USA)
Roger Hammond
Dan Lloyd
David Millar

HTC-High Road (USA)
Mark Cavendish

Omega Pharma-Lotto (BEL)
Adam Blythe

Saxo Bank-Sungard (DEN)
Jonathan Bellis

Sky (GBR)
Steve Cummings
Russell Downing
Alex Dowsett
Chris Froome
Jeremy Hunt
Peter Kennaugh
Ian Stannard
Ben Swift
Geraint Thomas
Bradley Wiggins

UnitedHealthcare (USA)
Charly Wegelius