Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne

Mark Cavendish has won Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne today, the first British victory in this long running race on the first weekend of the Belgian season. The race always seemed likely to come down to a sprint finish and the Sky team came to the front of the peloton to sweep up the breakaway with 5km to go. From then on Sky kept control despite challenges from Lotto-Belisol and FDJ to setup Cavendish perfectly for the sprint. The Manx rider got the jump on his rivals and won comfortably despite a late challenge from Yauheni Hutarovich.



Result
1. Mark Cavendish - Sky
2. Yauheni Hutarovich - FDJ
3. Kenny Van Hummel - Vacansoleil-DCM

Tiernan-Locke wins again!

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has won the final stage of the Tour du Haut-Var and with it taken the general classification victory. The result follows hard on the heels of his Tour Méditerranéen win last week.

Tiernan-Locke attacked at the start of the penultimate causing a small lead group to form but was not able to make a decisive break. A slight descent before the final climb up into the village of Fayence allowed a group of four riders to get away including Julien El Fares and Julien Simon. They were unable to build a large advantage and as the climb began Tiernan-Locke was once again the first to attack. He quickly caught the breakaway and was able to take what looked like a comfortable win.

The stage victory was also enough to give Tiernan-Locke his second overall race win both of the year and of his whole career.

Watch the stage courtesy of France 3 Côte d’Azur:

Tour du Haut Var-matin dimanche 19.02

Stage Result
1. Jon Tiernan-Locke - Endura Racing
2. Julien El Fares - Team Type 1 +1"
3. Julien Simon - Saur-Sojasun +4"

Overall Result
1. Jon Tiernan-Locke - Endura Racing
2. Julien El Fares - Team Type 1 +6"
3. Julien Simon - Saur-Sojasun +9"

Cummings fractures pelvis

Steve Cummings has fractured his pelvis after a fall on the 3rd stage of the Volta ao Algarve. The accident happened on the stage to Alto do Malhao where Cummings took the victory last year. It is estimated that the injury will keep Cummings out of action for at least a month.

Stage and overall win for Tiernan-Locke

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has won the final stage of the Tour Méditerranéen and with it the overall title. Tiernan-Locke broke clear of the peloton on the climb of the Col du Corps de Garde to take the victory in style.

The Col de Garde was being used as a replacement for Mont Faron which was unrideable due to snow. However this change in finishing climb did not deter Tiernan-Locke from his plan to attack, which he carried out to perfection managing convincingly pull away from the field where his closest competition came from noted mountain climbers Dani Navarro and Stefano Garzelli.

Tiernan-Locke will now be full of confidence heading to the Tour du Haut Var, another stage race which should suit his characteristics.



Result
1. Jon Tiernan-Locke - Endura Racing
2. Dani Navarro - Saxo Bank +17"
3. Stefano Garzelli - Acqua & Sapone +17"

© Endura Racing

Overall Result
1. Jon Tiernan-Locke - Endura Racing
2. Michel Kreder - Garmin-Barracuda +27"
2. Dani Navarro - Saxo Bank +31"

Win no.2 for Cavendish

Mark Cavendish took the bunch sprint victory in stage 5 of the Tour of Qatar today. It was a more routine win for Cavendish with the peloton remaining intact to the finish and no-one being able to match his burst of speed to the line.



Result
1. Mark Cavendish - Sky
2. Daniel Oss - Liquigas
3. Peter Sagan - Liquigas

Tiernan-Locke surprises sprinters in Tour Med

Jonathan Tiernan-Locke took victory in the opening stage of the Tour Méditerranéen this afternoon. Tiernan-Locke attacked in the undulating finale and aided by a crash in the peloton was able to hold off the sprinters to the line in Meyreuil. The win gets Tiernan-Locke off to a perfect start with his new team Endura Racing.



Result
1. Jonathan Tiernan-Locke - Endura Racing
2. Yauheni Hutarovich - FDJ
3. Sébastien Chavanel - Europcar

First win of season for Cavendish

Mark Cavendish took his victory for Sky and as world champion in Qatar today. On a typically windy day on the Qatar peninsula the peloton was split into many small groups. Many of the top sprinters managed to make the lead group and it was race leader Tom Boonen who lead out the sprint. He had though gone too early considering the strong headwind and Cavendish was able to nip past to take the win. Adam Blythe also made the lead split and finished in 11th place.



Result
1. Mark Cavendish - Sky
2. Tom Boonen - Omega Pharma-Quick Step
3. Aidis Kruopis - Greenedge

Repeat performance for Fenn

Andrew Fenn took his second victory in a row in the Trofeo Migjorn. Fenn won the second of the series of Mallorcan races with another dominant sprint finish.



Result
1. Andrew Fenn - Omega Pharma-Quick Step
2. Alexander Porsev - Katusha
3. Matteo Pelucchi - Europcar

Fenn wins Trofeo Palma

Andrew Fenn has taken his first win for his new WorldTour team Omega Pharma-Quick Step. Fenn took victory in the Trofeo Palma de Mallorca in a sprint finish. Fenn's team worked hard for him throughout the race and he was able to repay them with a strong finish which no-one else could match.



Result
1. Andrew Fenn - Omega Pharma-Quick Step
2. André Schulze - NetApp
3. Alexander Porsev - Katusha