Wiggins wins time-trial to secure Romandie title

Bradley Wiggins has won the hilly final time-trial of the Tour de Romandie to take the overall win. Wiggins started the stage in second place, nine seconds behind Luis Leon Sanchez. However the Spaniard would not be a factor in the battle for the general classification win. The strongest challenge came from young American Andrew Talansky, who set the time to beat in Crans-Montana. Wiggins suffered a slight mechanical problem when his chain came off but remained calm and was able to beat Talansky on the stage by less than a second.

The stage win gave Wiggins the overall victory by 16 seconds. It is his second World Tour ranked stage race vicory of the year following on from Paris-Nice in March, and his third in total as he also won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré last year.



Stage Result
1. Bradley Wiggins - Sky
2. Andrew Talansky - Garmin-Barracuda +0.7"
3. Richie Porte - Sky +16"

Overall Result
1. Bradley Wiggins - Sky
2. Andrew Talansky - Garmin-Barracuda +16"
3. Rui Costa - Movistar +36"

Blain wins Rutland-Melton Classic

Franchman Alexandre Blain of Endura Racing won the Rutland-Melton International CiCLE Classic today to continue his team's strong start to the season. The race was run in very wet conditions with the route having to be changed to avoid flooding and very few riders finishing. A leading group of 12 riders were able to escape and Blain made many attempts to breakaway. Eventually he got away and quickly built up a commanding lead which enabled him to take the win by almost two minutes. Behind the chase had broken up into small groups and Canadian Jamie Sparling took second place ahead of the leading British rider, James McCallum.

Result
1. Alex Blain - Endura Racing
2. Jamie Sparling - Raleigh-GAC +1'59"
3. James McCallum - Rapha-Condor-Sharp +2'02"
4. Tobias Erler - Arbö Gebrüder Weiss-Oberndorfer +2'39"
5. Yanto Barker - UK Youth +2'57"

Rutland - Melton CiCLE Classic on Sunday

Rutland – Melton CiCLE Classic - Britain's only UCI ranked one day race - takes place this Sunday. The course covers 183km both on and off road around Rutland before the finish in Melton Mowbray. Alongside all the British teamscompeting there will also be teams from Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Austria, Greece, USA, Algeria and Paraguay. The current start list is as follows.

Endura (GBR) 1 DEMPSTER, Zak 2 ANDERSON, Jack 3 BLAIN, Alexandre 4 PARTRIDGE, Rob 5 WINDSOR, Dean 6 DOWNING, Russell	Cycle Premier-Kovert Racing (GBR) 7 BERLING, Michael 8 ADAMS, Stephen 9 BJERGFELT, William 10 MOZLEY, Jon 11 FALDER, Russell 12 BLACK, Tom	Node 4-Giordana (GBR) 13 ROGERS, Rico 14 BIALOBLOCKI, Marcin 15 CRONSHAW, Matt 16 NORTHEY, Mike 17 LAVERY, Philip 18 WILLIAMS, Pete
Team Raleigh-GAC (GBR) 19 SULZBERGER, Bernard 20 HOLLOWAY, Daniel 21 HOLOHAN, Liam 22 HORTON, Tobyn 23 OLIPHANT, Evan 24 HAMPTON, Russell	Rapha–Condor-Sharp (GBR) 25 ROSSI, Oliver 26 GRENDA, Ben 27 ENGLISH, Felix 28 GRIVELL-MELLOR, Luke 29 JENNINGS, Christopher 30 KENNAUGH, Timothy	Hargroves Cycles–Trant (GBR) 31 FIELD, Ian 32 CRAWFORTH, Jody 33 HARGROVES, Andrew 34 JAMES, Steve
Glud & Marstrand–LRO (DEN) 35 OSTERGAARD, Niki 36 JORGENSEN, Kasper 37 GADE JACOBSEN, Mathias 38 STEREBO, Rasmus 39 HANSEN, Jesper 40 CLAUSEN, Patrick	Velo 29-OTR Vankru (GBR) 41 NORLEDGE, Joe 42 MARK, Christopher 43 SMITH, Dan 44 ORR, Rob 45 MOYE, Anthony	Team UK Youth (GBR) 50 GUSTAVSSON, Niklas 51 OPIE, Chris 52 McGOWAN, David 53 TANGUY, Richard 54 STEWART, James 55 LEWIS, Gruff
KTM-Murcia (ESP) 56 THOMAS, Simon 57 PEREZ, Juan Miguel 58 RIENDA, Juan Carlos 59 CASARUBIO, Oscar 60 GONZALEZ, Hugo 61 JUAREZ, Ramon	Deschuytter-Westkerke (BEL) 62 BULTINCK, Jimmy 63 VOLCKAERT, Tom 64 DELAMEILLEURE, Matt 65 LAPIERRE, Ward 66 LIBBRECHT, Emmanuel 67 VANDERMEIREN, Ward	Geofco-Ville D’Alger (ALG) 68 69 70 71 72 73
ASFRA-Flanders (BEL) 74 BOWATER, Perry 75 BARNES, Michael 76 HEASTHCOTE, Richard 77 McCARTHY, Eoin 78 NICHOLSON, Michael 79 ROBERTSON, Scott	CMI-Trilogy Group (USA) 80 GUCWA, Zbigniew 81 JULIEN, Sebastian 82 GREEN, Simeon 83 SOULA, Guillaume	Metaltek-Scott (GBR) 84 SIX, Marcel 85 APPLEBY, Dale 86 GEE, Matt 87 HALPIN, Stephen 88 LLOYD, Rhys 89 WILSON, Steve
IG Markets-Sigma Sport (GBR) 90 RICHARDSON, Simon 91 LAST, Tom 92 LLOYD, Daniel 93 CRAVEN, Dan 94 LAMPIER, Steve 95 SYBRANDY, Wouter	Arbö Gebrüder Weiss-Oberndorfer (AUT) 96 ERLER, Tobias 97 SCHRANGL, Alexander 98 RANACHER, Lukas 99 GROMER, Philipp 100 GOGL, Lichael 101 SCHINAGL, Philip	Wheelbase-MGB (GBR) 102 REID, Stuart 103 PENN, William 104 SUMNER, Grahame 105 PULLAR, Jack 106 GREENHAULGH, Tony
Herbalife-Leisure Lakes (GBR) 107 GILHAM, Kit 108 HAWDON, Andrew 109 HASSAN, Robbie 110 COUPE, Andrew 111 CUTSWORTH, Jack 112 KAY, Alistair	VanillaBikes.Com (GBR) 113 GREENWOOD, Ben 114 BYRNE, Dillon 115 ROBINSON, Alisair 116 JACKSON, Samuel 117 FINN, Ashley	Performance-CMI (GBR) 118 MURISON, Al 119 HOTCHKISS, Todd 120 RYAN, Connor 121 122 DUNBAR, Luke
Sportscover-Altura (GBR) 123 BROWN, Ashley 124 MORALEE, Duncan 125 DUGGLEBY, Adam 126 THWAITES, Mark	Spin Rotor Racing (GBR) 127 SCOTT, Jamie 128 LONDORS, Paul 129 PALMER, David 130 ROBERTSON, Paul	BC East Midlands (GBR) 131 HENRY, Ryan 132 COYLE, Chris 133 BARRATT, Matt 134 JENNINGS, Matt
DirtwheelsCycles (GBR) 135 PERRY, Mark 136 ROSE, Graham 137 BULMER, Matthew 138 WHITEHEAD, Zak 139 DROGER, Dieter	ETCETERA-WorldOfBike (GRE) 140 VAN DE SCHUEREN, Kenny 141 IONNIDIS, Nikolaos 142 KATRAKIS, Christos 143 KONSTANTINIDIS, Konstant. 144 SCHULTZ, Phillip 145 TOLLES, Joachim	Hope Racing (GBR) 146 OLDHAM, Paul 147 WILLIAMS, Matthew 148 BOOTH, Daniel 149 THOMPSON, James 150 COLLINS, Dave
Team Wallis Cycles (GBR) 151 SMAIL, Robert 152 ABBOTT, Stephen 153 TIPPER, Jacob 154 CRELLIN, John 155 NICHOLSON, Calum	Loughborough University (GBR) 160 KING, Alexander 161 NICHOLS, Dave 162 THELWELL, Michael 163 ULMER, Matthew	GWR-Swindon (GBR) 164 DUNCOMB-ROGERS, Brock 165 WIECKOWSKI, Jess 166 DENNY, Rupert 167 WILKINSON, Chris
Team Corley Cycles (GBR) 168 JONES, Matthew 169 COX, Ashley 170 STONES, Liam 171 SMITH, Michael	Twenty3C.co.uk-Orbea (GBR) 172 LYONS, Andy 173 SZLACHTA, Wojciech 174 BERRIL, Clem 175 ATKINS, Lewis	GB U23 Academy (GBR) 176 YATES, Simon 177 DOULL, Owain 178 GALLAGHER, Kenta 179 FERGUSON, Grant

British riders in International races (28 April - 4 May)

GP Industria & Artigianato - Larciano (ITA) 28/04
David McLean - Meridiana-Kamen Team

Giro Della Toscana (ITA) 29/04
Adam Blythe - BMC Racing
David McLean - Meridiana-Kamen Team

Paris - Mantes-en-Yvelines (FRA) 29/04
Hamish Haynes - Colba-Superano Ham
James Spragg - Geofco-Ville d'Alger

1 Meiprijs - Ereprijs Victor De Bruyne (BEL) 01/05
Matt Green - Marco Polo-Donckers Koffie
Dan McLay - Lotto-Belisol U23
Josh Papworth - Jakroo-Fuji Test Team
Dan Patten - Soenens-Construkt Glas

Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt (GER) 01/05
David Millar - Garmin-Barracuda

4 Jours de Dunkerque (FRA) 04/05-08/05
Andrew Fenn - Omega Pharma-Quick Step

Sky announce team for Giro d'Italia

Sky have announced their team for the Giro d'Italia with five British riders included in the lineup. Mark Cavendish will be looking to add to the seven stage wins he has amassed in previous years, while Colombian Rigoberto Urán is likely to be the leader for the General Classification.

Team Sky
Mark Cavendish (GBR)
Bernhard Eisel (AUT)
Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP)
Sergio Henao (COL)
Peter Kennaugh (COL)
Ian Stannard (GBR)
Ben Swift (GBR)
Geraint Thomas (GBR)
Rigoberto Urán (COL)

Wiggins wins Romandie stage 1 in sprint

Result
1. Bradley Wiggins - Sky
2. Lieuwe Westra - Vacansoleil-DCM
3. Paolo Tiralongo - Astana

Geraint Thomas wins Romandie prologue

Result
1. Geraint Thomas - Sky
2. Giacomo Nizzolo - Radioshack-Nissan
3. Mark Cavendish - Sky

British riders in International races (21-27 April)

Arno Wallaard Memorial (NED) 21/04
Yanto Barker - UK Youth
Chris Bartlett - Marco Polo-Donckers Koffie
James Lowesly-Williams - UK Youth
Greg Mansell - UK Youth
Chris Opie - UK Youth

Liège - Bastogne - Liège (BEL) 22/04
Luke Rowe - Sky

Presidential Tour of Turkey (TUR) 22/04-29/04
Andrew Fenn - Omega Pharma-Quick Step

Ronde van Noord-Holland (NED) 22/04
Yanto Barker - UK Youth
James Lowesly-Williams - UK Youth
Greg Mansell - UK Youth
Chris Opie - UK Youth

Tour de Korea (KOR) 22/04-29/04
Alex Coutts - RTS Racing
Michael Cuming - Rapha-Condor-Sharp
Dean Downing - Rapha-Condor-Sharp
Richard Handley - Rapha-Condor-Sharp
Kristian House - Rapha-Condor-Sharp
Lee Rodgers - RTS Racing

Tour de Romandie (SUI) 24/04-29/04
Mark Cavendish - Sky
Chris Froome - Sky
Jeremy Hunt - Sky
Geraint Thomas - Sky
Bradley Wiggins - Sky

Tour de Bretagne (FRA) 25/04-01/05
George Atkins - Great Britain
Ian Bibby - Endura Racing
Mark Christian - Great Britain
Sam Harrison - Great Britain
Joe Kelly - Great Britain
Jonathan McEvoy - Endura Racing
Tom Moses - Great Britain
Rob Partridge - Endura Racing
Erick Rowsell - Endura Racing
Alistair Slater - Great Britain
Scott Thwaites - Endura Racing

A day of many seconds for Russell Downing

Russell Downing has finished second overall in the Circuit des Ardennes after two second places on the final day of the race. The first stage of the day was a 25km long team time trial won by the Itera-Katusha team. Endura Racing finished in second place 19 seconds back. The result moved Downing into second place overall behind Marek Rutkiewicz of CCC Polsat who had been part of the winning break on the previous stage.

The second stage of the day was won by Stephane Rossetto, the sole survivor from a breakaway group. Behind Rossetto the race was split into pieces with both Downing and Rutkiewicz making it into the first chase group. Downing won the sprint for second place and took four bonus seconds but it was not enough to prevent Rutkiewicz from taking the overall victory.

Stage 3 Result
1. Itera-Katusha
2. Endura Racing +19"
3. Astana Continental +50"

Stage 4 Result
1. Stephane Rossetto - CC Nogent-sur-Oise
2. Russell Downing - Endura Racing +17"
3. Tim Wellens - Lotto-Belisol U23 +17"

Overall Result
1. Marek Rutkiewicz - CCC Polsat-Polkowice
2. Russell Downing - Endura Racing +4"
3. Vyacheslav Kuznetsov - Itera-Katusha +19"

Russell Downing wins stage 1 at Circuit des Ardennes

Result
1. Russell Downing - Endura Racing
2. Mauro Richeze - Team Nippo
3. Patrick Clausen - Glud & Marstrand-LRØ

British riders in International races (6-12 April)

Circuit des Ardennes International (BEL) 06/04-08/04
Russell Downing - Endura Racing

Paris - Roubaix (FRA) 08/04
Jeremy Hunt - Sky
Ian Stannard - Sky

Dwars Door Het Hageland (BEL) 09/04
Chris Bartlett - Marco Polo-Donckers Koffie
Robert Crampton - K.W.C. Heist Zuiderkempen V.Z.W.
Matt Green - Marco Polo-Donckers Koffie
Mike Gregg - Terra Footwear-Bicycle Line
Mark McNally - An Post-Sean Kelly
James Spragg - Geofco-Ville d'Alger
Jake Tanner - Geofco-Ville d'Alger
Chris Wilkinson - Terra Footwear-Bicycle Line
Josh Yetman - Terra Footwear-Bicycle Line

Rund um Köln (GER) 09/04
Mark Christian - An Post-Sean Kelly
Mark McNally - An Post-Sean Kelly

De Brabantse Pijl (BEL) 11/04
Adam Blythe - BMC Racing

Tour du Loir et Cher E Provost (FRA) 11/04-14/04
Ian Bibby - Endura Racing
Russell Downing - Endura Racing