Bellis plans comeback

Jonathan Bellis is hoping to make his comeback at the British Championships in June. Bellis suffered serious head injuries in a scooter accident last September. Bellis was placed in an induced coma for several weeks and only left hospital in March. Saxo Bank is planning for his return to the team after the championships.

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Tour de Romandie stage 2

1. Mark Cavendish - HTC-Columbia
2. Danilo Hondo - Lampre-Farnese Vini
3. Robbie Hunter - Garmin-Transitions

Mark Cavendish pulled from Tour de Romandie after obscene gesture (guardian.co.uk)

East Midlands Classic

1. Michael Berling - Glud & Marstrand
2. Dan Craven - Rapha-Condor-Sharp
3. Yanto Barker - Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago

Paris - Roubaix

Result
1. Fabian Cancellara - Saxo Bank
2. Thor Hushovd - Cervélo Test Team +2'00"
3. Juan Antonio Flecha - Sky +2'00"
4. Roger Hammond - Cervélo Test Team +3'14"
5. Tom Boonen - Quick Step +3'14"

Success for Bibby in Mallorca

Ian Bibby has won the first stage of the Cinturón Ciclista a Mallorca. Bibby, who is riding for the GB national team in the race, won the 2.2km prologue time trial by one second from Toni Tauler. Peter Williams and Ed Clancy finished in fourth and fifth places also riding for the national team.

Result
1. Ian Bibby
2. Toni Tauler +1"
3. David Muntaner +1"

Cancellara dominates Ronde van Vlaanderen

Fabian Cancellara has won the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) after breaking away from Tom Boonen on the penultimate climb of the day. The pair had split away from the field on a previous climb and were being chased by a trio including David Millar as well as Phillipe Gilbert and Björn Leukemans.

Cancellara made a big effort on the Muur climb as simply powered away from Boonen who had no response. By the top Cancellara had got enough of a gap to be able to time-trial to victory over the final 15km. Boonen had to be content with second place. Millar also suffered on the Muur and dropped back to the main chase group alongside compatriots Roger Hammond and Geraint Thomas.

Phillipe Gilbert won the two-man sprint for third place whilst Hammond came third in the bunch sprint to finish seventh overall. Cancellara's win is his third Monument victory as he previously won Milan-San Remo in 2008 and Paris-Roubaix in 2006.

Result
1. Fabian Cancellara - Saxo Bank
2. Tom Boonen - Quick Step +1'15"
3. Phillipe Gilbert - Omega Pharma-Lotto +2'11"

Millar wins time-trial and overall in De Panne

David Millar won the afternoon time-trial in the Driedaagse De Panne today to take the overall victory in the race. Millar had figured prominently in the breaks on the first two days to set himself up with the opportunity against the clock. Millar beat Lieuwe Westra by seconds in the time-trial but more importantly gained 47" and 1'19 from Andriy Grivko and Luca Paolini, respectively, the previous joint leaders.

The victory is Millar's fourth overall stage race win. His previous wins were the Tour de Picardie in 2003, the Circuit de la Sarthe in 2001 and the Post Danmark Rundt also in 2001.



Stage 3b Result
1. David Millar - Garmin-Transitions
2. Lieuwe Westra - Vacansoleil +5"
3. Svein Tuft - Garmin-Transitions +24"

Overall Result
1. David Millar - Garmin-Transitions
2. Andriy Grivko - Astana +35"
3. Luca Paolini - Acqua & Sapone +1'07"