Ben Swift has won the final stage in the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon. Swift took the victory comfortably after a strong leadout by Russell Downing. The win is Swift's third of the year following two stages of the Tour Down Under.
Result
1. Ben Swift - Sky
2. Francisco Ventoso - Movistar
3. Ruben Perez - Euskaltel
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Saturday, 16 April 2011
Rowe wins ZLM Tour
Luke Rowe has won the ZLM Tour, the third race of the Under 23 Nations Cup. It is the second time that Rowe has won the race - he also triumphed in 2009.
Result
1. Luke Rowe - Great Britain
2. Robin Steeniut - Belgium +0"
3. Youcef Reguigui - Algeria +0"
Result
1. Luke Rowe - Great Britain
2. Robin Steeniut - Belgium +0"
3. Youcef Reguigui - Algeria +0"
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Paris - Roubaix
British riders starting Paris - Roubaix:
Garmin-Cervelo
Roger Hammond
Sky
Jeremy Hunt
Ian Stannard
Geraint Thomas
Bradley Wiggins
HTC-Highroad
Mark Cavendish
Garmin-Cervelo
Roger Hammond
Sky
Jeremy Hunt
Ian Stannard
Geraint Thomas
Bradley Wiggins
HTC-Highroad
Mark Cavendish
Friday, 8 April 2011
Bibby wins Cinturón stage 3
Ian Bibby has won stage three of the Cinturón a Mallorca by winning the sprint from a nine man escape group. Iker Camaño of Endura Racing has taken the lead after previous leader Jose Belda missed the move forming on a descent. There were three other British riders in the leading group. Camaño's teammate Rob Partidge worked hard to enable the breakaway to be successful, and two riders from Pendragon, James McLaughlin and Rhys Lloyd, also made the escape.

Result
1. Ian Bibby - Motorpoint
2. Erik Hofmann - Activity Racing
3. Bernard Oberholzer - Price Your Bike
Overall Standing
1. Iker Camaño - Endura Racing
2. Tadej Valjavec - Manisaspor +32"
3. Ian Bibby - Motorpoint +58"

Result
1. Ian Bibby - Motorpoint
2. Erik Hofmann - Activity Racing
3. Bernard Oberholzer - Price Your Bike
Overall Standing
1. Iker Camaño - Endura Racing
2. Tadej Valjavec - Manisaspor +32"
3. Ian Bibby - Motorpoint +58"
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Scheldeprijs victory for Cavendish again
Mark Cavendish took the sprint finish of the Scheldeprijs today to record his second victory of the season. Cavendish won the race easily after a crash took out two of his main rivals, Tyler Farrar and Wouter Weylandt. The win is the third time Cavendish has won the race after previous victories in 2007 and 2008.
Result
1. Mark Cavendish - HTC-High Road
2. Denis Galimzyanov - Katusha
3. Yauheni Hutarovich - FDJ
Result
1. Mark Cavendish - HTC-High Road
2. Denis Galimzyanov - Katusha
3. Yauheni Hutarovich - FDJ
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Cinturón Ciclista a Mallorca
Five British teams will be taking part in the Cinturón Ciclista a Mallorca this week. The race starts on Wednesday with a 7.1km individual time trial - the corresponding stage last year was won by Ian Bibby who is amongst those returning for the Motorpoint team this year.
Endura Racing Jack Anderson David Clarke Maarten De Jonge Rob Partridge Scott Thwaites Alex Wetterhall Callum Wilkinson | Motorpoint Marcin Bialoblocki Ian Bibby Will Bjergfelt Tobyn Horton Johnny McEvoy James Sampson Peter Williams | Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago Yanto Barker Rhys Lloyd Jake Martin Tom Martin Jon Mozley James McLaughlin Chris Opie |
Raleigh Matt Cronshaw Richard Handley Liam Holohan Matt Jones Matt Kipling Ryan Parnes Jamie Sparling | Rapha-Condor-Sharp Ed Clancy Dan Craven Zak Dempster Kristian House Andrew Tennant Jon Tiernan-Locke Dean Windsor |
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Ronde van Vlaanderen
The second monument of the season, Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) takes place on Sunday. The overwhelming favourite is Fabian CAncellara due to his dominating performance in winning E3 Prijs Vlaanderen last week.
The British riders on the startlist are Roger Hammond and Dan Lloyd for Garmin-Cervelo, Adam Blythe of Omega Pharma-Lotto, Mark Cavendish of HTC-High Road and the quartet of Jeremy Hunt, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift and Geraint Thomas will all be riding for Sky. They will be hoping to get the chance to be only the second British winner of the race - it is now fifty years since Tom Simpson won in 1961.
The British riders on the startlist are Roger Hammond and Dan Lloyd for Garmin-Cervelo, Adam Blythe of Omega Pharma-Lotto, Mark Cavendish of HTC-High Road and the quartet of Jeremy Hunt, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift and Geraint Thomas will all be riding for Sky. They will be hoping to get the chance to be only the second British winner of the race - it is now fifty years since Tom Simpson won in 1961.

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