No surgery for Tony Martin - Urgent call to female cyclists: Save the Balfron Open! - Bak back for Romandie  - British cycling fatality map - LAPD doubt road rage incident - Oxford to host Halford's Tour - Belize race solution not entirely satisfactory - 2012 Le Tour de Filipinas - Mexico City hands Sunday to cyclists Tony Martin describes in injuries Tony Martin, now with Omega Pharma Omega Pharma-QuickStep's Tony Martin, the current World Time Trial Champion, has given more details of...Read Full Story

Here’s today’s news from Stage 1, the opening team time trial of the 2011 Giro d’Italia, with quotes from HTC-Highroad, Omega Pharma-Lotto, Lampre and Astana:Two years after their debut Grand Tour win at the Giro, HTC-Highroad was back for another win this year, powering to a 10 second lead over Team Radioshack and 22 seconds ahead of Italian squad Liquigas.HTC-Highroad’s Mark Cavendish got the leader’s pink jersey two years ago. This year it went to the team’s Italian (and national time...Read Full Story

Today marked the start of the 98th Tour de France where 198 riders from 22 teams started their 3430km journey of France.  The riders tackled a 191.5km route from Passage du Gois to Mont des Alouettes.  It was the first time since 2008 that the Tour didn’t start with an ITT.  The stage was roughly flat until the last 40kms that started to get bumpy, ultimately ending in a Cat-4 climb.It was a rough start for Omega Pharma-Lotto’s Andre Greipel who took a tumble in the neutral section, thus...Read Full Story

© 2011 Cor Vos/Bike World NewsWith team management tensions tugging at the Omega Pharma-Lotto team, many are wondering if they will be able to hold onto Phillipe Gilbert. Gilbert is out of contract with the team at the end of 2011 and his manager says that they are considering offers from seven squads.Sponsors Omega Pharma and the Belgian national lottery have pledged support for the team through 2015, but Omega Pharma is said to want a Belgian team with international appeal, while Lotto is...Read Full Story

Stage 4 of the 2010 Tour de France was a 94 mile ride through France that ended in Reims.  Charles Wegelius competed the ride in 03:35:37.  He ranked #170 for the stage. The day's winner was Alessandro Petacchi.    After Stage 4, Charles Wegelius is now ranked #177 in the overall general classification.  His current GC time is 18:53:43 and he has a total gap of 00:24:48 from the yellow jersey.    Charles Wegelius is competing for OmegaPharma Lotto.  Tomorrow's stage 5 takes the tour from...Read Full Story