Mar 13th, 10. The high pace of Stage 5 of Paris-Nice split the peloton today and Alberto Contador had to work hard to defend his yellow jersey as Peter Sagan took his second victory of the tour.

Mar 12th, 10.  Mark Cavendish won last year's Milan - San Remo after great support from his HTC Columbia team.  Unfortunately, Hayden Roulston won't be there to help defend the title next Sunday.

Mar 12th, 10. Alberto Contador repeated his 2007 victory in Mende when he out-climbed his rivals to take the win and the overall lead on the final climb in today's Stage 4 of  Paris-Nice.

Mar 11th, 10. Jesse Sergent is currently in Invercargill preparing for the upcoming Track Worlds.  RoadCycling.co.nz caught up with him about his recent road tours with Trek-Livestrong.

Mar 11th, 10. After a shortened stage due to snow at the start line, Jens Voigt joined the day's decisive attack and Lars Boom didn't.  38 year old Voigt took over the Paris-Nice lead.

Mar 10th, 10. In the couple of weeks Hayden Roulston has been in the Northern Hemisphere he's had nine days of racing in almost freezing conditions.  In a way it's no surprise he's come down with something.

Mar 10th, 10. A crash at 500m to go denied Greg Henderson a chance of double stage victory today. France's William Bonnet went on to win the sprint ahead of Pater Sagan and Luis Leon Sanchez.

Mar 9th, 10. Kiwi Heath Blackgrove stepped on the podium for the third time this US season with a 3rd place in the difficult 100mile Rouge-Roubaix in Louisiana this weekend.

Mar 9th, 10. Alberto Contador was one of many riders who hit the deck during the nervous Stage 1 of Paris-Nice today.  He caught back up, but is concerned about his leg after the fall.

Mar 9th, 10. Greg Henderson chats to RoadCycling.co.nz from the massage table after his Paris-Nice win today. "I definitely put this up there with the Vuelta win."

Mar 9th, 10. Yesterday he said he was waiting for his power to come back after illness, today Greg Henderson had enough power join a select break and then sprinted the 17 riders for victory.

Mar 8th, 10.  Neither of the two Kiwis racing Paris-Nice had a perfect lead in to today's prologue, but both came through with solid performances.

Mar 8th, 10.  UPDATED RadioShack's Gerg Steegmans is out of Paris-Nice and out of all competition for at least eight weeks after a rougue whirlwind threw him off his bike in the prologue.

Mar 8th, 10. HTC Columbia rider Frantisek Rabon clinched the overall victory of the Vuelta a Murcia, Spain, following a trouble-free final stage today. Kiwi Bauer finished in 19th.

Mar 8th, 10.  Lars Boom, Jens Voigt and Levi Leipheimer denied Alberto Contador a podium finish in today's 8km Paris-Nice prologue.

Mar 7th, 10. Astana's Alberto Contador, who dropped to 4th in the final stages of last year's Paris-Nice, expects this year's "Race to the Sun" to be won by a mere matter of seconds.