Highly-rated young Italian cyclist Moreno Moser was on Monday handed his Tour de France debut by his team Cannondale when they unveiled their plans for their leading riders for the forthcoming season.

The Tour of California unveiled a route which for the first time in its eight-year history will take riders from Southern California to a finish in the north of the state.

Reigning Tour de France champion Cadel Evans and defending event champion Levi Leipheimer will lead a world-class field into next month's USA Pro Challenge seven-day cycling event.

Slovakian champion Peter Sagan continued his impressive start to his Tour de France debut with his second stage win inside three days on Tuesday.

Garmin rider David Zabriskie won his seventh USA Cycling national pro time trial title on Saturday ahead of BMC's Tejay van Garderen.

San Antonio continue to run roughshod across the NBA, completing their second-straight four-game series sweep in the postseason by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 102-99 in game four.

Australian cycling star Robbie McEwen retired after the final stage of the Tour of California, concluding a 17-year professional career saw him capture 12 Tour de France stage victories.

Dutchman Robert Gesink, who broke his right leg in four places last September in a training accident, won the Tour of California on Sunday after the last of eight stages in the US cycling event.

Dutchman Robert Gesink won the Tour of California on Sunday after Slovakian Peter Sagan captured his fifth stage victory to close out the eight-day event.

Dutchman Robert Gesnik won the Tour of California on Sunday after Slovakian Peter Sagan captured his fifth stage victory to close out the eight-day event.

American Dave Zabriskie maintained the overall lead while France's Sylvain Georges survived the gruelling mountain terrain to win the sixth stage of the Tour of California Friday.

American Dave Zabriskie won fifth-stage time trial to seize the overall lead in the Tour of California, taking the yellow jersey from four-stage winner Peter Sagan.

American Dave Zabriskie won Thursday's fifth-stage time trial to seize the overall lead in the Tour of California, taking the yellow jersey from four-stage winner Peter Sagan.

Slovakian Peter Sagan won his fourth consecutive stage of the Tour of California in fourth stage, leaving Australian Heinrich Haussler runner-up for the fourth day in a row.

Peter Sagan of Slovakia won his third-straight stage at the Tour of California Tuesday, surging past Aussie Heinrich Haussler who was runner-up for the third-consecutive day.

Belgian cycling star Tom Boonen announced on Tuesday that he will forego this year's Tour de France so as to be fresh for a tilt at the Olympic road race title.

Peter Sagan survived a 10-cyclist crash to retain the overall lead after the second stage of the Amgen Tour of California.

Peter Sagan, who had to deal with a flat back tire in the last five miles, recovered by chasing down the field to win the opening stage of the Tour of California.

Three-time Tour of California winner Levi Leipheimer of the United States plans to start this year's edition of the top US stage race Sunday despite breaking a leg last month.

Belgium's one-day road race specialist Tom Boonen has pulled out of Sunday's Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands, according to Flemish television.