Britain's Mark Cavendish today recorded the 12th win of his Tour de France career with victory on stage six.

Mark Cavendish stuck two fingers up to his critics – in a metaphorical sense this time – with victory on the fifth stage of the Tour de France.

Alessandro Petacchi won the fourth road stage of the Tour de France into Reims today.

A crash-strewn final three kilometres of the first road stage of the Tour de France was won by Alessandro Petacchi in Brussels today.

Mark Cavendish emerged from a sprint finish to claim victory on the 11th stage of the Giro D’Italia today.

ALESSANDRO PETACCHI was yesterday cleared of doping charges by the Italian Cycling Federation.

Team Astana have withdrawn from the Tour de France after Alexandre Vinokourov tested positive for a banned blood transfusion.

Alessandro Petacchi was today cleared of doping charges by the Italian Cycling Federation.

Danilo di Luca held on to the overall lead after 18 stages of the Giro d'Italia after Alessandro Petacchi claimed his fourth win of the tour today.

Tom Boonen of Belgium took the sixth stage honours today in another day of thrills and spills on the Tour de France.

ITALIAN sprint king Alessandro Petacchi yesterday claimed his fourth victory in six stages of the centenary Tour de France after an explosive burst in the closing metres in Lyon.

ITALY’S Alessandro Petacchi confirmed his reputation as the new sprint king of the Tour de France as he recorded his third stage win in five days in the centenary running of the most famous cycling race in the world.

ALESSANDRO PETACCHI blasted to his second stage victory in three days yesterday, but Jean-Patrick Nazon is sure to be the toast of France as the Tour moves into its fifth day.

GIRO sprint king Alessandro Petacchi humbled his rivals to win the 168-km first stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint tarnished by a spectacular crash near the finish line yesterday.

Italy‘s Alessandro Petacchi won the first stage of the centenary Tour de France on Sunday, prevailing in a sprint finish marred by a crash which affected most of the 198-strong peloton.