Roche holds on to top-ten position
France's Thibaut Pinot won stage eight of the Tour de France in Porrentruy but Bradley Wiggins retained the race leader's yellow jersey under attack from defending champion Cadel Evans.
France's Thibaut Pinot won stage eight of the Tour de France in Porrentruy but Bradley Wiggins retained the race leader's yellow jersey under attack from defending champion Cadel Evans.
Australia's Cadel Evans won stage one of the Criterium du Dauphine on Monday.
Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates is confident Tour de France winner Cadel Evans will compete in the 2012 London Olympics.
Cadel Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour de France after finishing with the peloton in the last stage won by Briton Mark Cavendish.
Cadel Evans is poised to win his first Tour de France title after wresting the fabled yellow jersey from the shoulders of Andy Schleck.
Alberto Contador was beaten to victory by Cadel Evans in a dramatic finish to the fourth stage of the Tour de France in Brittany.
Wet and winding Tuscan roads turned the Giro d'Italia on its head on Saturday when Alexander Vinokourov regained the overall lead from the unlucky Vincenzo Nibali.
Veteran Alexandre Vinokourov, riding for Astana, took the overall leader's pink jersey following Monday's third stage of the Tour of Italy, the day's honours going to Wouter Weylandt of Quick Step.
Australian Cadel Evans, a firm favourite for the Giro d'Italia title, took possession of the race leader's pink jersey after Sunday's second stage won by American sprinter Tyler Farrar.
Australian world champion Cadel Evans has agreed to ride for the American BMC Racing Team, two days after ending his five-year association with Belgian team Silence Lotto.
Twice Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans of Australia won the road race at the world cycling championships in Switzerland on Sunday.
Canadian Ryder Hesjedal of the Garmin team won the 12th stage of the Tour of Spain on Friday, over 179.3km between Almeria and Col de Velefique.
Australian duo Michael Rogers and Cadel Evans can win medals in the men's time trial on Wednesday if they ride to their capabilities, their head coach said Tuesday.
Australian Simon Gerrans of the Credit Agricole team won the 15th stage of the Tour de France as Luxemburg's Frank Schleck of CSC took the yellow jersey.
Spaniard Samuel Sanchez edged Australian Cadel Evans out of third position overall after winning the 20th and penultimate stage of the Tour of Spain.