stefan Kung (BMC) winst stage two tour du Romandie.

Stefan Küng (BMC) wins second home soil Romandie stage two in Bulle,Tour de Romandie.

Fabio Felline (Trek-SegaFredo) keeps yellow jersey he took from day one opening prologue in Aigle.

 Grivko led under the flamme rouge but soon Küng was ushered through to the front. He didn't panic and calmly led the way on the drag to the line before upping his effort in the final few hundred metres.

Grivko was in the wheel but simply didn't have the strength to come round and mount a serious challenge. Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Merida) finished third as the peloton, which had already swallowed up the other two members of the break – Frederik Veuchelen (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and Sander Armée (Lotto Soudal) – crossed the line 20 seconds down. Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo) was safely in there to retain his overall lead in the race, with no change to the top of the general classification. "I think the other guys suffered more than me. I think a 50kg climber suffers more than me in conditions like that. I know the roads here and I knew the last climb, so I told myself to go for it,” said Küng, who took a stage win at Romandie in his neo-pro season two years ago.

I knew that I had to be first in the last corner. The finish rose slightly and so that helped me at the front. I've been practicing my sprint with Greg Van Avermaet for the Classics and that boosted my confidence for winning a sprint like that.

The riders arrived in Champéry for sign-on, but they would be setting off instead from Aigle in the valley below, as the risk of snow caused organisers to cut the opening descent from the race route.

Micheal Albasini (Orica-Scott) wins stage one in Champery, Romandie.

Michael Albasini (Orica-Scott) claims cold, soggy stage one in Champéry, Romandie, out-sprinting Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) and Jesus Herrada (Movistar) to win chaotic sprint finish.

Fabio Felline (Trek-SegaFredo) keeps yellow jersey for the first day.

 Chris Froome (Sky) showed his mettle and his intentions for the GC by mixing it up in the sprint, coming fifth behind Natnael Berhane (Dimension Data).

 The category 1 ascent to the line failed to dislodge prologue winner Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo), who finished in the front group to keep his overall race lead. Michael Schachmann (Quick-Step Floors) moved into second overall at eight seconds, with Herrada netting enough in time bonuses to take third on the same time.

 Primoz Roglic (LottoNl-Jumbo) is the best of the overall contenders at nine seconds

Fabio Felline (Trek-SegaFredo) wins opening stage of Tour du Romandy.

Fabio Felline (Trek-Sega Fred) wins opening prologue stage in Aigle,Tour Du Romandie.

Here's top ten result

1,

Fabio Felline (Italy) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:57,  
2, Alex Dowsett (Great Britain) Movistar Team 0:00:02,
3, Alexander Edmondson (Australia) Orica-Scott 0:00:07,  
4, Maximilian Schachmann (Germany) Quick-Step Floor's 0:00:08,  
5, Victor Campenaerts (Belgium) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:08 , 
6, Primoz Roglic (Slovakia) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:09,   7 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) Team Sky 0:00:10
 8, Tom Bohli (Swiden) BMC Racing 0:00:10,
  9, Johan Le Bon (France) FDJ 0:00:11  
10, Christoph Pfingsten (Germany) Bora-Hansgrohe.

Vincenzo Niballi (Bahrain-Merida) wins overrall Tour Du Croatia 2017.

Sacha Modolo (UAE Team) solos to final of Tour of Croatia.

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) seals overall victory of Tour Du Croatia, wresting the win from Spaniard Jaime Roson (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) on the final stage.

The Italian took the first intermediate sprint bonus to move ahead in the GC, and then gapped Roson in the finish to win the overall by eight seconds.

Jan Hirt (CCC Sprandi Polkowice) rounded out the podium. Sacha Modolo (UAE Team Emirates) won the final stage by two seconds over teammate Jan Polanc and Boy van Poppel (Trek-Segafredo), with Nibali in fourth.

 I'm happy I completed a very good performance by the team, Modolo said after jumping away on the twisting, cobbled finale. "Jan and I obtained an impressive double. The finale was not easy, it was necessary to have power and stamina, I had good feelings. My morale in view of the Giro d'Italia is high." Roson was in a group seven seconds down on Nibali, having conceded the race lead in the day's first intermediate sprint. Nibali surprised Caja Rural by attacking for the first sprint bonus, just 3.8km into the stage, and Roson was disappointed to have missed out on a big result for his palmares.

 Final top ten finishers of tour du Croatia 2017

 1, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain - Merida 25:12:10,   2, Jaime Roson Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 0:00:08,  
3, Jan Hirt (Czech) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:23,   4, Felix Grossschartner (Australi) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:00:35,  
5, Jan Polanc (Slovakia) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:40,   6, Kanstantsin Siutsou (Belarus) Bahrain - Merida 0:00:59,  
7, Michal Schlegel (Czech) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:23,   8, James Knox (Great Britain) Team Wiggins 0:01:27,   9, Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:38,   10, Oscar Sanchez Guarin (Col) Bicicletas Strongman 0:01:45 .

Alejandro Valverde (Team Movistar) wins 2017 Liege Bastogne Liege.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) wins his fourth Liège-Bastogne-Liège of his career.

 Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) caught (Quick-Step Floors') Dan Martin and Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) with with a late attack to win the oldest classic of all time.

 The victory was shrouded in sorrow as the peloton mourned the loss of Italian Michele Scarponi, who was killed while training the day before the race. Valverde dedicated the victory to the fallen Astana rider, and promised to donate his prize money to Scarponi's family. "This win is for Michele Scarponi. He was a good friend of mine," Valverde said, fighting back the tears. "It hurts to think he's gone, I'll miss him. I'll give all my prize money from this victory to his family. This win is also dedicated to him.

 Valverde went into the race as the overwhelming favourite after winning Flèche Wallonne for the fifth time, but his victory was in doubt as Cannondale-Drapac's Davide Formolo put in a strong solo attack that lasted until 500m to go. Martin jumped across to the Italian, who quickly faded back, but Valvede latched onto Martin's wheel at the final turn and from there was unstoppable. "The team was fantastic, we worked excellently. We controlled the break because it was dangerous," Valverde said. "On the last climb Dan Martin attacked really hard but I managed to reach him at the right moment to then sprint to the finish line. The race started following a minute's applause in memory of Michele Scarponi and with the eight riders from the Astana squad standing at the front of the bunch in the Place de Saint-Lambert. Then having re-donned their helmets and glasses following the homage to their fallen colleague, the 200-strong peloton was off.

 Top Ten finishers result

 1, Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Movistar Team 6:24:27,
 2, Daniel Martin (Ireland) Quick-Step Floors,
3, Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) Team Sky 0:00:03,  
4, Michael Matthews (Australia) Team Sunweb,    
5, Jon Izaguirre (Spain) Bahrain-Merida,  
 6 Romain Bardet (France) AG2R La Mondiale,  
 7, Michael Albasini (Swiden) Orica-Scott,
 8, Adam
Yates (Great Britain) Orica-Scott 0:00:07,  
 9, Michael Woods (Canada) Cannondale-Drapac.    

Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) wins final stage of tour d Alps, Italy.

Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) outsprints  Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing) to win final stage of Tour d Alps, Italy

 Geraint Thomas took the lead on stage 3 after winning in Funes, was left isolated on the two final climbs of stage as Pinot, Pozzovivo and Michele Scarponi (Astana) sensed blood.

A fine ride from Mikel Landa (Team Sky), however, helped to protect Thomas. The Basque rider, who will co-lead Team Sky alongside Thomas in the Giro d'Italia next month, shut down a number of moves before driving the front group towards the final climb inside the last 10 kilometres. A surge from Scarponi split the front group with 7.5 kilometres to go and saw Landa finally lose contact but when Pozzovivo jumped on the pedals moments later only Thomas and then Pinot could follow. Scarponi and then a number of other riders made contact on the descent but with bonus seconds up for grabs at the finish the overall title wasn't sealed until the sprint for the line. Pinot would have to win the stage and also distance Thomas in order to take the title, and the Frenchman took up the reigns with 200 metres to go. Bookwalter was wise to the move and Thomas latched on too, and although the FDJ leader took the stage, Thomas did enough to ensure he kept the leader's jersey.

Top Ten final General classification result

1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 20:49:37
2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:00:07
  3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:20,
 4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:27  
5 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:42   6 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:52   7 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:54   8 Danilo Celano (Ita) Italy     9 Egan Bernal (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:01:02   10 Rodolfo Torres (Col) Androni Giocattoli

Nicola Ruffoni (Bardiani CSF) wins stage in Zadar, Croatia.

Nicola Ruffoni (Bardiani CSF) wins stage three bunch sprint in Zadar, Croatia.

 The Italian enjoyed an excellent lead out from his Bardiani CSF squad, opening up his sprint at the head of the pack as his final man pulled off the front with around 200 metres to go. No one managed to come past as he wound up to top speed.

Trek-Segafredo's Giacomo Nizzolo came closest, claiming second at the line, with Astana's Riccardo Minali a more distant third.
 Kristijan Durasek (UAE Team Emirates), who started the day atop the general classification leaderboard, crashed during stage 3 and tumbled out of overall contention.

Caja Rural's Jaime Roson, who finished second on Wednesday's Biokovo climb, took over the leader's jersey, with Bahrain Merida's Vincenzo Nibali now sitting second, five seconds down.

Kristijan Durasek (Team UAE) wins stage two Tour du Croatia.

Kristijan Durasek (UAE Team Emirates) claims stage two victory ahead of (Caja Rural's) Jaime Roson and Vincenzo Niballi (Bahrain-Merida) atop the slopes of

 Biokovo, Croatia.

 Durasek jumped clear of a select group of GC contenders inside the last few hundred metres of the ascent, which race organisers had shortened from a mammoth 27km to a more manageable 12km due to snow. The 29-year-old Croatian never opened a gap of more than a few bike lengths, but he held his advantage all the way to the line to take the win and the GC lead in his home race. After the morning break was caught at the foot of the climb, the long ascent to the finish high above the Adriatic Sea saw the peloton whittled down to just a handful of riders as it made its way into the closing kilometres.

 Nibali tried to get clear with a little under two kilometres left to race, putting in a big dig on the high gradients that seemed promising at first. He was unable to open up much of a gap, however, with Roson responding quickly and the rest of the group in tow, ultimately shutting down the attempt.

 Durasek made his move a kilometre later as the survivors at the front of the race rounded the final corners. Though several rivals responded quickly and tried to close down his attack, he held off the rest of the lead group to nab the victory.

Sacha Modolo (Team UAE) beats Nippo-Vini Fantini duo to win stage tour du Croatia.

Sacha Modolo (UAE Team Emirates) outsprints Nippo-Vini Fantini duo to win his first victory of the season and the first stage opener in Koprivnica, Croatia.

The Team was perfect in leading me to the front positions in the approach of the last kilometer and in avoiding problems in the last two bends," Modolo said. The 227km route from Osijek to Koprivnica up the northeast coast of the country was largely flat, save for a late third-category punch, and Modolo took the smartest line and showed the strongest legs in the sprint after Trek-Segafredo had taken the reins for Nizzolo.
 Ferrari began his role as pilot-fish in the final 1000 meters and he was great as usual; he knows which is the best speed and when it's time to launch the sprint, where timing is very important in sprints on long straight, as today," Modolo said.
I was the first to start the sprint, I felt my legs were very good and I avoided to be overtaken by the opponents.

This victory is very good in the approach of the Giro d'Italia."

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) wins his fith Fleche Wallone, Belgium 2017

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) win his fifth Flèche Wallonne for the fourth successive year after he once again proved the strongest atop the Mur de Huy.

 Dan Martin (Quick-Step) made his traditional late charge to place second, while Dylan Teuns (BMC) saw off Sergio Henao (Sky) for third. Diego Rosa (Sky) set the pace at the base of the climb for Michal Kwiatkowski, but the first telling acceleration didn’t come until close to the summit, when highly-touted youngster David Gaudu (FDJ) jumped clear. Valverde responded in kind, drawing level and then ripping clear to establish a winning lead.

 Martin came from a long way back and through a lot of traffic to take second place, but nobody threatened to make any inroads into Valverde’s lead. Teuns pipped Henao for third, while Michael Albasini (Orica-Scott) took fifth. It was Valverde’s fifth Fleche Wallonne win in total, and he attributed this latest success to “confidence and strength.” The finale was animated by an attack from Bob Jungels (Quick-Step), who bridged across to Alessandro De Marchi (BMC) following the penultimate ascent of the Mur de Huy, and then forged clear alone with 12 kilometres to go. Jungels had a lead of 50 seconds at the base of the second last climb, the Cote de Cherave, and led into the base of the Mur de Huy, but was caught as Rosa wound up the pace on the lower slopes.

Top Ten from Fleche Wallone 2017

 Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Movistar Team 5:15:37  
2 Daniel Martin (Ireland) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:01  
3 Dylan Teuns (Belgium) BMC Racing Team
 4 Sergio Henao (Colombia) Team Sky    
5 Michael Albasini (Swiden) Orica-Scott    
6 Warren Barguil (France) Team Sunweb  
 7 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pololand) Team Sky    
8 Rudy Molard (France) FDJ    
9 David Gaudu (France) FDJ    
10 Diego Ulissi (Italy

) UAE Team Emirates

Phillipe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floor's) wins Amstel Gold Race 2017

Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors) made history by winning his fourth Amstel Gold Race in Netherlands.

Gilbert wins a two-up sprint with Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) to notch his fourth victory in the first round of the Ardennes Classics while climbing to second on the race's all-time win list behind Dutchman Jan Raas. Although he hit the deck about halfway though the 261km race, Gilbert, who also won the race in 2010, 2011 and 2014, initiated the winning move about 40km from the finish after the peloton reeled in the early breakaway.

He then joined Kwiatkowski in a move on the final climb of the day, sticking the move to the line with the Pole and then blowing past after Kwiatkowski led from too far out. Gilbert is now only the third rider in history to win the Tour of Flanders and Amstel Gold Race in the same season. "He surprised me a little bit in the sprint, but knowing there was a headwind, I remained calm and got closer and closer," Gilbert said.