2014 is the year of the Schlecks.

Richie Porte (Sky) is the first Australian to win Paris-Nice.

Team Sky Pro Cycling's Richie Porte climbs to victory in Paris-Nice individual mountain time trial and takes overall Paris-Nice victory ahead of Andrew Talansky of Team Garmin-Sharp and Team AG2R's Jean-Christophe Peraud.

Team Sky Pro Cycling's Christopher Froome of Great Britain left fellow race favorites Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali done and dusted when he launched a fearless and remarkable attack on the 14.5 kilometer final mountain leg of today's tasty climber's menu.

Team Sky Pro Cycling's Chris Froome (Great Britain) wins stage 4 of 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico; Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep's Michal Kwiatkowski takes overall Tirreno-Adriatico lead.

Richie Porte (Sky) leads Paris-Nice. The Australian surged away from the lead group on the day's final climb to win the rugged, 176-km ride from Chateauneuf-du-Pape to La Montagne de Lure in 4:50:54.

Team Sky ProCycling's Richie Porte climbs to stage 5 victory in 2013 Paris-Nice and takes overall race lead from Team Garmin-Sharp's American Andrew Talansky.

Team FDJ's French national champion Nacer Bouhanni sprints to victory in final stage ahead of Matt Goss (Team GreenEdge) and BMC Racing Team's Taylor Phinney.

Team Sky Pro Cycling's Christopher Froome climbed to victory in today's fifth stage of this year's Tour of Oman when he beat Team Saxo-Tinkoff's Alberto Contador and yesterday's stage winner Joaquin Rodriguez (Team Katusha) in a sprint to the finish line.

Team Sky Pro Cycling's Chris Froome takes overall 2013 Tour of Oman race lead and Alberto Contador (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) advances to third position in the general rankings.