Spanish Team Movistar captain Alejandro Valverde says his strong performance in the 2012 Santos Tour Down Under has relieved some of the pressure after returning from a two-year doping ban.

It was another jam-packed week with the cyclo-cross world championships, delays in the Contador case and of course Twitter.

Samuel Dumoulin of Team Cofidis powers to sprint victory in Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise ahead of Marco Marcato (Team Vacansoleil) and Arthur Vichot of Team FDJ.

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Simon Gerrans won the Tour Down Under for the second time Sunday, giving newly formed Australian Team GreenEDGE its first victory in a UCI WorldTour event.

Team Lotto-Belisol's Andre Greipel sprints to stage victory in final stage of 2012 Santos Tour Down Under; Team GreenEdge's Simon Gerrans wins 2012 Santos Tour Down Under.

Spain's Alejandro Valverde of Team Movistar made an emotional return from a two-year doping ban by winning the fifth and longest stage of the 2012 Santos Tour Down Under earlier today, closing in on overall victory in the first event of the 2012 UCI WorldTour.

Team Movistar's Alejandro Valverde sprints to stage victory in comeback race; Team GreenEdge's Simon Gerrans takes overall lead in 2012 Santos Tour Down Under.

Team Katusha's Oscar Freire grabs stage victory in sprint as Team BMC Racing's Martin Kohler regains overall race lead in 2012 Santos Tour Down Under.

Team Lotto-Belisol's Andre Greipel powers to 2nd stage victory in 2012 Santos Tour Down Under and reclaims overall race lead.

Germany's André Greipel won the third stage of cycling's Tour Down Under in a bunch sprint Thursday to regain the overall lead he had conceded a day earlier.

Australian William Clarke won the second stage of cycling's Tour Down Under on Wednesday, defying the peloton in one of the boldest individual breakaways in the history of the WorldTour event.

Team Uni-SA's Will Clarke solos to stage victory in 2012 Santos Tour Down Under; Team BMC Racing's Martin Kohler takes overall race lead from André Greipel.

Team Lotto-Belisol's Andre Greipel powers to stage victory ahead of Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) and Hutarovich of Team FDJ-BigMat.

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Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is one of the cyclists who have been called to testify in the trial of seven people linked to the Operation Puerto doping scandal.

Vuelta a Espana organizer Unipublic earlier today unveiled a 2012 route that favors climbers in a race confined to the north of the country.

According to AP, lawyers working to prove that Alberto Contador doped at the 2010 Tour de France came "very close" to walking out in protest at his hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Earlier today RCS Sport - the organization behind the Giro d'Italia, Milano-San Remo, Tirreno-Adriatico and Tour of Lombardy - revealed the list of teams, which have been granted a wildcard for the various races of the 2012 season.