Katusha Team's Joaquim Rodriguez secured his team an important stage victory when he fired on all engines on the final climb and left all other favorites behind.

Joaquim Rodriguez wins stage 5 of 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico ahead of Bauke Mollema and Alberto Contador; Chris Froome takes overall Tirreno-Adriatico lead from Michal Kwiatkowski.

Luca Paolini (Katusha) has won the 2013 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The Italian took a two-up sprint from Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) to win the 199-km classic in 4:52:15. Sven Vandousselaere (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) led a seven-man chase group home at 1:13 to take third.

Team Katusha's Luca Paolini rides to victory in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ahead of breakaway companion Stijn Vandenbergh of Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep. Tiffany Cromwell wins women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2013 beating Megan Guarnier.

Can the UCI pound a square peg into a round hole?

Earlier today the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced it has decided to uphold Team Katusha's appeal of the International Cycling Union's (UCI) decision not to issue a WorldTour license to the Russian team.

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.

As expected Russian team Katusha has filed a lawsuit against the International Cycling Union (UCI) with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne.

We analyze possible motives behind the UCI's exclusion of Katusha Team from the 2013 WorldTour, which has left Katusha in a cold and bleak midwinter of discontent. We look at possible effects of the exclusion of Team Katusha and the inclusion of Argos-Shimano and Saxo-Tinkoff.

Just when you think the off-season news cycle might slow down, it kicks into overdrive.