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Will Demi Vollering maintain her dominance of women's cycling in 2024? Can someone beat her at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift?

The 29-year-old says his team was 'bonded' by the death of Mäder and he wanted to honor him at the Tour de France with his racing.

The 20-year-old will now be free to ride with Visma-Lease a Bike in 2024 after already signing a four-year deal with the Dutch squad.

AG Insurance-Soudal and Ceratizit-WNT are the latest additions to the Women's WorldTour for 2024.

The 23-year-old Australian still had one year to run on her contract with Movistar, but agrees to end it early to switch to AG Insurance-Soudal.

The American squad confirms a 15-rider roster that includes Veronica Ewers, Alison Jackson, Kristen Faulkner, and Coryn Labecki.

The 27-year-old is the only tribally recognized Native North American to have ridden the Tour de France.

The Dutch squad was the dominant women's team in 2024 with Demi Vollering, Lotte Kopecky, Marlen Reusser, and Lorena Wiebes locking out the top positions in the UCI rankings.

RCS revealed the route of the rebranded Giro d'Italia Women earlier this week, with a big opening TT and a summit finish on the Blockhaus.

While the kit stays much the same, Alaphilippe breaks out his best miming skills to show off the 2024 look.

The Australian says he was 'in pieces' in the final week of the Tour de France after injuring his back in a major crash on stage 14.

Quinn is the 15th rider to sign for EF Education-Cannondale as it looks to add youth to its roster.

Gilbert was also convicted for carrying pepper spray, while the driver was punished for 'intentionally' obstructing traffic.

There is some controversy over the women's Continental teams getting automatic invites to WorldTour races, including Tour de France Femmes.

RCS unveiled the route for the eight-day 2024 Giro d'Italia Women, the first time the organizer has run the prestigious race.

The Manxman is aiming to become the outright record holder of Tour de France stage wins and needs just one more win this summer to take it.

Tromp has been busy creating the new EF Education-Cannondale squad while she also prepares to have her first child at the start of 2024.

The Norwegian rider started riding to build fitness after partying hard at university, and initially wanted to be a sprinter before turning into a promising climber.

The WorldTour squad honors fallen teammate Gino Mäder in its new kit while swapping its traditional red for pearl white.

Ewers and men's teammate Owain Doull discuss mental health and the challenges of finding a good work-life balance as a professional cyclist.

The French team has penned a multi-year deal with Wilier Triestina after its 22-year partnership with Lapierre came to an end this season.

The former world champion had her first child in May and is one of a growing number of riders making use of the Women's WorldTour maternity leave clause.

The American says grand tour stages and one-day races remain his major focus, but considers a GC bid at the Giro or the Vuelta in the future.

The 2019 Tour de France champion posted a new Ineos Grenadiers kit on social media before quickly deleting it.

The 37-year-old has found new fame in Canada since his Tour de France stage win, eyeing up potential retirement in 2025 or 2026.

FDJ-Suez, Uno-X, and Israel-Premier Tech Roland are the final three Women's WorldTour teams up for scrutiny in Velo's end-of-season grading.

The American team has lofty ambitions for its women's team as it builds for the future, while it still holds out hope that it can eventually return a men's squad to the peloton.

From the retirements of Annemiek van Vleuten and Marta Bastianelli to the closure of EF Education-TIBCO-SVB, the 2023 season marked the end of an era.

Belgian coach Sven Vanthourenhout to decide if he wants more leaders or if he'll bring two domestiques to support Evenepoel and Van Aert.

The Norwegian's negotiations with the British squad has been protracted after a deal looked to be off, but three-year contract has now been unveiled.

The French team unveiled a new-look kit to go with its new name, confirmed it will ride Van Rysel's RCR and XCR bikes in 2024. Sam Bennett, Victor Lafay, and more confirmed on roster.

The Dutchwoman is recovering from her second surgery in a year on an artery in her leg.

Canyon-SRAM, Human Powered Health, and Fenix-Deceuninck are the next three teams to go under the Velo grading microscope.

Lease a Bike comes on as a named sponsor after supermarket brand Jumbo pulled all of its sporting sponsorships.

The American wants to 'explore' more one-day races and weeklong stage races in 2024, and has his eyes on the Olympic TT in Paris.

The Belgian looks increasingly set to make his debut at the Giro d'Italia and a ride at the Vuelta a España is also on the cards.

The two-time Tour de France champion says he has missed one out-of-competition anti-doping test during his career, but did not say when it was.

Lidl-Trek, DSM-Firmenich, and Jayco-AlUla are the next Women's WorldTour squads up for scrutiny. How did they fare in 2023 and what's on the cards for 2024?

The Belgian, who retired in October, will work across the WorldTour and development teams. Elsewhere in the bunch, Jumbo-Visma announces new communications lead.

Thomas and Ellingworth have worked together for 20 years but will part ways as Ellingworth leaves amidst a time of big change for the British team.

SD Worx was the A+ student in 2023, dominating nearly every race it entered, while Liv Racing TeqFind failed to hit the mark after a below-par year.

The Swiss bike brand will continue its sponsorship of the Tudor Pro Cycling ProTeam after extending its deal for six seasons.

The American wants to mix it with Wout van Aert at the classics, help in the grand tours, and take on one-week races when he joins Jumbo-Visma in 2024.

The Dutch former rider joined the American squad this year after leaving Jumbo-Visma and wants her team to race aggressively in 2024.

Madis Mihkels and Gerben Thijssen were both kicked out of the race by their Intermarché-Circus-Wanty team for making and publishing the video on social media.

Matej Mohorič, Annemiek van Vleuten, Jai Hindley, and Matteo Jorgenson tell Velo what advice they would give their younger selves.

The Dutch squad can still rely on grand tour champions Jonas Vingegaard and Sepp Kuss, but it wants more riders to challenge for its leadership spots.

Moolman-Pasio wants to make cycling more accessible for women across the world through e-racing as well as helping get more African women on bikes.

Renshaw spent almost a decade riding as Cavendish's leadout man and was an advisor for Astana-Qazaqstan during the 2023 Tour de France.

The American joins up with her former Jumbo-Visma colleague Esra Tromp, who is the squad's team manager.

Mäder died after crashing on a descent during a stage of the Tour de Suisse.

The 2023 season saw a bumper crop of riders enjoying breakthrough successes in the women's peloton.

The Belgian never had a big gap after going early in the race, but held on in torrid conditions. Cameron Mason takes silver for Britain with Lars van der Haar in third.

The 21-year-old took the lead on the opening lap and blasted her way to victory, leading home a Dutch 1-2 with Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado.

Van Hooydonck suffered a cardiac arrest while driving his pregnant wife to a gynecology appointment, and had to be fit with an internal defibrillator.

The 21-year-old dreams of winning the Tour of Flanders and has no plans to go back to his roots and mix mountain bike and road.

The Dutchman will contest 13 races across six weeks, culminating with the defence of his world title in February.

Statistics from the 2023 season across the men's and women's peloton, including firsts, fastests, and biggest climbing days of the year.

The British squad reups with six more riders ahead of the 2024 season with 25 riders now confirmed to its roster for next year.

The transfer window has been busy this year with some big-name moves, from Nairo Quintana's return to the peloton to Veronica Ewers' move to the new EF Education team.

The 27-year-old enjoyed one of his best seasons to date in 2023, but feels he has much more to give as he keeps learning about himself.

With the Tour de France Femmes starting a day after the final cycling event at the Olympic Games, many riders will have some tough decisions to make about race programs for 2024.

The 34-year-old returns to the American squad after two years away to provide some climbing strength for new GC leader Ruth Edwards.

The 2024 Tour de France Femmes will feature the race's first foreign stages and sends the peloton up the Alpe d'Huez for a historic finale.

The Dutch rider will be racing on old training roads when the Tour de France Femmes goes to the Netherlands for its inaugural foreign grand départ.

The 17-year-old has penned a three-year deal with the British squad that will see him ride in Ineos colors through 2026.

The third edition of the Tour de France Femmes will start in the Netherlands and finish with a mountain doubleheader to Grand-Bornand and Alpe d'Huez.

The Dutch rider had been in Hong Kong to compete at the Hong Kong Cyclothon but died of a suspected cardiac arrest in the hours after the race.

The American team adds Romy Kasper and Maëlle Grossetête to next year's roster, making it five confirmed riders for 2024.

Rumors of gravel stages for the men and a Alpe d'Huez finale for the women with the two race routes set to be unveiled in Paris on Wednesday.

The Dutchwoman dominated 2023 along with her SD Worx squad, but there are plenty of riders waiting in the wings to knock her off the top spot in 2024.

The 30-year-old retired from racing at the end of 2021 but just two years later she's targeting a comeback with the American WorldTour team.

The number of riders contracted to Women's WorldTour teams is on course to break records but only some teams are growing as others shrink.

The signing of the Italian is the first major change for Human Powered Health ahead of the 2024 season.

The Dutch team took 60 wins in 2023, three times as much as any other team, and won more than half of the Women's WorldTour races on the calendar.

Following the demise of the men's team, Human Powered Health goes all-in on its women's team for next season.

The 23-year-old from Italy fell in love with cycling as a six-year-old after watching Ivan Basso winning the 2006 Giro d'Italia.

The team saw its license revoked as part of a series of measures taken by the UCI following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The team also adds British Abi Smith and Josie Nelson to the team, making it the biggest roster for the squad with 18 riders.