Matteo Jorgenson

Back-to-back wins at Paris-Nice has convinced Jorgenson that a grand tour could be in his future: ‘Now it’s time to set the bar higher.'

Pros from Magnus Sheffield and Cian Uijtdebroeks to Paul Magnier and Elisa Balsamo couldn't hold back the emotion in a weekend overflowing with wins, crashes, elation, and frustration.

Huge day for USA as 22-year-old Sheffield wins final stage solo and Jorgenson defends overnight GC lead in three-hour thrill-ride around Nice.

Michael Storer wins from day’s break, Jorgenson’s closest rival gains just three seconds with late surge.

No Vingegaard, no problem as Visma-Lease a Bike blow up Paris-Nice in echelon attack and set up Jorgenson for bonus-seconds raid.

'It is best for him to recover at home': Visma-Lease a Bike is relieved because a serious fracture would have forced him off the bike for weeks.

The mentality has changed so markedly since the days of Hampsten and Vandenbroucke that riders were queueing up to lambast ASO for not canceling stage 4.

Two-time Tour de France winner grimaced in pain at the finish line but has apparently avoided more serious injuries: 'Our medical staff will decide tomorrow if he is fit enough to continue the race.'

Defending champion Jorgenson cedes yellow to Visma teammate in frigid, bracing cold: 'I didn’t have a good feeling at all on the final climb.'

The American will wear yellow in a Paris-Nice stage for the first time Wednesday after winning last year's 'Race to the Sun' on the final day.

American rider and Jonas Vingegaard share leadership: ‘I will be just as happy if Matteo wins,’ insists double Tour de France winner.

Defending champion Matteo Jorgenson on move early and picks up bonus seconds to open 'Race to the Sun.'

Peloton VIPs push the accelerator on their road to monuments, Giro d'Italia, Tour de France next week at Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.

Second to an unstoppable Philipsen helped save 'Opening Weekend' for Visma: 'I was in the right position but missed the final kick.'

Matteo Jorgenson upbeat despite missed chance in season debut: 'It just wasn’t very selective.'

Tour de Hoody: Rivalries, ambitions and underdogs — here are the top stories I’ll be watching at Omloop.

Where does American fit into Visma's multi-leader classics approach? 'We don't have an hierarchy. We play many cards.'

Wout van Aert and Matteo Jorgenson headline Visma-Lease a Bike in cobbles opener as illness and injury strike Dutch super team after an 'unlucky week.'

The road to Flanders and Roubaix begins with cycling's greatest double-header. Here are the courses, storylines, startlists, and TV schedules for Omloop, Kuurne, and Hageland.

'My first pro win is a top goal this season': Vermaerke, one of America's diamonds-in-the-rough, is betting on a breakout season in 2025.

Opinion: The 'super team' stanglehold on grand tour racing means only superdomestiques have a chance at breaking the Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Roglič lockout.

Ineos Grenadiers partners with US devo team Hot Tubes: 'This will expand our talent search and provide a pathway for American riders to U23 and the WorldTour.'

After a breakout season, Jorgenson rebalances his goals and ambitions: 'Winning a grand tour is a perfect carrot to chase.'

Yates, Campenaerts are key additions in Visma-Lease a Bike's bolstered lineup for this summer's epic 'super team' clash with Pogačar and UAE Emirates XRG.

WorldTour representation continues to decrease while results and individual rider quality increase.

Breaking down the highs and lows of cycling’s biggest transfer moves in 2024, and what's in store for 2025 in cycling's never-end game of musical chairs.

American Paris-Nice winner made a big leap forward, and believes more is to come in 2025.

Van Aert, Jorgenson trial Gravaa system during classics recon rides in hunt for crucial percentages ahead of 2025 monument quest.

Breaking down where each major grand tour contender stands as we slowly approach the 2025 season.

American GC contender assesses storming 2024 season while also discussing gap to top rivals.

Visma-Lease a Bike not forcing US sensation in any direction after breakout first season.

Wish-list of 'super team' expands beyond Tour de France after it failed to hit a top-10 in all five monuments: 'That statistic makes my hair stand on end.'

Visma-Lease a Bike gave Jorgenson the tools he needed to succeed, and now the 'Killer Bees' have full confidence he can 'ride grand tour GC next year.'

Kristen Faulkner and Matteo Jorgenson among the finalists for the Vélo d’Or prize for the top international riders in 2024: Who’s your top pick?

North American has a clear target in mind after most successful season to date.

Preview: No Roglič or Alaphilippe, but Evenepoel, Pidcock, Jorgenson look to pull the impossible and prevent Pogačar’s fourth-straight win in Italian monument.

Tour de Hoody: Rivals wary to follow Pogačar's wheel, Poole breaks through, Lefevere laments UAE's financial muscle, and tweaks to the '3km rule'.

Tour de Hoody: How many more rainbows for Pogačar, can USA Cycling ever end its men's medals drought, and what was Michael Woods slurping down?

Ben O'Connor kicks to silver with a late-race attack, and Mathieu van der Poel defends his 2023 world title with bronze. Quinn Simmons 9th.

Jorgenson is relishing the chaos and opportunity of the world championships: 'Many can win in a chaotic race.'

From Van der Poel and Evenepoel to Powless and Pidcock: Ranking the five-star uber-favorites down to the one-star dark horses for the rainbow jersey.

The contenders, the course, the narratives, the TV guide, and more: Here's all you need to know about the Zürich men's road race on September 29.

Tour de Hoody: A Pogačar solo attack seems inevitable at the world championships. Will any rider dare to try to go with him?

North America's only WorldTour stops are drawing an elite field that includes a fleet of US and Canadian stars.

After brilliant 2023, Kuss and Visma-Lease a Bike leave the Vuelta a España wondering what could have been: 'It was a race of ups and downs.'

Visma-Lease a Bike management refuses to blame crashes and sickness for 2024 downturn as it maps out masterplan for 2025.

American women dominate Paris Olympics with record-breaking medal haul for Team USA: 'There's nothing better than this.'

Tour de Hoody: From the Eiffel Tower to Sacré-Coeur, road racing in Paris will be hard to match in scale and grandeur in future Olympic Games.

The Belgians set the trap, and Van der Poel walked right into it: 'Remco went at the perfect time. That's racing.'

The Idahoan was one of the strongest in the race and leaves Paris with a bittersweet 9th: 'I had the best feeling I ever had in a one-day race, I wish I would have used it to medal.'

Even bike change at 4km to go can't stop Evenepoel masterclass as Belgian claims historic TT-road race double.

'We have a limited hand, but we have a pretty good hand': Team USA brings outsider hopes of disrupting the favorites to mine Olympic gold in this weekend's road races.

USA Cycling is predicting up to 4 medals, but perhaps even more: 'We have athletes who can be competitive every day.'

The top Tour de France finishers, except Pogačar and Vingegaard, are heading to Paris for the Olympic Games time trial and road race.

Breaking down what a dominant performance tells us about Tadej Pogačar's historic greatness and the challenge of defeating him at future Grand Tours

North Americans in the Tour de France: 3 Americans and 3 Canadians lit up the race from start to finish with attacks, top-10s, near-misses.

From Cavendish's 35th to high-speed bunny-hops, to Jorgensen's MVP ride and Girmay's breakthrough, here are the best moments of a Tour de France that never stopped delivering.

Pogačar reached behind his back with his hand to show 1-2-3, a sign of his third yellow jersey by age 25: 'This is the real Tadej.'

Slovenian tears up TT course, beating Vingegaard and Evenepoel into second and third on stage.

'Imagine a sprinter not contesting a sprint stage just to let someone else win': Pogačar's winning ways trigger debate over Cannibal-like supremacy.

'Mentally this is not a blow:' This Tour de France was one weekend too long and two months too soon for Visma-Lease a Bike.

Jorgenson was given the go ahead to contest the stage win after team leader Vingegaard didn’t have the legs to attack Pogačar.

Pogačar erases any doubt about who will win this Tour de France as he blows up Visma's ambush plan by dropping Vingegaard on Isola 2000 and spoils Jorgenson's shot at victory.

If he had his full-strength Team Visma around him, Jonas Vingegaard would be fighting a much closer (perhaps winning) battle with Tadej Pogačar.

Sepp Kuss started his career on a mountain bike, is there now a through line from gravel to the yellow jersey at the Tour de France? 'We will see some young kid to come out of gravel to become a big star.'

Jorgenson estimates best power of his career on Plateau de Beille riding on feel and lifts lid on Visma-Lease a Bike’s plan for Alps: ‘We’re not here to finish second’.

'I believed we could crack Tadej today': Few regrets for defending Dane and right-hand man Jorgenson after valiant team display on Sunday.

Visma-Lease a Bike surveys the new reality of the Tour de France after Pogačar's tear through stage 14.

Vingegaard suggests Pyrenean stages suit him better, despite ‘question mark’ over last-week staying power after curtailed preparation.

Defending champion finishes on flat tire and slams gravel sectors in Tour as ‘unnecessary risk’ after racing most of stage on bike of teammate Jan Tratnik.

In a sport where winning is the only thing that counts, Pidcock, Gee and Stuyven struggled to make sense of the finish-line disappointment: 'I saw the line, I saw clean air and I thought, I’ve got this.'

'I tried to go all in': American talent up to 9th overall after flying TT despite suffering body aches and immune responses after heavy stage 2 crash.

Matteo Jorgenson roars to 7th while Van Aert loses nearly 2 minutes in warning ahead of Olympic Games: 'I hope for better legs during the Games.'

Jorgenson, Powless, and Quinn give up barbecues and picnics to follow their racing dreams: 'Maybe I'd rather be at a lake with my friends, but I am living my dream.'

Vingegaard right-hand man Jorgenson rues his 'bad day’ as team plan to minimise Pogačar explosivity on Galibier falls flat.

Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team hammers several big GC rivals on Tour de France's first big mountain stage.

Vingegaard exceeds his own expectations, but lacks 'last bit of confidence' on descents, says Visma-Lease a Bike coach Niermann.

Visma-Lease a Bike star escapes pothole fall with abrasions; believes confident team can look to win their third Tour de France.

Dane believes he is almost back to his best after going toe-to-toe with Pogačar into Bologna.

What the US, Canada, and Mexico might lack in numbers, they've certainly compensated with quality.