Remco Evenepoel

Both Evenepoel and Roglič — who've only raced 18 and 12 days, respectively, so far in 2024 — are emphasizing progress over results this week at the Dauphiné.

With first Tour de France on the horizon, Belgian superstar claims he’s putting no pressure on himself in Dauphiné: 'Day by day.'

Here are three hot topics to keep tabs on next week when the Tour de France peloton warms its legs at the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Soudal Quick-Step star tempers expectation for Critérium du Dauphiné in crucial test ahead of 'Big 4' battle at Tour de France.

Officials rule out imminent arrival of Pidcock, Van Aert, Evenepoel as hype builds for Red Bull's arrival at the Tour de France: 'Winning the Tour drives me every day'

Pogačar is halfway to history to become the first rider since Marco Pantani to complete the Giro-Tour double, and there's no one who can stop him.

Two of the 'Big 4' headline the start list for the eight-stage Dauphiné, with Sepp Kuss and Matteo Jorgenson tuning form and chasing wins.

What goes into dialing in the bike for the time trial world champion? It's more than some really cool paint.

Team brass upbeat for Vingegaard's title defense despite scrapping altitude camp, Dauphiné, bats away rumors Van Aert will return to racing at Tour of Hungary.

Sources confirm Evenepoel will train at altitude next month, while the future for Van Aert is less clear with no hints of a return to the Tour this summer.

‘The possibility now is much, much greater for winning Giro and Tour,’ says cycling expert.

UPDATE: Flèche, Liège too early for Roglič. Cras and Vine express relief and gratitude in aftermath: 'I was scared to death because I couldn't breathe for 30 seconds.'

Remco Evenepoel returns home and Primož Roglič is 'feeling a bit better' as top stars show encouraging signs in recoveries from recent spate of crashes.

Vingegaard suffers collapsed lung, broken ribs; Evenepoel's 'long-term plans not in danger'; peloton points to bumpy corner as crux of horrific accident.

UPDATED: Spill on rough roads at Itzulia Basque Country leaves toll of fractured bones, concussions, cuts, scrapes, and a punctured lung across several teams, but no life-threatening injuries.

Roglič rolls on, and Bora-Hansgrohe officials confirm Lennard Kämna is in 'stable condition' after being struck by a vehicle while training in Tenerife.

Belgian media is reporting that ex-pro Michael Rogers and the UCI have 'parted ways' a day after confusion about Specialized's now-banned 'head sock.'

UPDATE: Ineos confirms no broken bones for Pidcock as Roglič wins first race in Bora-Hansgrohe colors despite late-stage detour.

Van der Poel's new 5-year contract is the latest in a trend of locking up top stars and diamonds in the rough for the long haul: 'We want to grow them up in our system.'

Vingegaard, Pogačar also recon decisive race against the clock that some say could see a repeat of the Tour's famous LeMond-Fignon duel of 1989: 'It will be a great race come July.'

The American star lifts the lid on opportunistic tactics that won him 'strange' Paris-Nice and frustration with Skjelmose: 'I won the race on La Colle-sur-Loup.'

Tour de Hoody: More Americans win in Europe, Chris Froome's long goodbye, and giving Milan-San Remo the respect it deserves.

Who's hot, who's not, and what next for the yellow jersey favorites after Paris-Nice, Tirreno-Adriatico, Strade Bianche?

From Plapp to Wiebes, and Van Dijk to Skjelmose, here's what the stars said: 'The race started hard, got harder, went full-gas, and then just went ridiculous.'

Remco Evenepoel settles for second in a week that saw a subdued Primož Roglič in his debut with Bora-Hansgrohe.

Jorgenson in pole position with one stage left to go: 'I believe the win in Paris-Nice is possible.'

Brandon McNulty defends podium spot: 'We didn't get much help. There's more than just us in the race who want to win.'

American slots into the overall lead at the 'Race to the Sun' as rain and wind impact the team time trial stage: 'Some of the speeds were crazy.'

Vingegaard, Pogačar, Roglič ... Evenepoel? Belgian's quest for Tour de France glory truly begins this week.

The first sparring amid the Big Four starts this weekend as European stage racing begins in earnest at Paris-Nice. Jeremy Whittle reckons history suggests Primoz Roglič, but momentum may say Remco Evenepoel.

Tour de Hoody: Kopecky and Vollering splitting up could be the best thing for women's racing, and Americans banging on monument's door.

Quick-Step is plotting to reclaim its classics crown with mix of youth and experience: 'We lost a little, but we are still there.'

Evenepoel forged his GC advantage at Volta ao Algarve on a 62T time trial chainring, and nearly lost it a day later when his derailleur died.

Tour de Hoody: Sheffield planning 2028 Olympics, Martinez sneaks in for the win, Del Toro surprises again, Van den Broek-Blaak back after pregnancy in a busy weekend.

Face-Off: Should rules allow that injured riders be swapped out of grand tours? Our editors argue out the 'replacement' theory.

With Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the spring classics on the horizon, the Belgian superstar snags an unexpected win: 'This gives a lot of confidence.'

'Flanders is now a climber's race': Cobbles guru Wilfried Peeters believes Belgian superstar will race De Ronde when the time is right.

This amateur cyclist hangs on impressively long as he follows Remco Evenepoel doing interval training.

Tour de Hoody: Cycling's 'Mick Jagger' exits stage left, the growing Middle East footprint, Kopecky's on fire, and American fans might finally have the sprinter star they've been waiting for.

Belgian star launches with over 50km remaining in Figueira Champions Classic, finishes nearly two minutes clear of next riders.

Kuss kick-starts in Spain on Saturday, Evenepoel clicks into gear in Portugal, Wout van Aert and Mikel Landa also launch 2024 as 'busy season' begins.

Tour de Hoody: Why Egan Bernal needs to win Colombia Tour, the 'Big 4' and the pathway to the Tour de France, and Strade Bianche goes to 11.

Bardet admits he initially had ‘doubts’ about Evenepoel's potential transferring to pro peloton.

Decathlon-Ag2r La Mondiale undergoes reinvention in quest to return Sam Bennett to Tour de France glory in 2024.

Will the new Red Bull-Bora superteam get wings with the arrival of Van Aert and Evenepoel in 2025?

'We have a team that can deliver him in the best way. I know many doubt that, but I like to be underestimated.' Quick-Step vows to come out swinging in Evenepoel's Tour debut.

Basque rider never got his Grand Tour win but will now help Belgian star try to win the Tour de France.

'We'll always be important in the classics, but we’re making a transformation for grand tours': The Wolfpack shifts identity for Evenepoel's bold ambitions.

Stefan Küng calls for change after face-in-forearms position caused horror crash: 'Riders will always do what makes them fastest.'

Gear tests and team bonding: Sunny Spain is everyone's choice for the WorldTour's off-season training camps.

Chasing the yellow jersey and Olympic glory: 'A top-5 is the ambition, and two medals in Paris.'

World TT champion revisits scene of near-lethal crash, and also has a sit-down chat about life, the bike and everything with Velo.

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.

Frenchman lauds Remco Evenepoel’s defiance in Vuelta a España, says debut Tour win is possible.

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

Face Off: Evenepoel will make his highly anticipated Tour debut in 2024, but is there enough room inside the team bus to bring a sprinter as well?

With Remco Evenepoel to target GC, Belgian insists there should be room for him.

Pro racers increasingly turn to running in the winter – here's why they do it, and how crazy fast they are.

A savage start, some crushing climbs, and yes, some gravel, will decide the Pogačar-Vingegaard-Roglič-Evenepoel battle.

Team boss Patrick Lefevere also reveals new details of the derailed merger: 'I suggested waiting until 2025, but they wanted to do it very quickly.'

'It's the day when you can lose the Tour': Is race organizer's hope for 'chaos' on the 2024 Tour's gravel stage a risk too far?

Feast and famine in the WorldTour: End-of-year leagues for wins, UCI points show brutal contrast between the haves and have-nots of the peloton.

Belgian star turns page on crash that nearly nipped his promising career in the bud: 'I think it’s good to close the chapter and the story about this crash.'

European champion victorious again despite being youngest rider in season-ending time trial.

Team chairman talks of discontent and future difficulty at Quick-Step after aborted merger with Jumbo-Visma.

What are the not-so-secret drinks of pro cycling? Here's what's inside the peloton's bottles, how it works, and where to get it.

Evenepoel is staying at Quick-Step and the 2024 Tour is the goal. What are his chances against the GC 'big three'? We argue either way.

Evenepoel rues COVID and rushed preparation for Vuelta a España in turbulent pre-Tour de France season.

From the Euros dominating the UCI gravel worlds to the collapse of the 'mega merger', the 2023 season ended with a collective bang.

Remco Evenepoel quells transfer rumors, leaves potential for box-office battle with Primož Roglič, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar at 2024 Tour.

Pogačar goes solo 30km from the final to end his season with a wild array of victories including at Lombardia, Flanders, Paris-Nice.

UPDATED: Amazon withdraws interest from Jumbo-Visma, bicycle manufacturer Pon to step up involvement in Dutch team.

Even team talisman Evenepoel waits on news of peloton-shaking merger with Jumbo-Visma as teammates cling to hope of 'refugee' team.

The Madonna del Ghisallo is cycling's patron saint, and the peloton will sweep past in Saturday's final monument of the 2023 season.

Grand tour racing could be turned upside down by potential 'Soudal-Visma' fusion, and Tadej Pogačar could profit.

Analysis: The head-spinning story keeps evolving, with new reports that Patrick Lefevere might form a 'place-holder team' if Soudal Quick-Step closes shop.

Belgian star speaks his mind on possible merger just moments after winning Tre Valli Varesine: 'We are strong enough ourselves.'

The prolific Belgian franchise and its racing legacy could be shuttered if the 'mega merger' with Jumbo-Visma moves forward: 'It would be a shame for cycling.'

Implications of a Jumbo-Visma/Soudal Quick-Step fusion would play across the entire elite men's peloton, and could leave dozens of riders and support staff in a lurch.

Lefevere lifts lid on sponsorship structures, Remco Evenepoel, states 'letter of intent' has been signed on blockbuster deal.