Tadej Pogačar

Former Tour de France stage winner and top-10 finisher Dan Martin picks out his favorites for the yellow jersey this July.

From the cobbles to the high mountains, there is plenty for the GC riders to be cautious of in the 2022 Tour de France.

For his direct rivals, the two-time Tour winner is like an impenetrable fortress. Everyone is looking for a crack to try breach the walls.

The conservative consistency of Geraint Thomas' Tour de Suisse is the antithesis answer to two firecracker Slovenian hares at the Tour de France.

The Tour de France is a colorful affair, with multiple competitions going on simultaneously. The leader of each competition wears a special yellow, white, green, or polka-dot jersey.

Profiles and details of all 21 stages.

Tadej Pogačar and his team has no distractions heading into the Tour de France, while Jumbo-Visma are chasing too many goals, writes Kate Wagner.

"Hold my beer," said UAE Team Emirates to Jumbo-Visma. Sort of.

Pogačar wins final stage and secures GC of Tour of Slovenia to set the tone for Tour de France defense next month.

Majka and teammate Pogačar made time for a quick game before the finish of stage 4 of the Tour of Slovenia.

Rafal Majka and Tadej Pogačar go one-two in the mountains, just like Primož Roglič and Jonas Vingegaard did at the Dauphiné.

'Our main strength is not trying to fight Pogačar head-to-head:' Jumbo-Visma relying on Roglič-Vingegaard one-two and a squad for all scenarios.

Slovenian takes stage 3 win and the race lead but COVID-19 cases at UAE Team Emirates takes some of the joy away.

Pogačar's team sends home four riders from Slovenia and Suisse as spike in cases raises alarm bells before start of the Tour de France.

Bahrain Victorious pull team out of Tour de Suisse as COVID spike continues unabated.

Majka takes the stage as the Tour de France favorite eliminates all but one of his GC rivals.

'Let’s see if we can get him,' says team boss Mauro Gianetti.

'Jumbo showed that they are really strong. Jonas and Primož they went really, really strong on the climbs. For sure it was some sort of statement, some reference,' says Tour de France favorite.

The battle for the green jersey between Peter Sagan, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel could be one for the ages.

New Zealand climber says supporting Tadej Pogačar deep in the mountains will push him 'to the absolute limit.'

For the second year in a row, those most likely to win the yellow jersey won't race against each other in June.

'I’ve been feeling good in training, but it’s hard to know exactly how you’re going until you’re in the race.' Pogačar tests legs before Tour defense.

July will determine if a very strong Jumbo-Visma will be enough to earn the team its first yellow jersey.

Bahrain-Victorious duo climb into fourth and fifth, but tip hats to the Dutch team after dominant week at the Dauphiné.

Tour de France champ makes rare appearance on Strava to log two huge training rides out of Livigno altitude camp.

Dutch climber is poised to return to the Tour de France where he said Jumbo-Visma's collective strength will give them an edge.

The bike is still in development and multiple versions will be tested by UAE Emirates riders.

This week's Dauphiné is a race with two finish lines, the first on Sunday and the second in Paris on July 24. 

From Chris Froome to Primož Roglič and Wout van Aert, the French stage race is the perfect tuneup before the Tour de France.

The countdown to the 2022 Tour de France begins and the top favorites have been training at altitude and previewing stages.

Jumbo-Visma to split ambitions between green and yellow jerseys as Primož Roglič looks to overturn Tadej Pogačar's Tour dominance.

Saturday's mountain finish at Fedaia is a real grinder and it's during the Giro's 'epic' third week that reveals a rider's true character.

The two-time Tour champ was spotted on a prototype frame.

Giro di Hoody: 'Generation Pogačar' might be dominating the Tour de France, but this year's Giro is proving that experience and depth still count.

'They weren’t doing those one percenters or half percenters for every single thing,' Australian says of Dave Brailsford's team.

All-rounder is riding support during this Giro d'Italia but is hoping to see his chances to lead for Ineos Grenadiers this season.

The defending champion has his Tour preparation mapped out.

Could Vingegaard take over the leadership role in the summer or will Roglič return to his best after muscle injury during the spring?

Budding Jumbo-Visma star hoping to top ninth in 2021 as well as help teammate Tom Dumoulin race for pink at Giro d'Italia.

Roglič and Pogačar won five of the seven past grand tours. Without them, the Giro could be faster and more frenetic than ever before.

The American rider was called up to the monument this week after Tadej Pogačar had to travel home.

Brandon McNulty will replace Pogačar in the UAE Team Emirates lineup while his teammate stays with his family in Slovenia.

The Slovenian had returned home to support his fiancée Urška Zigart following the death of her mother.

'La Doyenne' sees a lot of detractors. But the redesigned route and today's crop of multi-faceted super-talents make this Ardennes race very ace.

Who might win? What are the most significant climbs? Will it be wet? Here's all you need to know about the 2022 Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

It's a bold move to bet against the wunderkind.

UAE Team Emirates canceled a scheduled press conference with the Slovenian star this week after two-time Tour de France winner returned to Slovenia.

A rare off-day for the Slovenian, who now turns to his title defence in Liège.

‘I’m fully motivated for Sunday. I don’t see this as a weakness. It’s a one-day race and this happens,’ says two-time Tour de France winner.

Slovenian star wraps up his spring campaign with a return to the Ardennes in final races until June and Tour de France defense in July.

‘I could tell six weeks ago that Quick-Step wouldn't win a classic,’ says four-time Paris-Roubaix winner.

The usually mild mannered Pogačar is seen gesticulating to Dutch rider Dylan van Baarle immediately after crossing the line.

Did Pogačar screw up the finale, or not? This, plus all the critical points of the men's and women's races discussed.

The five-time Tour winner says it's too early to call Tadej Pogačar the next Eddy Merckx.

Several updates for 2022 to the bike not used to finishing off the podium.

For Tadej Pogačar, the Netflix boost wouldn't be worth the risk to the yellow jersey.

Tadej Pogačar says he will race Paris-Roubaix 'one day,' relishes shot at racing on cobbles at Tour de France: 'It can go terribly wrong or it can go OK.'

Tadej Pogačar revives tradition of grand tour winners as serious cobbled classics contenders.

Pogačar is human after all, and what else we learned at the season’s second monument.

The Slovenian keeps making Paris-Roubaix hints but surely he won't be riding the Hell of the North?

Tadej Pogačar takes a closer look at the treacherous sectors of French cobblestones that loom on stage 5 in this summer's Tour de France.

Pogačar’s tactics unravel with ‘junior error’ in sprint finish.

Five key moments at De Ronde reconfirm the golden rule of cycling that the strongest doesn't always win.

De Ronde champ compliments rivals van Aert and Pogačar: ‘Attacking is the most honest way to be in a final with the best riders.’

Pogačar was the strongest on the day, but tactics and sprint prowess won out.

"Pogačar was really impressive on the climbs, so I was happy to stay on his wheel."

Léon Van Bon was in the right place at the right time to recover a niche piece of cycling history.

Dutchman who finished second said he had resigned himself to a sprint for third place after being dropped on the Oude Kwaremont.

Mathieu van der Poel continues steamrolling into the classics after coming out on top in dramatic duel with Tadej Pogačar.

Tour de France champion misses podium after animating the final hour of racing of De Ronde debut.

'It’s another learning experience, maybe dropping back out of uni and back to primary school when it comes back to a sprint for the finish,' says former sprinter.

Pogačar animates the race with three huge attacks but comes undone in final sprint, finishing fourth.

Matteo Trentin on chances Sunday: 'When Tadej comes to a race, he doesn't come just to start, he comes to win.'

Here's what some of the pre-race favorites for the men's and women's races said at the start lines in Antwerp and Oudenaarde ahead of mythical cobbled monument.

'Maybe I am out of my comfort zone,' says the Slovenian before his De Ronde debut.

The highly anticipated Tour de France docu-series will not feature the two-time defending champion or his UAE Emirates team.

Tour de Hoody: Slovenian superstar could become first Tour de France winner since Eddy Merckx to win De Ronde if he delivers Sunday.

Oliver Naesen may not win Flanders on Sunday, but he will likely take home the Best Analogy of the Weekend award.

From Tadej Pogačar to Wout van Aert, pro cycling's sickbay has been busier than ever. We speak to medics and riders to find out why.

VeloNews picks out 10 riders to keep an eye out for in the second monument of the men's spring classics campaign.