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Jonas Vingegaard and teammates test radical new design from Giro in advance of team's Tour de France defense.

Pogačar's wildest season yet will drive a narrative through 2024 that will oppose any Visma victory parade.

Breaking down the major highlights & key takeaways from the spring classics opening weekend.

What did it take to hold the wheels of Visma-Lease a Bike's classics rout? Wild wattages and KoM-bothering efforts shared on Strava tell the story.

'We’re trying to get at a higher level at the monuments.' Could the calendar tweaks and a different approach to 'Holy Week' finally pay off?

Visma-Lease a Bike wins both races across 'Opening Weekend' to carry momentum into the spring's major one-days.

Analysis: Strong opening salvo in classics peels back philosophy behind winning ways — it's how they do it that matters.

American makes a big splash in his Visma-Lease a Bike debut: 'It's a totally different experience on this team.'

'We'll have to wait and see how Tadej does it': Vingegaard chews over possible Giro-Tour double, but he wants to know if it's achievable first.

No Van der Poel and Pedersen leaves Van Aert six-star favorite for classics opener, but no 'big three' makes it only an appetizer ahead of the spring's biggest prizes.

A shift toward performance fueling is reshaping historically problematic attitudes toward food, but the watt/kilo equation will always cause complications.

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

Belgian superstar finishes last for first time in his career, and Vuelta a España champion helps save the day for Visma-Lease a Bike: 'I did everything I could to help Jan.'

Several WorldTour teams openly use the 'grey area' performance enhancers, but some still fear their influence: What's driving the division?

Will Van Aert break his Flanders-Roubaix curse in 2024? Form-finding February racing in Spain, Portugal will give clues.

A breakthrough in last year's Oman tour helped seal the Visma-Lease a Bike deal: 'You need to get that first win to realize you’re capable of doing it.'

Why isn't the WorldTour topper to be seen in the early season? Jonas Vingegaard's crew is already on Teide and tuning for the the Tour de France.

Talented Dutchwoman has already shown signs of road promise, but much more is to come.

Kuss carries winning high-volume training framework into boosted role with the Visma-Lease A Bike WorldTour bulldozer in 2024.

The Vuelta a España champion returns to action with a pair of one-days and the Volta ao Algarve: 'That Vuelta victory did something to him. He gained so much confidence.'

The once-underdog, now-mighty Dutch super team is pushing the accelerator in 2024: 'The mentality doesn't change. We do not sit back and relax.'

The WorldTour opener delivered some surprises with Sam Welsford and Sarah Gigante, but it also confirmed that the 'super teams' will be hard to beat in 2024.

New Zealand climber looking for new opportunities in two-year deal to join Israel Premier Tech: 'I was always riding to help Roglič or Pogačar.'

Analysis: How the trend of squads stacking their 2024 Tour rosters with top GC talent could alter the balance of power in July.

Roglič to see stripped-back schedule and heavyweight backing in an all-out push for the victory that would complete his palmarès.

Face off: Roglič and Geoghegan Hart headline newly ambitious squads in 2024 – but can they displace Visma and UAE?

Van Aert shuns Italian classics in hunt for glory at Flanders, Roubaix; backs Visma's classics core as 'even stronger' in 2024.

From mud of Belgium to the Alps of France, Matteo Jorgenson's debut season with Visma-Lease a Bike is a race calendar brimming with quality.

Bora-Hansgrohe hops onto the 1X hype-train as German team undergoes Visma-Lease a Bike-inspired overhaul in 2024.

'We will be aiming for the ultimate goal: to win,' declares Dutch team.

Slovenian ace says intra-team tensions at Vuelta a España not the cause of Visma exit as his Tour de France quest becomes priority.

No race delivered as much spice and fireworks in 2023: How the 'Durango Kid' defied internal strife to elevate La Vuelta to one of the season highlights.

Belgian warns about pressure: ‘You don’t want to read what a young rider has to deal with on social media.’

Officials confirm that the American star, Jonas Vingegaard, and Fem van Empel all extend contracts to stay at Visma-Lease a Bike for the long-term.

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.

New-look jerseys and some wild new programs confirmed by team at media event as it looks to repeat historic 2023 season.

The bike brand is celebrating GC victories at all three grand tours in 2023 by Jumbo-Visma.

Ever-improving US talent will see opportunities in transfer to Visma-Lease a Bike: 'We want him to race to win as well as to learn.'

German team says Uijtdebroeks is ‘contractually bound’, but rider’s agent says legal action is ongoing.

Young Belgian talent ends Bora-Hansgrohe contract one year early to move to Dutch superteam.

Insiders remain upbeat that Visma-Lease a Bike will thrive without 'king' Roglič, but its grip on the Tour de France is at threat.

World No. 1 UAE Team Emirates confirms key arrivals ahead of another season to back Tadej Pogačar and Co.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Can Jumbo-Visma keep Van Aert happy without torpedoing its chances at the Tour? Or does it have to reign in the Belgian's bold new ambition?

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.

Slovenian superstar tests Specialized equipment and braces for new season: 'I left the best team. I think it's a special challenge.'

Jumbo-Visma star tapping the 2023-24 cyclocross brakes and drops Giro d'Italia hint: 'I don't want to leave anything to chance for the spring classics.'

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.

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

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

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.'

Jumbo-Visma pushed back on reports that their star cobble-basher is heading to the Giro d'Italia, but it raises an interesting prospect for the Belgian brawler at a career crossroads.

Jumbo-Visma finally backed Sepp Kuss for the win, but Primož Roglič wanted to keep racing: 'Only Primož had difficulty with it.'

New details emerge on plans to create a new 'super league,' but not everyone is happy about the plans.

'He was just this skinny, natural-born explorer kid': Kuss' past and present coaches track his path from Durango Devo junior to grand tour winner.

The 2024 Tour de France will see Roglič square off against his longtime team after his high-voltage move to Bora-Hansgrohe: 'It will be strange racing against him.'

Jumbo-Visma won't be trying to repeat its 2023 grand tour sweep and no one likes the gravel sectors: 'You can lose more than you can gain.'

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.

'It's surreal': Thousands turn out for bike parade in celebration of Kuss becoming first U.S. Vuelta champion in a decade.

Jumbo-Visma signs former air force officer, secures 16-year-old sensation for future contract in quest for continued dominance.

With Primož Roglič leaving for Bora-Hansgrohe in 2024, this could be the high-water mark for the team's 'total cycling' approach. Right now, everyone is simply enjoying the moment.

'This season was mediocre': Does Van Aert need to shake up his approach for 2024 and peak when it really matters most?

According to media reports, the grand tour team is linking up with a Dutch cycling conglomerate to assure its future.

Marc Lamberts also coached Wout van Aert, and will cross over with Roglič to join the German squad.

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

'I wanted to find a place where I could become the best version of myself': US star trades leadership at Movistar for longer-term payoffs.

The story behind the biggest coup of the transfer season: 'If you add a zero to the number, it is not enough.'

Van Aert's Cervelo Aspero-5 ahead of the UCI Gravel Worlds includes a Sram 2x drivetrain and immense saddle to bar drop.

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 Slovenian superstar will have a free run at Tour de France leadership after exiting contract with Jumbo-Visma among merger turmoil.

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

Reports indicate Jumbo-Visma trainer Marc Lamberts will join Roglič and his Tour de France quest in 2024.

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.

With a possible move to Bora-Hansgrohe, the Slovenian wants outright leadership, but he's leaving the team he helped transform into a powerhouse. Can he now beat the Killer Bees?