Jonas Vingegaard edged overall leader Tadej Pogacar, as a battle between the four Tour de France 2024 favorites played out over a series of hills in the central Cantal region Wednesday.

Tour de France 2024 overall leader Tadej Pogacar voiced frustration with Jonas Vingegaard's defensive tactics on Sunday, claiming the defending champion was "scared," as little-known Frenchman Anthony Turgis won Stage 9.

Eritrean sprinter Biniam Girmay won Stage 8 of the Tour de France 2024 on Saturday at a finish line in the village where former French president Charles de Gaulle lived and is buried.

Dutch sprinter Dylan Groenewegen won Stage 6 of the Tour de France 2024 on Thursday after an eye-catching run though Burgundy ended in a feisty mass dash for the finish line in Dijon.

Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard begins his quest for a third consecutive Tour de France title Saturday when the peloton heads out of Florence, Italy, in sizzling heat for an opening stage packed with hills.

The Tour de France 2024 embarks from Florence, Italy, on Saturday. It's a 21-day race billed as a four-way battle for the title.

The 2024 Tour de France will feature the best cyclists in the world competing during the month of July in the sport’s most prestigious event, which starts June 29, but it’s not every year the field of riders includes the four best cyclists in the sport.

Tadej Pogacar said Thursday there had been "a little question mark," but he now has "fully recovered" after suffering from COVID-19 only 10 days ago, with his bid for a third Tour de France triumph approaching.

The Tour de France 2024 sets off from the Italian city of Florence on Saturday with Tadej Pogacar well prepped for a battle royale with defending champion Jonas Vingegaard on a route designed to take the world's greatest bike race down to the wire.

Red Bull on Wednesday unveiled its eight-rider cycling team to debut this week at the Tour de France 2024, marking the energy drink maker's latest expansion of its sports empire.

Tadej Pogacar issued an ominous warning to his Tour de France rivals Wednesday, the two-time winner declaring, "I've never felt so good on a bike."

With the clock ticking down on the Tour de France 2024 start from Florence, Italy, on Saturday, race director Christian Prudhomme told AFP he was expecting an action-packed 111th edition.

The Tour de France 2024 embarks from Florence, Italy, next Saturday with the route, riders and finale shaping up to provide a spectacular edition, as Jonas Vingegaard goes for a third successive title.

Slovenia's Primoz Roglic held off a late surge by American Matteo Jorgenson to win his second Critérium du Dauphiné by just eight seconds on Sunday in an eventful 160-kilometer mountainous run from Thones to Plateau des Glieres.

Slovenia's Primoz Roglic exhibited his tactical nous as he left it late to surge over the finish line on Saturday's queen stage of the 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné.