Tadej Pogacar sprinted to an impressive fourth stage victory of the week and sealed his 2024 Tour of Catalonia triumph Sunday.

American rider Sepp Kuss claimed his first Grand Tour victory in the Vuelta a España on Sunday in Madrid and described it as "life-changing," while his team, Jumbo-Visma, completed an unprecedented treble.

Sepp Kuss emerged from the Stage 17 mountain mists Wednesday clinging stubbornly to the 2023 Vuelta a España lead by eight seconds, as his teammate Primoz Roglic won the stage with another Jumbo rider, Jonas Vingegaard, finishing second.

Sepp Kuss soloed to victory on the sixth stage of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana on Thursday, as reigning champion Remco Evenepoel gave away the leader's red jersey to Lenny Martinez.

Spanish veteran Mikel Landa will join Soudal-Quick Step on a two-year contract in 2024 to bolster Remco Evenepoel's first assault on the Tour de France, the Belgian team announced on Wednesday.

Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard kept the overall lead of the 2023 Tour de France on Sunday, crossing the finish line in the second of four Alpine tests wheel to wheel with Tadej Pogacar.

Mark Cavendish crashed out of the 2023 Tour de France on Saturday, ending his quest to take the all-time record for stage wins, and Denmark's Mads Pedersen won a sprint for Stage 8 in Limoges.

Cycling's Tour de France, with its vast caravan of teams, media, publicity and security, was visible everywhere around the Spanish city of Bilbao Thursday, with riders poised to embark on the epic 21-day race to Paris.

It would be a history-making ride if Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) won Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday. He's the hot favorite coming into the race, and would make for a magical 2023 on the heels of one-day wins in the Tour of Flanders, the Amstel Gold Race, and the Flèche Wallonne.

Tadej Pogacar's sensational form continued unabated Wednesday when a late surge on a fabled steep finale landed the Team UAE leader the Fleche Wallonne one-day classic in Belgium.

Australian climb specialist Michael Storer of the DSM team won a mountainous stage 7 of the Vuelta aEspana on Friday, soloing to victory after escaping a 30-rider breakaway.

Cycling's final 21-day race of the season, the Vuelta a España, gets underway in Burgos Saturday with three Olympic champions taking on the mountainous route bookended by individual time-trials.

The 2021 Vuelta a España has a star-studded cast of contenders. We take a look at three of the likeliest eventual champions:

August marks the start of professional cycling’s official transfer period, the only time a UCI World Team may recruit riders. From August 1-15th, new pro riders and those with expiring contracts have the opportunity to sign to a new team. For any change of team between two seasons, the transfer period extends from August 1 to December 31st.

2020 Tour de France prize money broken out for the overall running totals and the daily stage totals for teams and individual riders.