Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar on Monday pulled out of the Paris Olympics citing "tiredness", his Slovenia team announced.

Tadej Pogacar hailed a new "golden age" for cycling after securing a third Tour de France title on Sunday to add to his 2020 and 2021 triumphs.

Tadej Pogacar won for a fifth time on the Tour de France 2024 on Saturday, moving to the brink of a third title with an "out of this world" performance ahead of two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and first-time participant Remco Evenepoel.

Tadej Pogacar climbed to a convincing victory on Stage 19 of the Tour de France 2024 on Friday, extending his overall lead over defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, while inching closer to a historic Tour-Giro double.

Belgian Victor Campenaerts wept with joy after winning Stage 18 of the Tour de France 2024, while overall leader Tadej Pogacar and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard saved their thunder for a trilogy of harsh stages over the final weekend.

Ecuador's Richard Carapaz won Stage 17 of the Tour de France 2024 after the remnants of a breakaway finished ahead of the main pretenders in the High Alps on Wednesday.

Belgian Jasper Philipsen won a bunch sprint on Stage 16 of the Tour de France 2024 in Nimes on Tuesday, while his green sprint points jersey rival Biniam Girmay fell in the final dash.

Tadej Pogacar extended his overall lead at the Tour de France 2024 to more than three minutes Sunday with a convincing second straight stage win in the Pyrenees.

Tadej Pogacar extended his overall lead on the Tour de France 2024 when he won Stage 14 in the Pyrenees on Saturday.

Belgian Jasper Philipsen took his second win of this year's Tour de France 2024 on Friday, as a group of riders came down hard in the dash to the line at Pau.

Biniam Girmay said he hoped to encourage more diversity in elite cycling after the Eritrean won a third stage in this year's Tour de France on Thursday to extend his lead in the sprint points race.

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.