It’s cobblestone season in international cycling, and even though the world’s best riders will be crossing into France this week, they’ll be just across the border from the cobblestone capital of the sport, Belgium.

World champion Tadej Pogacar won a record-equaling third Tour of Flanders on Sunday after dropping his main rival Mathieu van der Poel with 18 kilometers to ride.

You know the elite cycling season is gaining momentum when the list of attendees for the next event includes some of the biggest names in international competition – defending champion Tadej Pogacar, three-time winner Mathieu van der Poel and reigning Olympic gold-medalist Remco Evenepoel as a late addition to the roster.

Before anyone even steps on a pedal at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships, history will be made.

Lotte Kopecky is chasing something no woman has ever done. Win the Tour of Flanders. Then win Paris-Roubaix. In the same week.

Lotte Kopecky won a second straight world road race title Saturday, finishing ahead of American Chloe Dygert and Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini at the UCI Road World Championships 2024.

Belgium's Lotte Kopecky won the women's road race Sunday for a third gold medal at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships. She first claimed two track titles.

Dutch rider Demi Vollering won the 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift on Sunday after Marlen Reusser claimed the final-stage time trial in Pau.

Demi Vollering powered through the mountain-top fog Saturday to win the most demanding stage in the 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and grab the leader's yellow jersey.

Emma Norsgaard outfoxed the other 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift sprinters by escaping on a breakaway and then holding off the pack at the finish to win Stage 6 on Friday.

Rookie Ricarda Bauernfeind broke away to take the fifth stage of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes on Thursday, and Lotte Kopecky finished at the front of the chasing pack to keep the overall lead.

Yara Kastelijn escaped in the hilly final 20 kilometers to win the fourth stage of the 2023 women's Tour de France on Wednesday in Rodez, as Lotte Kopecky kept the yellow jersey.

Germany's Liane Lippert mastered the slippery conditions and a puncture Monday to sprint to victory in the second stage of the 2023 women's Tour de France just ahead of Belgian race leader Lotte Kopecky.

Belgian Lotte Kopecky continued an impressive season overshadowed by the death of her brother by winning the first stage of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes on Sunday in Clermont-Ferrand.

Demi Vollering won the women's Amstel Gold Race on Sunday after breaking free of the pack on the final descent.