Cycling season officially is underway, and among the things for the athletes and fans to look forward to is the Flanders Classics, a series of one-day races held along the cobbled streets of Belgium, beginning in February.

Every generation of cycling has its heroes, rivalries, records and unforgettable moments. Each year is just a sliver of the same, and 2024 was no different.

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.

An ecstatic Annemiek van Vleuten said she was "very proud" to be the winner of the inaugural women's Tour de France after her perfectly judged ride secured her victory in Sunday's eighth, and final, stage.

The Ronde van Vlaanderen, or Tour of Flanders, is one of five monuments of cycling, and in 2022, the women’s edition is getting even bigger.