Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel face a race against time to be ready for the Tour de France after breaking bones in a crash in the Tour of the Basque Country.

A day after completing the Paris-Nice stage race Remco Evenepoel stayed in the region to prepare for the final stage of the Tour de France which also ends in Nice this year.

Remco Evenepoel won the Tour of the Algarve for the third time on Sunday after reeling in a threatening breakaway by Wout van Aert on Sunday's final stage.

The 2024 men's cycling season gets underway at the Tour Down Under this week at the start of a year which will see a potentially spectacular Tour de France and the Paris Olympics.

Sepp Kuss virtually clinched victory at Vuelta a España 2023 on Saturday, as he maintained his overall lead ahead of the ceremonial finale, while Wout Poels won Stage 20 in a sprint finish ahead of Remco Evenepoel.

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.

Jumbo's American rider Sepp Kuss did enough Tuesday to retain the Vuelta a España overall lead on a grueling 25.8-kilometer Stage 10 individual time trial won by Italy's Filippo Ganna.

Lennard Kämna completed a trilogy of Grand Tour stage wins in a breakaway victory, as he took the ninth stage of the 2023 Vuelta a España on Sunday.

Remco Evenepoel lamented that he felt "a bit stupid" after Primoz Roglic pounced in the final meters to win the eighth stage of the 2023 Vuelta a España on Saturday.

Australia's Kaden Groves won a second successive stage on the 2023 Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday, coming out on top in a Stage 5 sprint finish to Burriana.

Reigning champion Remco Evenepoel won Stage 3 of the 2023 Vuelta a España, outpacing general classification rival Jonas Vingegaard in a display of strength in a two-man sprint finish Monday, which also earned him the red jersey.

Dutch team DSM-Firmenich earned a surprise victory in the first stage of the 2023 Vuelta a España on Saturday, as the third Grand Tour of the season started with a team time trial in heavy Barcelona rain.

Remco Evenepoel has put an end to discussion about a possible move to Ineos-Grenadiers by announcing that he will respect his contract with Soudal-Quick Step, which runs until 2026.

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.

Remco Evenepoel is among the stars assembling for the 2023 UCI World Championships in Scotland with 13 disciplines including road races, BMX, mountain biking and track racing on the menu from Thursday.