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.

Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard was "conscious" in hospital his team said following a mass crash which resulted in stage four of the Tour of the Basque Country race being neutralised on Thursday. He broke his collarbone and several ribs, his team reported.

Two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel were taken to hospital after a mass crash also involving Primoz Roglic, which resulted in stage four of the Tour of the Basque Country race being paused on Thursday.

Jonas Vingegaard won cycling's Tirreno-Adriatico on Sunday as local favourite Jonathan Milan claimed the final stage on the San Benedetto del Tronto seafront in a bunch sprint.

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard once again showed irresistible form on stage six of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Saturday as he soloed to a second stage win to virtually guarantee the overall victory.

Jonas Vingegaard took the lead in the Tirreno-Adriatico on Friday after storming to victory in the fifth stage with a bold attack on a key climb.

Phil Bauhaus won the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday after coming out on top in a crash-hit bunch sprint to the line in Gualdo Tadino.

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.

Double Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard has signed a contract extension with his team Visma-Lease a Bike, previously known as Jumbo-Visma.

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.

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.