The 2024 Tour de France will feature the best cyclists in the world competing during the month of July in the sport’s most prestigious event, which starts June 29, but it’s not every year the field of riders includes the four best cyclists in the sport.

Joao Almeida won the closing time trial Sunday, and Adam Yates finished second to seal overall victory, as the UAE pair maintained their domination of the 2024 Tour de Suisse.

Adam Yates and Team UAE continued to dominate the 2024 Tour de Suisse, as the Briton won the seventh and penultimate stage Saturday to increase his overall lead.

Joao Almeida won the abbreviated sixth stage of the 2024 Tour de Suisse on Friday ahead of his UAE teammate Adam Yates, who retained the overall lead in Blatten.

Britain's Adam Yates held off his UAE Team Emirates teammate Joao Almeida to claim Thursday's fifth stage honors and consolidate his lead in the 2024 Tour de Suisse.

Norwegian Torstein Traeen grittily held off Adam Yates' late charge to claim the first stage win of his career during Stage 4 of the 2024 Tour de Suisse on Wednesday, while Yates jumped into first place overall.

French rider Bryan Coquard was fastest in a group sprint to take the second stage of the 2024 Tour de Suisse on Monday, as Yves Lampaert of Soudal stayed top of the general ranking.

Sergio Higuita took the lead in the Volta a Catalunya on Saturday despite finishing second to Richard Carapaz after a long two-man breakaway.

Portuguese rider João Almeida won the fifth stage of the Volta a Catalunya on Thursday ahead of Nairo Quintana, who took the overall race lead.

“The Race of Truth ' comes to the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Knokke-Heist, Belgium, in the form of a 30.3km time trial for the elite women on Sept. 20. The elite men will race 43.3km on a similar, longer course the day before. Both races will pass through Damme before finishing in the heart of Bruges.

Double Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar's UAE team said Tuesday they have signed 31-year-old New Zealander George Bennett on a two-year deal from Jumbo.

Promising Portuguese all-rounder João Almeida has left Deceuninck and signed a five-year deal with the UAE Emirates team where he will race alongside double Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar.

August marks the start of professional cycling’s official transfer period, the only time a UCI World Team may recruit riders. From August 1-15th, new pro riders and those with expiring contracts have the opportunity to sign to a new team. For any change of team between two seasons, the transfer period extends from August 1 to December 31st.

The 2019 and 2020 editions of the Tour de France were won by two of the youngest riders in the history of the race. Tadej Pogacar and Egan Bernal are at the forefront of a new generation of young cyclists which are continually raising the bar and upsetting the established favorites. The 2021 Tour de France will be another battle between the dynamic youth and the experienced establishment.

Two-time former world champion Rohan Dennis powered to victory for Ineos in a challenging 18.5km individual time trial on stage two of the Tour of Catalonia on Tuesday.