On the back of a performance that has made Remco Evenepoe the best young athlete in the Tour de France, he is heading to France for his next challenge, Saturday's time trial at the Olympic Games.

As Paris 2024 begins, the anticipation surrounding the cycling competitions increases. Four standout cyclists —Josh Tarling, Wout van Aert, Lucas Plapp, and Lotte Kopecky, are preparing to face one of the most significant challenges of their careers, each with their own aspirations and strategies.

Almost 50,000 police officers from different countries are safeguarding Paris during these Olympic weeks. However, a wave of robberies and criminal acts in the capital has sparked a sense of insecurity that also affects Olympic athletes.

Dariusz Banasezk, director of a Polish cycling team, will not be able to perform these duties for months and will have to take a driving course before returning to his duties.

On Sunday, the Egyptian Olympic Committee decided to disqualify cyclist Shahd Saeed from the Paris Games after her selection sparked a wave of negative comments on social media following a scandal that occurred months earlier. The incident revolves around a video showing the young Saeed abruptly knocking competitor Janna Eliwa off her bike.

New Zealand mountain biker Sammie Maxwell has successfully appealed her exclusion from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. A tribunal determined that selectors had used incorrect medical evidence regarding her eating disorder to justify her exclusion.

After suffering two falls in the previous two days, Slovenian cyclist Primoz Roglic withdrew from the Tour de France before starting the 13th stage on Friday, with his title aspirations shattered just before facing a couple of challenging mountain stages this weekend.

Mountain bike enthusiasts now have a rare opportunity to compete and compare their times with some of Europe's best riders in a beautiful and challenging terrain. The UEC MTB Marathon European Championships will be held in Viborg on 18 August 2024.

Two-time Olympic cycling champion Katie Archibald will miss the Paris 2024 Games after suffering a double leg break in a freak garden accident. The 30-year-old Scottish cyclist fractured a tibia and fibula and dislocated an ankle having tripped over a garden step. She also sustained substantial ligament damage during the incident on Tuesday and has since undergone surgery.

Similar to football, yellow cards will soon be handed out as a warning in road cycling for rule violations. The world cycling association UCI wants to test this set of rules from 1 August until the end of the 2024 season. In the new 2025 season, yellow cards will be included in a stricter set of rules. If a rider receives several yellow cards, suspensions may occur.

Former Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins faces the potential sale of his Olympic medals, along with other career trophies and memorabilia, following his bankruptcy declaration in court.

The UCI Gran Fondo Svendborg 2024 was a memorable cycling event with 1,700 participants on 8-9 June, giving riders the chance to qualify for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships 2024, which will take place in Aalborg, Denmark, from 28 August to 1 September.

Australian cyclist Robert Stannard has received a four-year ban following the discovery of irregularities in his Athlete Biological Passport (ABP).

Cyclist Jay Vine has been cleared to remove his neck brace for the first time and can now resume riding his bike outdoors. The news comes after a horrific crash at Itzulia Basque Country eight weeks ago on 4 April, which resulted in three spinal fractures.

Mountain biker Mathias Fluckiger is cleared of all doping charges by the Swiss Sports Disciplinary Tribunal. The doping sample and the analysis results cannot be used, with proceedings suspended.