Road season heats up as season debuts loom for peloton's 'big six'

Remco Evenepoel will soon be back in action to kick off his 2024 season in Portugal
Remco Evenepoel will soon be back in action to kick off his 2024 season in Portugal (Image credit: Getty Images)

The 2024 road racing season steps up in pace this weekend when the first of cycling's so-called 'Big Six' of superstar riders, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) heads for his first startline of the year at the Figuera Champions Classic in northern Portugal on February 10.

Evenepoel’s keenly awaited 2024 debut will see the former world champion take part in a notably challenging one-day race for so early in the season, 222km in length and with nearly 3,000 metres of vertical climbing.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.