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Blanka Vas looks out shyly from behind the podium at the 2024 Tour de France Femmes. She has a wide smile and her eyes are alight as a winner's medal dangles around her neck. The yellow backdrop of the podium frames her to the right half of the image.

Two weeks after Olympics near miss, Blanka Vas her moment

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Olympic dreams, viewed from trackside

Kristen Faulkner of the United States rides under the Eiffel Tower on her way to the Olympic road race title.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge How a women-focused beginner’s program put Kristen Faulkner on the path to Paris

Harrie Lavreysen and Matthew Richardson pat one another on the back after their sprint final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Olympic rings emblazoned on the steep boards of the track just in front of them.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Olympic track cycling: New world records and history made in tumultuous week in the velodrome

The Australian men's Team Pursuit squad races in the gold medal final. They are a tight paceline of four coming out of one of the turns on the velodrome.

Golden breakthroughs for USA and Australia in team pursuit

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge After running’s ‘Super Shoes’ cycling’s ‘Super Suits’ are deciding medals at the Paris Olympics

Aussie men break the team pursuit world record in early Olympic rounds

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Getting the shot: An Eiffel Tower finish

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Why didn’t they chase?

Kristen Faulkner of the United States rides under the Eiffel Tower on her way to the Olympic road race title.

Olympic women’s road race report: Faulkner stuns fellow attackers with eleventh-hour attack

Belgian Remco Evenepoel punches the air in celebration on winning the men's Olympic road race at Paris 2024, the Eiffel Tower in the background.

Olympic men’s road race report: Evenepoel doubles up with road race gold

The men's Keirin quarter finals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

2024 Paris Olympics track racing guide