Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar is returning to the Spanish Vuelta after a seven-year absence to pursue a Grand Tours hat trick of titles.

Tadej Pogacar’s record-equaling fifth Tour de France title puts him among the greatest cyclists in the sport.

Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome underwent successful surgery after sustaining a fractured vertebrae, collapsed lung and five broken ribs in a training accident in France.

Chris Froome, the four-time Tour de France winner, is set to undergo surgery on Thursday after a serious training crash.

A woman wears a face mask as she walks past a Tour de France logo, in Nice, southern France, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. The Tour de France sets off shrouded in uncertainty and riding in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and mounting infections in France. If you love the Tour, if you love the champions, wear a mask," race director Christian Prudhomme said. On top of COVID-19 concerns, riders will contend with one of the most unrelenting Tour routes in memory, with an usually high total of 29 tough climbs. ___More Tour de France coverage: https://apnews.com/TourdeFrance