This is a list of important men's

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events. The list only includes road races, and no track,

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cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

races.

Championships

UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ranking system based upon perfor ...

, used to be

UCI ProTour The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle racing, road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI (International Cycling Union). Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, i ...

*Five UCI Continental Circuits (

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and

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World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

* National Championships

One-day races

The Monuments, Elite and 1.HC One Day Races include races that are either part of the

, as well as races that are organized by the ASO, the RCS and Unipublic.

The 'Monument'
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* Milano–San Remo, *

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races: * Tour of Flanders (men's race) The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...

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Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...

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Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...

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Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...

Additional elite one-day races

* Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, , formerly known as Omloop Het Volk *

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche (; ) is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name stems from the historic white gravel roads in ...

, * Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, * E3 Harelbeke, *

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

, * Dwars door Vlaanderen, *

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...

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Amstel Gold Race (men's race) The Amstel Gold Race is a one-day classic cycle races, classic road bicycle race, road cycling race held annually since 1966 Amstel Gold Race, 1966 in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning ...

, * Eschborn–Frankfurt, * Clásica de San Sebastián, *

Bretagne Classic The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite classic cycle races, cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Brittany, Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand-P ...

, * Vattenfall Cyclassics, * GP de Quebec. * GP de Montréal,

Major UCI Continental Circuits one-day races (1.Pro)

Trofeo Laigueglia The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a ...

, (1.HC in 2015) * Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, * GP di Lugano, *

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...

, * Scheldeprijs, * Brabantse Pijl, (1.HC in 2011) * GP de Denain, * GP of Aargau Canton, * RideLondon–Surrey Classic, *

Brussels Cycling Classic The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first ...

, (formerly Paris–Bruxelles) * GP du Fourmies, * GP Impanis-Van Petegem, * Giro dell'Emilia, * GP Bruno Beghelli, * Tre Valli Varesine, * Milano–Torino, * Gran Piemonte, * Münsterland Giro, *

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...

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Japan Cup The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...

Other Continental Circuit one-day races (1.1 or 1.2)

Rund um Köln The Rund um Köln is a Classic cycle races, classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as UCI race classifications, 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It ...

, * Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic, , formerly known as Veenendaal–Veenendaal (1.HC from 2005 until 2010) * Escalada a Montjuïc, * GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, *

Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia () is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due to Spain's fina ...

, (a 2.1 stage race until 2012) * GP della Costa Etruschi, *

Klasika Primavera The Klasika Primavera () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Amorebieta, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Established in 1946 as ''Gran Premio de Primavera'', it is now he ...

, * Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, *

Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe () was an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professiona ...

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GP Miguel Induráin The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin (), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. History The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurái ...

, (1.HC from 2007 until 2012) * Philadelphia International Championship, ( 1.HC from 2005 until 2012) * Volta Limburg Classic, , formerly known as Hel van het Mergelland * Memorial Marco Pantani, * Reading Classic, * Rund um die Hainleite, *

Subida a Urkiola Subida a Urkiola is a one-day cycling race in Durango, Biscay in the Basque Country whose starts in Durango Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

, * Trofeo Mallorca, * Clásica de Almería, (1.HC in 2012 and 2013) * Beaumont Trophy, * Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic, * Tour of Almaty, * Rhodes GP, *

Tour de Vendée Tour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in October (Previously May) in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. From 2005 until 2009, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the ...

, (1.HC from 2010 until 2013) *

Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...

, * Chrono des Nations, , time trial

Defunct

(year is last edition) *

Lancaster Classic The Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic was a professional road bicycle race held in late May or early June between 1992 and 2007 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. With the exception of the first race, which was , the Lancaster Classic covered about . ...

, * GP Gerrie Knetemann, * Bordeaux–Paris, (1988) * Classique des Alpes, (2004) * Eindhoven Team Time Trial, (2007) * GP di Lugano, , (1979) as an ITT, being since then a one-day race * GP des Amériques, , (1992) * GP des Nations, (2004) * GP Wolber, , (1931) * Paris–Brest–Paris, , (1951) (continues as an amateur ultra-marathon endurance event) * Paris–Clermont-Ferrand, , (1953) * Paris–Rouen (first cycling race), , (1869) * San Francisco Grand Prix, , (2005) * Trofeo Baracchi, , (1991) * Wincanton Classic, , (1997) * Giro del Lazio, *

Delta Profronde Delta Profronde was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Zeeland Zeeland (; ), historically known in English by the Endonym and exonym, exonym Zealand, is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. Th ...

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Züri-Metzgete Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German; ; ) was a European Classic cycle races, Classic cycle race held annually in Zürich, Switzerland, and continued as a non-professional mass participation event from 2007 until 2014. It was a race with a long history ...

, (2006) (continuing in 2008 as an amateur event) * Coppa Placci, (2008) * Giro del Veneto, (1.HC from 2005 until 2009)

Stage races

The Grand Tours, Elite and 2.HC Stage Races include races that are part of the

as well as races that are organized by the ASO, the RCS and Unipublic.

The Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

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Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

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Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

Additional elite stage races (world ranking)

* Tour Down Under, *

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

, * Tirreno–Adriatico, *

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

, * Vuelta al País Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country), *

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

, * Critérium du Dauphiné, * Tour de Suisse, *

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

, * BinckBank Tour, ,

Major UCI Continental Circuit stage races (2.HC)

* Tour of Croatia, * Dubai Tour, * Tour of Rwanda, (2.1) * Tour of Qatar, * Tour of Oman, *

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a stage race, multiple stage bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily ...

, * Critérium International, * Three Days of De Panne, * Giro del Trentino, (2.HC since 2011) * Tour of Turkey, (2.HC since 2010) *

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk () is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been held over a 5 or 6 day period for ...

, * Tour of California, * Tour of Norway, * Tour of Belgium, *

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a UCI race classifications, 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the UCI World Tour, World Tour, by the ...

, * Tour of Qinghai Lake, *

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

, * Danmark Rundt, * Tour of Utah, (2.HC in 2015) * Vuelta a Burgos, * Arctic Race of Norway, * Tour of Britain, *

Abu Dhabi Tour The Abu Dhabi Tour was a men's Road bicycle racing#Stage races, cycling stage race that took place in the United Arab Emirates, held annually between 2015 Abu Dhabi Tour, 2015 and 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, 2018. In 2019, the Abu Dhabi Tour merged with ...

Other UCI Continental Circuit stage races (2.1 or 2.2)

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annuall ...

, * Tour of Rwanda, (2.1) *

Tour of Austria The Tour of Austria () is a stage race, stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour ...

, (2.HC from 2006) *

Tour of Greece The Tour of Hellas is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of five stages and is usually held between April and May. The race was first held in 1968 as the ''Antiquities Trophy'', and was later known as the ''Tour of Hellas (or Greece) ...

, (2.1 from 2022) * Volta a Portugal, (2.HC from 2005 until 2009) * Brixia Tour, * Hong Kong Road Cycling Race, * An Post Rás, * Route du Sud, * Giro di Sicilia, *

Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme The Catalan Cycling Week (''Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme'' in Catalan language, Catalan) was a stage race, multi-stage road bicycle race held in Catalonia, Spain. Held annually from 1963 until 2005, it was run as a 2.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour ...

, * Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, * Ster Elektrotoer, *

Tour de Beauce Tour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle racing multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Quebec, Canada since 1986. It is the oldest stage-race in North America, and is a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-rated 2. ...

, * Tour de l'Avenir, * Tour of Slovenia, * Tour of Sibiu, *

Tour de Singkarak Tour de Singkarak (abbreviated TdS) is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in West Sumatra, Indonesia, and named after the Lake Singkarak. First staged in 2009, Tour de Singkarak is classified by the Union Cyc ...

, * Tour of South China Sea, , , * Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), * Vuelta a Colombia, * Vuelta a Asturias, * Vuelta a Castilla y León, * Vuelta a Andalucía, * Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, * World Ports Classic, * Tour of Estonia, * Tour of Alberta, * Tour de Yorkshire, *

Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...

, (2.HC in 2011 and 2012) * Okolo Slovenska, * Tour of Rhodes, (2.2) * South Aegean Tour, (2.2) * La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, * Tour Internationale d'Oranie, * Tour de Blida, * Tour du Cameroun, *

Tour International de Sétif Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directe ...

, * Tour d'Annaba, * Tour de Constantine, * Tour du Maroc, * Tour of Eritrea, * Tour du Sénégal, * Tour de Tunisie, * Tour Ethiopian Meles Zenawi, * Tour de Côte d'Ivoire-Tour de la Réconciliation, * Grand Prix Chantal Biya, * Tour du Faso,

Other stage races

* Tour de Perth,

Defunct

(year is last edition) * Tour of Beijing (2014) * Deutschland Tour (2008) * Course de la Paix (2006) * Grand Prix des Nations (2004) *

Grand Prix du Midi Libre The Grand Prix du Midi Libre (referred to as just Midi Libre) was a multiple-stage road cycling course in the south of France. The race, named after the newspaper that organized it, was first organized in 1949 and was an important preparation co ...

(2004) * Petit Tour de France/ Ronde de France (1946)
(''Little Tour de France'', held during and shortly after WW2) * Tour of Ireland (2009) * Bayern Rundfahrt (2015) * Giro di Padania (2012) * Rome–Naples–Rome (1961) * Ronde van Nederland (2004) (succeeded by the Eneco Tour) * Catalan Cycling Week (2005) *

Euskal Bizikleta Euskal Bizikleta (Spanish: ''Bicicleta Vasca'', English: ''Basque Bicycle'') was an annual road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. From 2005 to 2008, the race was organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, it ...

(was integrated into the Vuelta al País Vasco) * Vuelta a Galicia (2000) * Coors Classic (1988) (succeeded by the Tour de Trump) * Tour de Trump (1990) (succeeded by the Tour DuPont) *

Tour DuPont The Tour DuPont was a cycling stage race in the United States held annually between 1989 and 1996, initially called the Tour de Trump in the first two years. It was intended to become a North American cycling event similar in format and prestig ...

(1996) * Tour of Missouri *

Tour de Georgia The Tour de Georgia was a U.S. professional road cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and was contested six times until 2008. It was one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe ( 2.HC) stage ra ...

USA Pro Cycling Challenge The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, also known as USA Pro Challenge, was an annual multi-day professional road bicycle racing stage race that first took place in Colorado in 2011. Originally announced on August 4, 2010 by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter ...

(2015) * Colorado Classic (2018) — continuing as a standalone women's race

Multiple day, single stage races

* Race Across America, 9 day single stage *TransAm Bicycle Race, 17-day single stage, unsupported *

Transcontinental Race The Transcontinental Race (TCR) is an annual, self-supported, ultra-distance cycling race across Europe. It is one of the world's toughest ultra-endurance races. The route and distance varies for each edition between about 3,200 and 4,200 km ...

, 7-10 day single stage, unsupported

References

External links

Bicycle Races Calendar
Especially in Poland.
Date-ordered list of websites of international cycling races
Especially websites of organizers of UCI events. {{Years in road cycling Events

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Championships

One-day races

The 'Monument' Classics Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

Additional elite one-day races

Major UCI Continental Circuits one-day races (1.Pro)

Other Continental Circuit one-day races (1.1 or 1.2)

Defunct

Stage races

The Grand Tours

Additional elite stage races (world ranking)

Major UCI Continental Circuit stage races (2.HC)

Other UCI Continental Circuit stage races (2.1 or 2.2)

Other stage races

Defunct

Multiple day, single stage races

See also

References

External links

The 'Monument'
Classics Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...