This is a list of important men's road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

 events. Note that this list only includes road races, and no track

Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

, mountain

Mountain biking

Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.Mountain biking can...

 or cyclo-cross

Cyclo-cross

Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and...

 races.

Championships

• International Cycling Union
  Union Cycliste Internationale
  Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....
  
   (UCI) ProTour
  UCI ProTour
  The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...
  
  
• Five Continental Circuit Championships
  UCI Continental Circuits
  The UCI Continental Circuits are road bicycle racing competitions contested under the auspices of the Union Cycliste Internationale . The five circuits are inferior to the UCI ProTour. Both the ProTour and the circuits comprise a series of races in which various cycling teams compete regularly...
  
   (America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania)
• World Championships
  World Cycling Championship
  The UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The UCI Road World Championships include championships for elite men's road race and individual time trial...
  
  
• National Cycling Championships

Men's One Day Races

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

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....

 ProTour

UCI ProTour

The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...

, as well as races that are organized by the ASO

Amaury Sport Organisation

The Amaury Sport Organisation is part of the French media group, EPA . It organises sporting events including the Tour de France and Paris–Nice professional cycle road races, and the Dakar Rally...

, the RCS and Unipublic.

The 'Monument' Classics

Classic cycle races

The classic cycle races are one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar. Most of the events, all run in western Europe, have been fixtures on the professional calendar for decades and the oldest ones date back to the 19th Century. They are normally held at roughly the same...

• Milan – San Remo,
• Ronde van Vlaanderen,
• Paris–Roubaix,
• Liège–Bastogne–Liège,
• Giro di Lombardia,

Additional Elite One Day Races

• Gent–Wevelgem,
• La Flèche Wallonne
  La Flèche Wallonne
  La Flèche Wallonne is a major men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Belgium.The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week between the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège...
  
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• Amstel Gold Race
  Amstel Gold Race
  The Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle race held in the southern part of the province of Limburg, Netherlands. Since 1989 it has been among the races included in season long rankings tables, as part of the UCI Road World Cup , the UCI ProTour , UCI World Ranking and from 2011 the UCI World Tour...
  
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• Clásica de San Sebastián
  Clásica de San Sebastián
  The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa - Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián is a cycle race that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián, Spain...
  
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• GP Ouest-France
  GP Ouest-France
  Grand-Prix de Plouay Ouest-France is an elite cycle race held annually in late summer around a circuit based on the small Breton village of Plouay since 1931...
  
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• Vattenfall Cyclassics
  Vattenfall Cyclassics
  The Vattenfall Cyclassics is an annual one-day pro and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg. Although it is a race with a short history, it is nevertheless reckoned as a classic. It started as an unimportant race in 1996, but because of the fast growing popularity of cycling in Germany, it...
  
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• GP de Quebec
  Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
  The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec is a one-day professional bicycle road race held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Its first edition was on September 10, 2010, as the penultimate event in the 2010 UCI ProTour....
  
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• GP de Montréal
  Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
  The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is a one-day professional bicycle road race held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its first edition was held on September 12, 2010 as the final event in the 2010 UCI ProTour....
  
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• Paris–Tours, (currently a 1.HC race)

Major UCI

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....

 Continental Circuit

UCI Continental Circuits

The UCI Continental Circuits are road bicycle racing competitions contested under the auspices of the Union Cycliste Internationale . The five circuits are inferior to the UCI ProTour. Both the ProTour and the circuits comprise a series of races in which various cycling teams compete regularly...

 One Day Races (1.HC)

• Omloop Het Nieuwsblad,
• E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
  E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
  The E3 Harelbeke is an annual cycling race in the Flanders area of Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke over 210 kilometres. The event is organised by the Hand in Hand Cycling Club of Harelbeke and is ranked 1.HC on the UCI Continental calendar....
  
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• Grote Scheldeprijs
  Grote Scheldeprijs
  The Scheldeprijs is a Flanders Classics cycling race which starts in Antwerp and finishes in Schoten. The event, ranked at 1.HC on the UCI European calendar, is seen as a race for sprinters, held on flat roads over roughly 200 kilometres. The race is one circuit of 155 kilometres into the...
  
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• Brabantse Pijl
  Brabantse Pijl
  The Brabantse Pijl is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011, it was upgraded to a 1.HC event...
  
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• GP Kanton Aargau,
• GP Miguel Indurain
  GP Miguel Indurain
  The Grand Prix Miguel Indurain is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after the Spanish cyclist in 1998. In 2005, the race was upgraded to a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. For 2007 and 2008 the race was...
  
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• Philadelphia International Championship
  Philadelphia International Championship
  The Philadelphia International Championship is an annual bicycle race held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is described as "America's top international cycling classic, and one of the richest and most prestigious one day races outside of Europe." It is one of the longest single-day races in the...
  
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• Paris–Brussels, ,
• GP du Fourmies,
• Tre Valli Varesine
  Tre Valli Varesine
  The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour....
  
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• Giro dell'Emilia
  Giro dell'Emilia
  The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is considered one of the most important classic bicycle races in Italy....
  
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• Gran Piemonte,
• Japan Cup
  Japan Cup (cycling)
  The Japan Cup is a road bicycle racing one-day event held each October in Japan since 1992. The Japan Cup is a popular and early season stop on the UCI Asia Tour and often includes several teams from the UCI ProTour. It is currently part of the UCI Asia Tour....
  
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Other UCI

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....

 Continental Circuit

UCI Continental Circuits

The UCI Continental Circuits are road bicycle racing competitions contested under the auspices of the Union Cycliste Internationale . The five circuits are inferior to the UCI ProTour. Both the ProTour and the circuits comprise a series of races in which various cycling teams compete regularly...

 One Day Races (1.1 or 1.2)

• Giro del Veneto
  Giro del Veneto
  The Giro del Veneto is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. The race is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, meaning a one-day race that is not the hardest in difficulty, but harder than most.-Winners:...
  
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• Coppa Placci
  Coppa Placci
  The Coppa Placci is a semi classic European bicycle race held between Imola, Italy and San Marino. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour....
  
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• Rund um den Henninger Turm, (1.1 in 2011)
• Rund um Köln
  Rund um Köln
  The Rund um Köln is a classic cycling race which is based around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race . It is one of the oldest cycling races still running in Germany, just after Rund um die Hainleite, which was first held in 1908...
  
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• Veenendaal–Veenendaal, (1.1 in 2011)
• Dwars door Vlaanderen
  Dwars door Vlaanderen
  Dwars door Vlaanderen is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race. Traditionally, it is the start of the Flemish cycling week, with Gent–Wevelgem , the Three Days of De Panne and the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Dwars door Vlaanderen has always been contested on a Wednesday, a week and a half before the...
  
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• Escalada a Montjuïc
  Escalada a Montjuïc
  The Escalada a Montjuïc is a one-day, two-stage road bicycle racing race held in Barcelona, Spain since 1965. It is held in the middle of October, as one of the final races in the European season. Since 2005, it is organised as a 1.2 category race as a part of the UCI Europe Tour...
  
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• Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
  Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
  Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour...
  
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• Gran Premio di Lugano
  Gran Premio di Lugano
  The Gran Premio di Lugano is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Lugano, Chrono:...
  
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• GP della Costa Etruschi
  Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
  The Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi is a one day professional cycling race between the towns of San Vincenzo and Donoratico on the Tuscany coast in Italy. The 193 kilometre long race takes place at the beginning of February and has now taken over from the Trofeo Laigueglia as the opening event of...
  
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• Klasika Primavera
  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....
  
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• Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne,
• Lancaster Classic
  Lancaster Classic
  The Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic is a professional road bicycle racing event held each June since 1992 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. The Lancaster Classic is the first leg of the Pro Cycling Tour and the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling, which includes the Reading Classic and the...
  
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• Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
  Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
  The Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic cycling race is a one day road bicycle race . The race started in 1895 and is Australia's oldest one day race and the world's second oldest one day race, after the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Classic. Historically, the route started in central Melbourne and followed...
  
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• Memorial Marco Pantani
  Memorial Marco Pantani
  The Memorial Marco Pantani is professional road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The race has been organized since 2004 and serves as a memory of Marco Pantani. The race starts in Cesenatico, Marco Pantani hometown, and follows a route towards his birthplace, Cesena...
  
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• Monte Paschi Eroica
  Monte Paschi Eroica
  The Montepaschi Strade Bianche, formerly known as Monte Paschi Eroica, is a road bicycle race held annually near Siena, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. The race was first organised in 2007 as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour and was held in October. From 2008 on the event has found a space in...
  
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• Nokere-Koerse
  Nokere-Koerse
  Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour....
  
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• Reading Classic
  Reading Classic
  The Reading Classic is an annual bicycle road racing event held in Reading, Pennsylvania. In its inaugural year, the 2006 Reading Classic was part of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling on the United States' Pro Cycling Tour . The men's elite event is ranked 1.1 by the International Cycling...
  
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• Rund um die Hainleite
  Rund um die Hainleite
  The Rund um die Hainleite is a classic cycling race which is based around the German city of Erfurt, Germany. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race...
  
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• Subida Urkiola,
• Trofeo Laigueglia
  Trofeo Laigueglia
  The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi.-Palmarès:...
  
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• Trofeo Mallorca
  Vuelta a Mallorca
  The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca is a series of five professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in early February. The event is used as an early season preparatory event by many of the top teams in readiness for the bigger races later in the season...
  
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Defunct

(year is last edition)

• Milano–Torino, (2007) (as of 2011 expected to resume at unspecified future date)
• GP Gerrie Knetemann,
• Bordeaux–Paris, (1988)
• Classique des Alpes
  Classique des Alpes
  Classique des Alpes was a classic taking place as a mountainous single-day cycling race. It took place in Chartreuse Mountains, beginning in Chambéry and finishing in Aix-les-Bains....
  
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• Eindhoven Team Time Trial
  Eindhoven Team Time Trial
  The UCI ProTour Eindhoven Team Time Trial was an annual road bicycle race held in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It was approximately . Each team had six riders. In 2006, team size expanded to eight....
  
  , (2007)
• Grand Prix des Amériques, , (1992)
• Grand Prix des Nations
  Grand Prix des Nations
  The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial for professional racing cyclists. Held annually in France, it was instituted in 1932 and often regarded as the unofficial time trial championship of the world and as a Classic cycle race. The race was the idea of a Parisian newspaper editor...
  
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• Gran Premio di Lugano
  Gran Premio di Lugano
  The Gran Premio di Lugano is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Lugano, Chrono:...
  
  , , (1979) as an ITT
  Individual time trial
  An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...
  
  , being since then a one day race
• GP Wolber
  GP Wolber
  The GP Wolber was a French cycling event in the 1920s. It was considered a kind of unofficial World Championship. Only cyclists who finished in the top-3 of the major French, Italian, Belgian and Swiss races were invited. The first GP Wolber was held in 1922. When the World Cycling Championship was...
  
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• 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
  San Francisco Grand Prix
  The San Francisco Grand Prix was a road cycling race held in San Francisco, United States in early September. It was as a 1.HC event and in 2005 part of the UCI America Tour. It lasted five years....
  
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• Trofeo Baracchi
  Trofeo Baracchi
  The Trofeo Baracchi was a major Italian cycling race that ran for 50 years. It was created by Mino Baracchi, in memory of his father Angelo who was a great cycle racing fan. Originally an amateur individual time trial, from 1944 it was open to professionals and became a major event on the...
  
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• Wincanton Classic
  Wincanton Classic
  Wincanton Classic was a classic taking place in the United Kingdom as part of the UCI Road World Cup....
  
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• Giro del Lazio
  Giro del Lazio
  The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour....
  
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• Delta Profronde
  Delta Profronde
  Delta Profronde is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Zeeland, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was previously known as Ronde van Midden-Zeeland and it was an amateur race between 1959 and 1973.- Winners :...
  
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• Züri-Metzgete, (2006) (continuing in 2008 as an amateur event)

Women's One Day Races

• La Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
  La Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
  The Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal is an elite women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually since 1998 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada as part of the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup season.- Past winners :...
  
  
• La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
  La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
  La Flèche Wallonne Féminine began in 1998 as a women's road race was held in conjunction with the men's race. From the following year onwards, the women's La Flèche Wallonne was a UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup event. The women raced the same course, but did one less circuit.-Past...
  
  
• Geelong World Cup
  Geelong World Cup
  The Australia World Cup was a women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Australia from 1998 to 2008 as part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup...
  
  
• GP de Plouay
  GP de Plouay
  Grand Prix de Plouay is a professional road bicycle racing event held in Plouay, France on the UCI Women's Road World Cup.- Past results :-External links:*...
  
  
• Open de Suède Vårgårda
  Open de Suède Vårgårda
  Open de Suède Vårgårda is an elite women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Vårgårda Municipality of Sweden. Created in 2006, the Open de Suède Vårgårda is part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup and sanctioned by the Swedish Cycling Federation.- Past winners :-Team time...
  
  
• Ronde van Drenthe
  Ronde van Drenthe
  Ronde van Drenthe is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union.Since 2005, the men's event is UCI 1.1 rated and is part of the UCI Europe Tour...
  
  
• Tour de Berne
  Tour de Berne
  Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Berne, Switzerland with races for men and women.- Women's event :The women's Tour de Berne is an elite professional event and since 2005 has been elevated to the UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup...
  
  
• Tour of Flanders for Women
  Tour of Flanders for Women
  Tour of Flanders for Women is a road bicycle racing event held in Flanders, Belgium. It is held every spring, in conjunction with the men's event Tour of Flanders and is part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup.-Past winners:...
  
  
• Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
  Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
  Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio is a women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the comune of Cittiglio and nearby comunes located within the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy...
  
  

Men's Stage Races

Note: the Grand Tours, Elite and 2.HC Stage Races include races that are either part of the UCI

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....

 ProTour

UCI ProTour

The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...

, as well as races that are organized by the ASO

Amaury Sport Organisation

The Amaury Sport Organisation is part of the French media group, EPA . It organises sporting events including the Tour de France and Paris–Nice professional cycle road races, and the Dakar Rally...

, the RCS and Unipublic.

The Grand Tours

Grand Tour (cycling)

In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...

• Giro d'Italia
  Giro d'Italia
  The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...
  
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• Tour de France
  Tour de France
  The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
  
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• Vuelta a España
  Vuelta a España
  The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
  
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Additional Elite Stage Races (World Ranking)

• Tour Down Under
  Tour Down Under
  The Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
  
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• Paris–Nice,
• Tirreno–Adriatico,
• Volta a Catalunya,
• Vuelta al País Vasco,
• Tour de Romandie
  Tour de Romandie
  The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs in the Romandie region, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. It began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling....
  
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• Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré,
• Tour de Suisse
  Tour de Suisse
  The Tour de Suisse is a UCI World Tour stage race held annually in June. The race debuted in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. With the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is a proving ground for the Tour de France, and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...
  
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• Tour de Pologne
  Tour de Pologne
  The Tour de Pologne is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km in length. The race was first held in 1928. Until 1952 the race was held sporadically, but since then it has been an annual race...
  
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• Eneco Tour, ,

Major UCI

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....

 Continental Circuit

UCI Continental Circuits

The UCI Continental Circuits are road bicycle racing competitions contested under the auspices of the Union Cycliste Internationale . The five circuits are inferior to the UCI ProTour. Both the ProTour and the circuits comprise a series of races in which various cycling teams compete regularly...

 Stage Races (2.HC)

• Tour de Langkawi,
• Critérium International
  Critérium International
  The Critérium International is a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932....
  
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• Three Days of De Panne
  Three Days of De Panne
  The Three Days of De Panne is a mid-week, three-day stage race before the Ronde van Vlaanderen in De Panne in West Flanders, Belgium. It is rated 2.HC by the UCI and is part of the UCI Europe Tour.- Winners :...
  
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• Giro del Trentino
  Giro del Trentino
  The Giro del Trentino is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically mid-to-late April over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy....
  
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• Quatre Jours de Dunkerque,
• Tour of California,
• Bayern-Rundfahrt
  Bayern-Rundfahrt
  The International Bayern Rundfahrt is a stage race cycling race held each year in Bavaria, Germany. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour.The race was held as an amateur race between 1980 and 1988.- Winners :...
  
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• Tour de Belgique,
• Tour de Luxembourg
  Tour de Luxembourg
  Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.HC, the highest rating below the ProTour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale , the sport's governing body. In 2006, the Tour was part of the UCI Europe...
  
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• Österreich-Rundfahrt,
• Tour de Wallonie
  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 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour- Winners...
  
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• Danmark Rundt
  Danmark Rundt
  Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, Post Danmark, and the race is therefore also known as Post Danmark Rundt. Currently 15 teams, with 8 riders...
  
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• Tour of Qinghai Lake
  Tour of Qinghai Lake
  Tour of Qinghai Lake is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held annually near Qinghai Lake, China. The race is rated at the highest level for a multi-day stage race by the Union Cycliste Internationale and since 2005, has been part of the UCI Asia Tour.- Past results :...
  
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• Volta a Portugal
  Volta a Portugal
  The Volta a Portugal em bicicleta is a long distance road bicycle race for professionals held in Portugal. The competition takes place annually during a two-week span.- History :...
  
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• Vuelta a Burgos
  Vuelta a Burgos
  Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour.-Palmarés:...
  
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• Tour de Limousin, (2.HC in 2011)
• Tour of Turkey,

Other UCI

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....

 Continental Circuit

UCI Continental Circuits

The UCI Continental Circuits are road bicycle racing competitions contested under the auspices of the Union Cycliste Internationale . The five circuits are inferior to the UCI ProTour. Both the ProTour and the circuits comprise a series of races in which various cycling teams compete regularly...

 Stage Races (2.1 or 2.2)

• Brixia Tour
  Brixia Tour
  The Brixia Tour is an Italian cycle road race. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-List of winners:...
  
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• Herald Sun Tour
  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 . The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six day event and it is held annually in October. It is named after the Herald Sun, Melbourne's...
  
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• Hong Kong Road Cycling Race,
• Irish Tour - Rás
  Irish Tour - Rás
  Rás Tailteann is an annual 8 day international cycling stage race, held in Ireland in May. Around Ireland, the race is referred to as The Rás...
  
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• Route du Sud
  Route du Sud
  The Route du Sud is a road bicycle race held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour...
  
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• Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
  Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
  The Catalan Cycling Week was an important multi-stage road bicycle race held in Catalonia, Spain. It was last organised in 2005 as a 2.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour...
  
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• Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
  Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
  The Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.-History:...
  
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• Ster Elektrotoer
  Ster Elektrotoer
  The Ster ZLM Toer is a stage race cycling race, held in the Netherlands as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race started in 1987 as an amateur race, and became a race for professional cyclists in 1996.-Name of the race:...
  
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• Tour de l'Avenir
  Tour de l'Avenir
  Tour de l'Avenir is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Riders competed in national teams...
  
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• Tour de Slovénie,
• Tour of Britain
  Tour of Britain
  The Tour of Britain is a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain....
  
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• Tour of Qatar
  Tour of Qatar
  The Tour of Qatar is a road bicycle race race held in Qatar and is part of the UCI Asia Tour. The race consists of a men's competition over six stages...
  
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• Tour of South China Sea
  Tour of South China Sea
  Tour of South China Sea is a road bicycle racing event held each November in Hong Kong since 1996. The race was won 4 times by Wong Kam-Po, a cyclist from Hong Kong. Since 2005, it is rated 2.2 on the UCI Asia Tour-Past winners:...
  
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• Vuelta a Burgos
  Vuelta a Burgos
  Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour.-Palmarés:...
  
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• Vuelta a Murcia
  Vuelta a Murcia
  The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The race consists of a men's competition over five stages and is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs....
  
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• Vuelta a Asturias
  Vuelta a Asturias
  Vuelta a Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour...
  
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• Vuelta a Castilla y León
  Vuelta a Castilla y León
  The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour.-Past winners:-External links:*...
  
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• Vuelta a Andalucía
  Vuelta a Andalucía
  The Vuelta a Andalucía or Ruta del Sol is a regional Spanish road bicycle race. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour....
  
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Defunct

(year is last edition)

• Coors Classic
  Coors Classic
  The Coors International Bicycle Classic was a stage race sponsored by the Coors Brewing Company. Coors was the race's second sponsor, the first, Celestial Seasonings, named the race after its premium tea Red Zinger, which began in 1975...
  
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• Course de la Paix, , , (2006)
• Grand Prix du Midi Libre
  Grand Prix du Midi Libre
  The Grand Prix du Midi Libre was a multiple-stage 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 courses for the Tour de France...
  
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• Petit Tour de France/Ronde de France ('little Tour de France' during and shortly after WW2
  World War II
  World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
  
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• Rome-Naples-Rome, , (1961)
• Ronde van Nederland
  Ronde van Nederland
  The Ronde van Nederland is a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. It's an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005 the tour was replaced by the Eneco Tour of Benelux....
  
  , (2004) (succeeded by the Eneco Tour)
• Tour de l'Aude, , (1986)
• Tour de Snowy
  Tour de Snowy
  The Tour de Snowy was an international women's road bicycle race held in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia from 1998 to 2002...
  
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• Tour de Trump
  Tour de Trump
  The Tour de Trump was a road bicycle race in the United States held in 1989 and 1990 and was sponsored by Donald Trump. The Tour DuPont replaced the Tour de Trump, from 1991 to 1996.- 1989 Tour de Trump :...
  
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• Tour DuPont
  Tour DuPont
  The Tour DuPont was a cycling stage race in the United States held between 1991 and 1996. It was intended to become a North American cycling event similar in format and prestige to the Tour de France. The tour's name came from its sponsor, DuPont...
  
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• Tour of Ireland
  Tour of Ireland
  The Tour of Ireland is a bicycle stage race held in August. The first race debuted in 1953 and ran until 1957. It was revived in 1965 and ran until 1985. In 1985 the 5 day Nissan International Classic took over as the Tour of Ireland. This lasted for 8 years until 1992...
  
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• Deutschland Tour
  Deutschland Tour
  The Deutschland Tour was the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI ProTour and has been moved to August...
  
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• Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana,
• Tour of Missouri
  Tour of Missouri
  The Tour of Missouri is a professional road bicycle racing stage race in Missouri that started on September 11, 2007 with six days of racing. The organizers, who also run the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, billed it as the third highest profile race in the United States.The 2009...
  
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• Tour de Georgia
  Tour de Georgia
  The Tour de Georgia is a U.S. professional cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and has been contested six times. It is one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe stage race events by the UCI, which is cycling's international governing body,...
  
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• Euskal Bizikleta
  Euskal Bizikleta
  Euskal Bizikleta is an annual cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour....
  
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Women's Stage Races

• Emakumeen Bira
  Emakumeen Bira
  The Emakumeen Bira is a women's cycling race held in the Basque region of Spain. It has been held annually since 1992, starting out as a two stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stage is always a double stage.-Past winners:...
  
  
• Giro d'Italia Femminile
  Giro d'Italia Femminile
  The Giro d'Italia Femminile is one of the Grand Tours in women's cycle road racing. It is currently called the Giro Donne. The Giro Donne is a 10-stage event taking place in Italy in early July each year, which means that it generally competes for attention with the men's Tour de France.With the...
  
  
• Grande Boucle
  Grande Boucle
  The Grande Boucle, formerly known as the Tour Cycliste Féminin, or simply Tour Féminin, is one of the Grand Tours of women's cycle races. Grande Boucle means "great loop" and describes the individual stages which form a circuit around France....
  
  
• Holland Ladies Tour
  Holland Ladies Tour
  The Holland Ladies Tour is a women's elite professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in September since 1998 in The Netherlands and governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale .-Past winners:...
  
  
• Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
  Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin
  The Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin was the longest running UCI event on the women's elite cycle racing calendar. It had been held annually in the Aude region of south-central France since 1985 until its cancellation after the 2010 edition....
  
  

Men's multiple day, single stage races

• Race Across America
  Race Across America
  The Race Across America, or RAAM, is an ultra marathon bicycle race across the United States that started in 1982 as the Great American Bike Race....
  
  , 9 day single stage 3000 miles (4830 km)

External links

• 2008 USA Cycling Pro Tour: The 2008 calendar of UCI events and championship races in the U.S.
• Date-ordered list of websites of international cycling races: Especially websites of organizers of UCI events.