2026 UCI World Tour

2026 UCI World Tour
Sixteenth edition of the UCI WorldTour
Details
Dates20 January – 18 October
Location
  • Australia
  • Canada
  • China
  • Europe
  • United Arab Emirates
Races36

The 2026 UCI World Tour is a series of races that includes thirty-six events throughout the 2026 men's cycling season. The tour started with the Tour Down Under on 20 January, and will conclude with the Tour of Guangxi on 18 October.[1]

Events

The race calendar for the 2026 season was announced in June 2025, with thirty-six races scheduled.[2] The calendar was similar to 2025.[3]

Races in the 2026 UCI World Tour[1]
Race Date Winner Second Third
Tour Down Under 20–25 January  Jay Vine (AUS)  Mauro Schmid (SUI)  Harry Sweeny (AUS)
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 1 February  Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN)  Matthew Brennan (GBR)  Brady Gilmore (AUS)
UAE Tour 16–22 February  Isaac del Toro (MEX)  Antonio Tiberi (ITA)  Luke Plapp (AUS)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 28 February  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Tim van Dijke (NED)  Florian Vermeersch (BEL)
Strade Bianche 7 March  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Paul Seixas (FRA)  Isaac del Toro (MEX)
Paris–Nice 8–15 March  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)  Daniel Martínez (COL)  Georg Steinhauser (GER)
Tirreno–Adriatico 9–15 March  Isaac del Toro (MEX)  Matteo Jorgenson (USA)  Giulio Pellizzari (ITA)
Milan–San Remo 21 March  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Tom Pidcock (GBR)  Wout van Aert (BEL)
Volta a Catalunya 23–29 March
Tour of Bruges 25 March
E3 Saxo Classic 27 March
Gent–Wevelgem 29 March
Dwars door Vlaanderen 1 April
Tour of Flanders 5 April
Tour of the Basque Country 6–11 April
Paris–Roubaix 12 April
Amstel Gold Race 19 April
La Flèche Wallonne 22 April
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 26 April
Tour de Romandie 28 April – 3 May
Eschborn–Frankfurt 1 May
Giro d'Italia 8–31 May
Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 7–14 June
Copenhagen Sprint 14 June
Tour de Suisse 17–21 June
Tour de France 4–26 July
Clásica de San Sebastián 1 August
Tour de Pologne 3–9 August
Hamburg Cyclassics 16 August
/ Renewi Tour 19–23 August
Vuelta a España 22 August – 13 September
Bretagne Classic 30 August
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 11 September
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 13 September
Il Lombardia 10 October
Tour of Guangxi 13–18 October

Teams

The eighteen WorldTeams were automatically invited to compete in events based on the results of the previous three year ranking 2022–2025.

Additionally, three ProTeams were invited to all the UCI World Tour races based on the ranking of the 2025 season.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "UCI World Tour races". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  2. ^ "The UCI approves the 2026 calendars for the UCI Women's WorldTour and UCI WorldTour, and takes measures to support the development of cycling". www.uci.org. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  3. ^ "2026 UCI WorldTour calendar". Domestique Cycling. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  4. ^ Stuart, Peter (2025-12-21). "'Historic measure' gives top three ProTeams full automatic WorldTour invitations from 2026". veloracycling.com. Retrieved 2026-02-08.