2026 UCI World Tour
| Sixteenth edition of the UCI WorldTour | |
| Details | |
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| Dates | 20 January – 18 October |
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| Races | 36 |
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]
| 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.
- Alpecin–Premier Tech
- Team Bahrain Victorious
- Decathlon CMA CGM
- EF Education–EasyPost
- Groupama–FDJ United
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Team Jayco–AlUla
- Lidl–Trek
- Lotto–Intermarché
- Movistar Team
- NSN Cycling Team
- Team Picnic–PostNL
- Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
- Soudal–Quick-Step
- UAE Team Emirates XRG
- Uno-X Mobility
- Visma–Lease a Bike
- XDS Astana Team
Additionally, three ProTeams were invited to all the UCI World Tour races based on the ranking of the 2025 season.[4]
References
- ^ a b "UCI World Tour races". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2026 UCI WorldTour calendar". Domestique Cycling. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Stuart, Peter (2025-12-21). "'Historic measure' gives top three ProTeams full automatic WorldTour invitations from 2026". veloracycling.com. Retrieved 2026-02-08.