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UCI WorldTour 2019 events
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UCI WorldTour events are top-level races for professional cyclists.
The events form a series, with riders competing for the overall title as well as individual wins. The UCI Women’s WorldTour was launched in 2016, replacing the original World Cup and therefore adding stage races to the calendar.
The men’s WorldTour is comprised of 37 events, spread over 18 countries. The Women’s WorldTour enjoys 23 events, in 10 countries.
The Tour Down Under in Australia (January 15-20) is the traditional WorldTour season opener followed by the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (Australia) on January 27.
This year, the Dubai Tour and Abu Dhabi Tour have combined to form the UAE Emirates Tour, a six day race from February 25 to March 2.
Next up is Omloop Het Niewusblad in Belgium (March) and Strade Bianche in Italy (March 9). Then Paris-Nice takes place from March 10-17, with Tirreno-Adriatico from March 13-19.
Milan-San Remo (March 23) kicks off the Classics season proper in Europe, which runs well into April and includes highlights such as the Tour of Flanders (March 31), Paris-Roubaix (April 14) and Liège-Bastogne-Liège (April 28).
The opening Grand Tour of the season is the Giro d’Italia over May 11 to June 2, and the Tour of California in the same month (May 12-18) – the USA’s only WorldTour event.
The Tour de France takes place over July 6 t0 28 with the sole British WorldTour event, the RideLondon-Surrey Classic, taking place on August 4.
The final Grand Tour of the year, the Vuelta a España brings the three-week stage races to a close over August 24 to September 15 with the WorldTour season ending in Turkey for the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (October 22 t0 27).
Men’s UCI WorldTour 2019 calendar
Stage three of the Giro d’Italia 2019 (Luk Benies/AFP/Getty Images)
| Date | Race | Country | Report |
| January 15 t o 20 | Tour Down Under | Australia | >>> |
| January 27 | Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race | Australia | >>> |
| February 25 – March 2 | UAE Emirates Tour | United Arab Emirates | >>> |
| March 2 | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | Belgium | >>> |
| March 9 | Strade Bianche | Italy | >>> |
| March 10-17 | Paris-Nice | France | >>> |
| March 13-19 | Tirreno-Adriatico | Italy | >>> |
| March 23 | Milan-San Remo | Italy | >>> |
| March 25-31 | Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | Spain | >>> |
| March 29 | E3 BinckBank (Harelbeke) | Belgium | >>> |
| March 31 | Ghent-Wevelgem | Belgium | >>> |
| April 3 | Dwars Door Vlaanderen | Belgium | >>> |
| April 7 | Tour of Flanders | Belgium | >>> |
| April 8-13 | Vuelta al País Vasco | Spain | >>> |
| April 14 | Paris-Roubaix | France | >>> |
| April 21 | Amstel Gold Race | Netherlands | >>> |
| April 24 | La Flèche Wallonne | Belgium | >>> |
| April 28 | Liège-Bastogne-Liège | Belgium | >>> |
| April 30 to May 5 | Tour de Romandie | Switzerland | >>> |
| May 1 | Eschborn-Frankfurt | Germany | >>> |
| May 11 to June 2 | Giro d’Italia | Italy | |
| May 12 to 18 | Tour of California | United States | |
| June 9 to 16 | Critérium du Dauphiné | France | |
| June 15 to 23 | Tour de Suisse | Switzerland | |
| July 6 to 28 | Tour de France | France | |
| August 3 | Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian | Spain | |
| August 3 to 9 | Tour de Pologne | Poland | |
| August 4 | Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic | Great Britain | |
| August 12 to 18 | BinckBank Tour | Netherlands and Belgium | |
| August 24 to September 15 | Vuelta a España | Spain | |
| August 25 | EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg | Germany | |
| September 1 | Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France | France | |
| September 13 | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | Canada | |
| September 15 | Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | Canada | |
| October 12 | Il Lombardia | Italy | |
| October 15 to 20 | Gree – Tour of Guangxi | China | |
| October 22 to 27 | Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey | Turkey |
UCI Women’s World Tour 2019
Vos in the UCI WWT leader’s jersey. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
The UCI Women’s WorldTour was introduced in 2016, and replaced the World Cup. It meant more race days, and more stage events.
The events kick off on the white roads of Tuscany, with Strade Bianche on March 9, followed by Ronde Van Drenthe (March 17), Trofeo Alfredo Binda (March 24) and Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde (March 28).
Then we move into the true Classics season – where many of the famous men’s races now hold a women’s version on the same day or weekend.
Here we’ll enjoy the likes of Belgium’s Ghent-Wevelgem (March 31), and the Tour of Flanders (April 7).
The Ardennes Classics of Amstel Gold Race (April 21) , Flèche Wallonne (April 24) and Liège-Bastogne-LiègeBelgium (April 28) all make it into the Women’s WorldTour calendar.
Next up is one of two forays into China, with the May 9 to 11 Tour of Chongming Island before the USA’s only event – the Tour of California (May 16 to 18).
The UCI Women’s WorldTour comes to Great Britain in June (10 to 15) for the Women’s Tour, before the longest stage race the calendar has to offer: the Giro Rosa (July 5 to 14) in Italy.
Though its short history has been marred by some controversy over the layout of the event, La Course by Le Tour de France (July 23) still makes the cut, before it’s back to the UK the RideLondon Classique on August 3.
Another Grand Tour to host a women’s race within its package is La Vuelta, with the Madrid Challenge in Spain on September 14 and 15.
The series is wrapped up in China, on October 20, with the Tour of Guangxi.
Women’s UCI WorldTour 2019 calendar
| Date | Race | Country | Report |
| March 9 | Strade Bianche | Italy | >>> |
| March 17 | Ronde Van Drenthe | Netherlands | >>> |
| March 24 | Trofeo Alfredo Binda | Italy | >>> |
| March 28 | Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde | Belgium | >>> |
| March 31 | Ghent-Wevelgem | Belgium | >>> |
| April 7 | Tour of Flanders | Belgium | >>> |
| April 21 | Amstel Gold Race | Netherlands | >>> |
| April 24 | Flèche Wallonne | Belgium | >>> |
| April 28 | Liège-Bastogne-Liège | Belgium | >>> |
| May 9 to 11 | Tour of Chongming Island | China | >>> |
| May 16 to 18 | Tour of California | USA | >>> |
| May 22 to 25 | Emakumeen XXXI. Bira | Spain | |
| June 10 to 15 | Women’s Tour | Great Britain | |
| July 5 to 14 | Giro Rosa | Italy | |
| July 23 | La Course by Le Tour de France | France | |
| August 3 | RideLondon Classique | Great Britain | |
| August 16 | Vargarda team time trial | Sweden | |
| August 18 | Vargarda road race | Sweden | |
| August 22 to 25 | Ladies Tour of Norway | Norway | |
| August 31 | GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération | France | |
| September 3 to 8 | Boels Ladies Tour | Netherlands | |
| September 14 to 15 | Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta | Spain | |
| October 20 | Tour of Guangxi | China |
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Marianne Vos (Waowdeals) wins stage two of the Ladies Tour of Norway, en route to winning all three stages and the general classification Credit: Luc Claessen/ Getty Images -
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Tour de Romandie 2018. Image: Sunada Tour de Romandie 2019 start list
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Annemiek Van Vleuten wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2019 (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images) Annemiek van Vleuten resumes normal service with dominant win at Liège-Bastogne-Liège
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Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images Tour de Romandie 2019 live TV guide
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Anna van der Breggen at the 2019 Flèche Wallonne (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images) Anna van der Breggen criticises Ardennes Classics organiser for lack of TV coverage
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Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans Cycling Team) wins La Fleche Wallonne (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images) Anna van der Breggen takes record-equalling fifth Flèche Wallonne title
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Image: Sunada Amstel Gold Race 2019: Everything you need to know
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Peter Sagan and Silvan Dillier lead the 2018 Paris-Roubaix (Sunada) Paris-Roubaix 2019 live TV guide
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Emanuel Buchmann winning stage five of the Tour of the Basque Country 2019 ( Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Stringer/Getty) Emanuel Buchmann takes overall lead after summit finish win in Tour of the Basque Country 2019
The German has a 54-second advantage over Ion Izagirre going into tomorrow's final stage
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Schachmann wins stage four of the Tour of the Basque Country 2019 (Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno / Stringer/Getty) Max Schachmann takes third victory and extends lead on stage four of Tour of the Basque Country 2019
Schachmann now has a 51 second lead on GC over Patrick Konrad
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Maximilian Schachmann riding the time trial of the 2019 Tour of the Basque Country (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno / Stringer) Maximilian Schachmann wins Tour of the Basque Country 2019 opening time trial
The German takes the overall lead after stage one
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The 2019 Tour of the Basque Country runs from April 8 to April 13 (Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA) Tour of the Basque Country 2019 live TV guide
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6 April 2018 58th Vuelta al Pais Vasco Stage 05 : Vitoria - Gasteiz ALAPHILIPPE Julian (FRA) Quickstep Floors ROGLIC Primoz (SLO) Lotto NL - Jumbo, Leader of the General Classification Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA Tour of the Basque Country 2019 start list
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The number of WorldTour teams is set to increase (Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA) Five teams launch bids for promotion to WorldTour
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SANT CUGAT DEL VALL√àS, SPAIN - MARCH 29: Arrival / Adam Yates of United Kingdom and Team Mitchelton - Scott / Miguel Angel Lopez of Colombia and Astana Pro Team Green Leader Jersey / during the 99th Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2019, Stage 5 a 188,1km stage from Puigcerd√† to Sant Cugat del Vall√®s / VCC / @VoltaCatalunya / on March 29, 2019 in Sant Cugat del Vall√®s, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) Miguel Ángel López survives bold Adam Yates attack to seal overall victory in thrilling Volta a Catalunya finale
Davide Formolo takes final stage in Barcelona
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CALELLA, SPAIN - MARCH 25: Arrival / Thomas De Gendt of Belgium and Team Lotto Soudal / Celebration / during the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2019, Stage 1 a 164km stage from Calella to Calella / VCC / @VoltaCatalunya / on March 25, 2019 in Calella, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) Thomas De Gendt takes stunning solo victory on Volta a Catalunya 2019 stage one
De Gendt takes the overall lead by almost three minutes after solo win
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25th March 2018, Barcelona, Spain; Volta a Catalunya 2018 Cycling, Stage 7; Alejandro Valverde of Movistar TEAM during the stage 7 of la Volta Catalunya (Photo by Marc Gonzalez Aloma/Action Plus via Getty Images) Volta a Catalunya 2019 start list
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23 March 2017 97th Volta a Catalunya Stage 04 : Llivia - Igualada Peloton Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA Credit: Yuzuru Sunada Volta a Catalunya 2019 live TV guide
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Trek riders lead the peloton (Watson) Strade Bianche 2019 start list, including Geraint Thomas and Vincenzo Nibali
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Cyclists in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Credit: Graham Watson Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2019: everything you need to know
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20 January 2018 20th Tour Down Under Stage 05 : McLaren Vale - Willunga Hill Peloton at Aldinga Beach Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA Tour Down Under 2019 start list
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CCC Team unveil new kit for debut WorldTour season
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14 July 2018 105th Tour de France Stage 08 : Dreux - Amiens Metropole Peloton at Anet Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA UCI confirms all WorldTour and Pro Continental teams for 2019
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