2026 cycling calendar – All the new UCI races and which races change categories

The 2026 UCI pro calendar has been announced and we’ve got plenty of new races in the professional calendar, as well as some date and category changes. We look at the highlights of what the new season will bring us.

There are plenty of newly-created events that are now on the UCI calendar, most of them in Asia with Turkey definitely having a big portion of one-day races on the schedule – lots of them in the August-September period. India also has a new stage-race set for January which comes as a surprise, and in Europe we now also have the Tour of Bosnia and Herzegovina which opens up the nation for more international racing. Italy also has a few new one-day races, most notably the Lyon – Torino which should start in France and cross the border, something very unusual in a one-day race.

In category changes we’ve got high-level events growing in level, with the AlUla Tour, Surf Coast Classic, Muscat Classic, Région Pays de la Lore and Czech Tour growing to ProSeries events.

In terms of calendar changes we’ve got a few changes, albeit nothing meaningful. O Gran Camiño stops being a preparation race from February to April; Races such as the Tour of Hellas and a few western European classics move to May and will clash with the Giro d’Italia; The Tour de l’Ain and Tour of Denmark may clash with the Tour de France in July from now onwards and the Giro d’Abruzzo, which took place in April this year, moves all the way to September. Copenhagen Sprint will be moved a week earlier not to clash with the Tour de Suisse that sees its days reduced.

We’ve got new races on the UCI calendar that have been part of the UCI schedule in the past such as the Tour Colombia (or as it used to be known, Colombia 2.1), the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, the ZLM Tour which was cancelled this year due to the lack of police enforcement and other one-day races such as the Circuit de Wallonie and Veenendaal – Veenendaal Classic which are well known in the European classics calendar.

Furthermore there are a few races that change duration during the upcoming season and the Tour de Suisse is the most obvious example, having previously been announced that it is reduced from eight to five days – possibly becoming a more attractive preparation race for the Tour de France. The Tour des Alpes Maritimes stops existing as a stage-race and becomes a one-day race, the opposite of the Vuelta a Murcia early in the season. La Route d’Occitanie changes from four to two days; The Tour of Britain is further reduced from six to five stages and the Maryland Cycling Classic becomes a stage-race with three days of racing.

New UCI races19.01 – 23.01 Pune Grand Challenge Tour2.208.02 Aveiro Region Champions Classic1.121.02 Grand Prix Alaiye1.228.02 Grand Prix Pedalia1.228.02 Visit South Aegean GP1.101.03 Region on Dodecanese GP1.111.04 HLC Omloop van de Braakman1.212.04 – 16.04 Giro della Magna Grecia2.117.04 – 19.04 Tour of Bosnia and Herzegovina2.220.04 – 21.04 Grand Prix Samarkand2.103.05 De HIVE Slag om Woensdrecht1.210.05 – 14.05 Baku-Khankendi Azerbaijan Cycling race2.118.06 – 19.06 Grand Prix Jizzakh2.201.07 – 03.07 Lyon – Torino2.108.08 Grand Prix Isparta1.211.08 – 13.08 Grand Prix Navoi2.214.08 Grand Prix Davraz1.216.08 Grand Prix Gölcük1.222.08 Grand Prix Rose1.227.08 – 30.08 Tour of Samsun2.203.09 – 06.09 Sauerlandrundfahrt2.203.09 – 06.09 Tour of Kahramanmaraş2.210.09 – 13.09 Tour d’Arménie2.219.09 Milano-Rapallo Cronometro a Squadre1.219.09 Gran Premio del Lazio1.1Category changes23.01 Classica Camp de Morvedre1.2 to 1.127.01 – 31.01 AlUla Tour2.1 to 2.Pro29.01 Surf Coast Classic – Men1.1 to 1.Pro06.02 Muscat Classic1.1 to 1.Pro28.03 Classic Loire Atlantique1.1 to 1.207.04 – 10.04 Région Pays de la Loire Tour2.1 to 2.Pro13.05 – 17.05 Flèche du Sud2.2 to 2.113.06 Duracell Dwars door het Hageland1.Pro to 1.113.08 – 16.08 Czech Tour2.1 to 2.Pro30.08 GP Kranj1.2 to 1.112.09 – 16.09 Tour of Taihu Lake2.Pro to 2.1Date Changes21.03 Clásica Terres de l´Ebre1.1From: July to March27.03 – 29.03 Jamaica International Cycling Classic2.2From: April to March28.03 Grand Prix Syedra Ancient City1.2From: April to March06.04 Cholet Agglo Tour1.1From: March to April06.04 Arno Wallaard Memorial1.2From: September to April14.04 – 18.04 O Gran Camiño – The Historical Route2.1From: February to April17.04 – 26.04 Tour d’Algérie2.2From: February to April28.04 Grand Prix de la Ville d’Alger1.2From: February to April03.05 Giro dell’Appennino1.1From: June to May13.05 – 17.05 ΔΕΗ Tour of Hellas2.1From: April to May16.05 – 17.05 Yellow River Estuary (Dongying) Road Cycling Race2.2From: June to May24.05 Grand Prix Criquielion1.1From: March to May25.05 Paris – Troyes1.2From: June to May25.05 Antwerp Port Epic / Sels Trophy1.1From: June to May31.05 – 07.06 Vuelta Ciclista a Venezuela2.2From: September to May01.06 – 05.06 Ethias-Tour de Wallonie2.ProFrom: July to June03.06 Mercan’Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes1.1From: May to June10.06 Circuit Franco-Belge1.ProFrom: August to June28.07 – 30.07 Tour de l’Ain2.1From: August to July29.07 – 02.08 PostNord Tour of Denmark2.ProFrom: August to July10.08 – 14.08 Grand Prix Chantal Biya2.2From: September to August12.09 – 16.09 Tour of Taihu Lake2.1From: October to September15.09 – 18.09 Il Giro d’Abruzzo2.1From: April to September17.09 – 20.09 Tour de Serbie2.2From: October to SeptemberRaces that return to the UCI calendar03.02 – 08.02 Tour Colombia2.1Last edition: 202404.02 – 08.02 Jayco Herald Sun Tour2.1Last edition: 202019.02 – 21.02 Le Tour de Filipinas2.2Last edition: 201925.02 – 01.03 Giro di Sardegna2.1Last edition: 201128.02 Salverda Bouw Ster van Zwolle1.2Last edition: 202412.03 – 15.03 Tour of Antalya2.2Last edition: 202428.03 Classic Loire Atlantique1.2Last edition: 202403.04 Grand Prix Alanya1.2Last edition: 202402.05 Ronde van Overijssel1.2Last edition: 202414.05 Circuit de Wallonie1.1Last edition: 202423.05 Veenendaal-Veenendaal1.1Last edition: 202402.06 – 05.06 Tour de Maurice2.2Last edition: 202404.06 – 07.06 Ronde de l’Oise2.2Last edition: 202406.06 Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Czech Republic1.2Last edition: 202405.07 BW Classic1.2Last edition: 202409.08 Grand Prix d’Ongola1.2Last edition: 202430.08 Philadelphia Cycling Class p/b AmeriGas1.1Last edition: 201631.08 – 04.09 Tour de Korea2.1Last edition: 201902.09 – 06.09 ZLM Tour2.1Last edition: 202411.10 Sun Hung Kai Propertie Hong Kong Cyclothon1.1Last edition: 2023Races with duration change13.02 – 14.02 Vuelta a la Región de Murcia “Costa Cálida”2.1From: 1 days, to 2 days22.02 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes1.1From: 2 days, to 1 days28.04 – 29.04 Tour of Bostonliq2.2From: 3 days, to 2 days09.05 – 31.05 Giro d’Italia2.UWTFrom: 24 days, to 23 days (1 less rest day)04.06 – 06.06 Tour of Estonia2.1From: 2 days, to 3 days05.06 – 14.06 Tour du Cameroun2.2From: 12 days, to 10 days17.06 – 21.06 Tour de Suisse2.UWTFrom: 8 days, to 5 days19.06 – 20.06 La Route d’Occitanie – CIC2.1From: 4 days, to 2 days02.08 – 06.08 China Xizang Trans-Himalaya2.1From: 4 days, to 5 days20.08 – 23.08 Baltic Chain Tour2.2From: 3 days, to 4 days02.09 – 06.09 Lloyds Tour of Britain Men2.ProFrom: 6 days, to 5 days05.09 – 07.09 Maryland Cycling Classic2.ProFrom: 1 days, to 3 days08.09 – 09.09 Tour of Binzhou2.1From: 1 days, to 2 days12.09 – 16.09 Tour of Taihu Lake2.1From: 4 days, to 5 days17.09 – 26.09 Tour of Poyang Lake2.2From: 12 days, to 10 days