{"id":185208,"date":"2025-10-08T10:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185208\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T10:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:12:09","slug":"2026-cycling-calendar-all-the-new-uci-races-and-which-races-change-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/185208\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 cycling calendar – All the new UCI races and which races change categories"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 UCI<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

In category changes we’ve got high-level events growing in level, with the AlUla Tour, Surf Coast Classic, Muscat Classic, R\u00e9gion Pays de la Lore and Czech Tour growing to ProSeries events.<\/p>\n


\nIn terms of calendar changes we’ve got a few changes, albeit nothing meaningful. O Gran Cami\u00f1o 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<\/a> will be moved a week earlier not to clash with the Tour de Suisse<\/a> that sees its days reduced.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

New UCI races19.01 – 23.01\u00a0Pune Grand Challenge Tour2.208.02\u00a0Aveiro Region Champions Classic1.121.02\u00a0Grand Prix Alaiye1.228.02\u00a0Grand Prix Pedalia1.228.02\u00a0Visit South Aegean GP1.101.03\u00a0Region on Dodecanese GP1.111.04\u00a0HLC Omloop van de Braakman1.212.04 – 16.04\u00a0Giro della Magna Grecia2.117.04 – 19.04\u00a0Tour of Bosnia and Herzegovina2.220.04 – 21.04\u00a0Grand Prix Samarkand2.103.05\u00a0De HIVE Slag om Woensdrecht1.210.05 – 14.05\u00a0Baku-Khankendi Azerbaijan Cycling race2.118.06 – 19.06\u00a0Grand Prix Jizzakh2.201.07 – 03.07\u00a0Lyon – Torino2.108.08\u00a0Grand Prix Isparta1.211.08 – 13.08\u00a0Grand Prix Navoi2.214.08\u00a0Grand Prix Davraz1.216.08\u00a0Grand Prix G\u00f6lc\u00fck1.222.08\u00a0Grand Prix Rose1.227.08 – 30.08\u00a0Tour of Samsun2.203.09 – 06.09\u00a0Sauerlandrundfahrt2.203.09 – 06.09\u00a0Tour of Kahramanmara\u015f2.210.09 – 13.09\u00a0Tour d’Arm\u00e9nie2.219.09\u00a0Milano-Rapallo Cronometro a Squadre1.219.09\u00a0Gran Premio del Lazio1.1Category changes23.01\u00a0Classica Camp de Morvedre1.2 to 1.127.01 – 31.01\u00a0AlUla Tour2.1 to 2.Pro29.01\u00a0Surf Coast Classic – Men1.1 to 1.Pro06.02\u00a0Muscat Classic1.1 to 1.Pro28.03\u00a0Classic Loire Atlantique1.1 to 1.207.04 – 10.04\u00a0R\u00e9gion Pays de la Loire Tour2.1 to 2.Pro13.05 – 17.05\u00a0Fl\u00e8che du Sud2.2 to 2.113.06\u00a0Duracell Dwars door het Hageland1.Pro to 1.113.08 – 16.08\u00a0Czech Tour2.1 to 2.Pro30.08\u00a0GP Kranj1.2 to 1.112.09 – 16.09\u00a0Tour of Taihu Lake2.Pro to 2.1Date Changes21.03\u00a0Cl\u00e1sica Terres de l\u00b4Ebre1.1From: July to March27.03 – 29.03\u00a0Jamaica International Cycling Classic2.2From: April to March28.03\u00a0Grand Prix Syedra Ancient City1.2From: April to March06.04\u00a0Cholet Agglo Tour1.1From: March to April06.04\u00a0Arno Wallaard Memorial1.2From: September to April14.04 – 18.04\u00a0O Gran Cami\u00f1o – The Historical Route2.1From: February to April17.04 – 26.04\u00a0Tour d’Alg\u00e9rie2.2From: February to April28.04\u00a0Grand Prix de la Ville d’Alger1.2From: February to April03.05\u00a0Giro dell’Appennino1.1From: June to May13.05 – 17.05\u00a0\u0394\u0395\u0397 Tour of Hellas2.1From: April to May16.05 – 17.05\u00a0Yellow River Estuary (Dongying) Road Cycling Race2.2From: June to May24.05\u00a0Grand Prix Criquielion1.1From: March to May25.05\u00a0Paris – Troyes1.2From: June to May25.05\u00a0Antwerp Port Epic \/ Sels Trophy1.1From: June to May31.05 – 07.06\u00a0Vuelta Ciclista a Venezuela2.2From: September to May01.06 – 05.06\u00a0Ethias-Tour de Wallonie2.ProFrom: July to June03.06\u00a0Mercan’Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes1.1From: May to June10.06\u00a0Circuit Franco-Belge1.ProFrom: August to June28.07 – 30.07\u00a0Tour de l’Ain2.1From: August to July29.07 – 02.08\u00a0PostNord Tour of Denmark2.ProFrom: August to July10.08 – 14.08\u00a0Grand Prix Chantal Biya2.2From: September to August12.09 – 16.09\u00a0Tour of Taihu Lake2.1From: October to September15.09 – 18.09\u00a0Il Giro d’Abruzzo2.1From: April to September17.09 – 20.09\u00a0Tour de Serbie2.2From: October to SeptemberRaces that return to the UCI calendar03.02 – 08.02\u00a0Tour Colombia2.1Last edition: 202404.02 – 08.02\u00a0Jayco Herald Sun Tour2.1Last edition: 202019.02 – 21.02\u00a0Le Tour de Filipinas2.2Last edition: 201925.02 – 01.03\u00a0Giro di Sardegna2.1Last edition: 201128.02\u00a0Salverda Bouw Ster van Zwolle1.2Last edition: 202412.03 – 15.03\u00a0Tour of Antalya2.2Last edition: 202428.03\u00a0Classic Loire Atlantique1.2Last edition: 202403.04\u00a0Grand Prix Alanya1.2Last edition: 202402.05\u00a0Ronde van Overijssel1.2Last edition: 202414.05\u00a0Circuit de Wallonie1.1Last edition: 202423.05\u00a0Veenendaal-Veenendaal1.1Last edition: 202402.06 – 05.06\u00a0Tour de Maurice2.2Last edition: 202404.06 – 07.06\u00a0Ronde de l’Oise2.2Last edition: 202406.06\u00a0Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Czech Republic1.2Last edition: 202405.07\u00a0BW Classic1.2Last edition: 202409.08\u00a0Grand Prix d’Ongola1.2Last edition: 202430.08\u00a0Philadelphia Cycling Class p\/b AmeriGas1.1Last edition: 201631.08 – 04.09\u00a0Tour de Korea2.1Last edition: 201902.09 – 06.09\u00a0ZLM Tour2.1Last edition: 202411.10\u00a0Sun Hung Kai Propertie Hong Kong Cyclothon1.1Last edition: 2023Races with duration change13.02 – 14.02\u00a0Vuelta a la Regi\u00f3n de Murcia \u201cCosta C\u00e1lida\u201d2.1From: 1 days, to 2 days22.02\u00a0Tour des Alpes-Maritimes1.1From: 2 days, to 1 days28.04 – 29.04\u00a0Tour of Bostonliq2.2From: 3 days, to 2 days09.05 – 31.05\u00a0Giro d’Italia2.UWTFrom: 24 days, to 23 days (1 less rest day)04.06 – 06.06\u00a0Tour of Estonia2.1From: 2 days, to 3 days05.06 – 14.06\u00a0Tour du Cameroun2.2From: 12 days, to 10 days17.06 – 21.06\u00a0Tour de Suisse2.UWTFrom: 8 days, to 5 days19.06 – 20.06\u00a0La Route d’Occitanie – CIC2.1From: 4 days, to 2 days02.08 – 06.08\u00a0China Xizang Trans-Himalaya2.1From: 4 days, to 5 days20.08 – 23.08\u00a0Baltic Chain Tour2.2From: 3 days, to 4 days02.09 – 06.09\u00a0Lloyds Tour of Britain Men2.ProFrom: 6 days, to 5 days05.09 – 07.09\u00a0Maryland Cycling Classic2.ProFrom: 1 days, to 3 days08.09 – 09.09\u00a0Tour of Binzhou2.1From: 1 days, to 2 days12.09 – 16.09\u00a0Tour of Taihu Lake2.1From: 4 days, to 5 days17.09 – 26.09\u00a0Tour of Poyang Lake2.2From: 12 days, to 10 days<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 UCI pro calendar has been announced and we’ve got plenty of new races in the 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