UCI Road Cycling World Tour

Publication date: 29 Jul 2025

About the UCI World Tour

The UCI World Tour is the annual season of elite road cycling races for professional athletes, from January to October.

The UCI Wоrld Tour consists of 37 events:

• The three Grand Tours;
• The five Monument one-day races which is a prestigious cycling event;
• Ten further stage races in Europe;
• Thirteen further one-day races in Europe;
• One stage race in Australia;
• One stage race in United Arab Emirates;
• One stage race in China;
• Two one-day races in Canada;
• One one-day race in Australia.

 Official UCI World Tour website

2025 UCI World Tour

The 2024 UCI Road Cycling calendar was announced in the fall of 2024.

The 2025 UCI Road Cycling season kicked off with the Tour of Australia on January 21 and will conclude with the Tour of Guangxi on October 14-19.

18 WorldTeams will take part in the event.

History of the tournament

The history of the UCI World Tour begins in 2005, when the International Cycling Union (UCI) introduced a new competition system – UCI ProTour. This format united the most important one-day and multi-day races, creating a single calendar for the leading teams. However, due to disagreements with the organizers of the grand tours (Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a España), the system encountered problems, and in 2009 it was replaced by the UCI World Ranking.

In 2011, the UCI launched the world tour, which became a logical continuation of the previous systems. It united the best races of the season, including three grand tours, monumental classics and prestigious multi-day competitions.

Results of the previous seasons

2026 UCI World Tour

At the moment, the dates and schedule for the 16th anniversary season of the UCI road cycling tournament are not yet known.

Keep an eye on the dates of cycling tours and other events in our Sports Events Calendar.