The 2026 cycling season promises to be particularly rich and intense with many events on the calendar: ten months full of events await us, all to be followed with great attention. Between Grand Tours, Monument Classics, World Championships, European Championships and minor races It’s going to be really fun.
It will start at the end of January with le gare in Australia: Tour Down Under from January 20 to 25, followed seven days later by the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. The circuit will then come to life continuously a month later: from 16 to 22 February space for the UAE Tourthe now traditional Tour of the United Arab Emirates. On February 28th there will be the always prestigious Omloop Het Niuewsblad in Belgium. The Italian calendar will open on March 4th with the classic Laigueglia Trophyfollowed three days later by Strade Bianche (7 March) and then from Tirreno-Adriatico (9-15 March), always simultaneously with the Paris-Nice (8-15 March).
Milan-Sanremo is scheduled for March 21st and thus the long spring of Monument Classics will begin: Tour of Flanders on April 5, Paris-Roubaix on April 12, Liège-Bastogne-Liège on April 26. Between the Hell of the North and the Doyenne there will be room forAmstel Gold Race (19 aprile). Whoever wants to be ready for the Tour of Italy will have a wide choice with Tour of the Alps (20-24 April) and Tour of Romandie (28 April-3 May). The Corsa Rosa will take place from 8 to 31 May.
There will be a month before the Tour de France (4-26 July)preceded as always by the Tour of the Dauphiné, the Tour of Switzerland and National Championships. The Europeans will take place in Slovenia from 3 to 7 Octoberwhile the Vuelta di Spagna will take place from 22 August to 13 September.
The World Championships are confirmed at the end of September: from 20 to 27 September in Montreal (Canada). Il Tour of Lombardy it will be the last Classic Monumento (10 October) and will be surrounded by various Italian events (Giro dell’Emilia, Coppa Bernocchi, Tre Valli Varesine, Coppa Agostoni, Giro del Veneto). Below is the calendar for the 2026 cycling season.
CYCLING CALENDAR 2026
20-25 January Tour Down Under Australia
27-31 January AlUla Tour Saudi Arabia
January 29 Surf Coast Classic Australia
1 February Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race Australia
4-8 February Valencian Volta Spain
4-8 February Etoile de Bessèges France
February 5 Clasica de Almeria Spain
February 6 Muscat Classic Oman
7-11 February Tour of Oman Oman
13-14 February Vuelta Murcia Spain
February 14 Figueira Champions Classic Portugal
16-22 February UAE Tour United Arab Emirates
18-22 February Volta Algarve Portugal
18-22 February Volta Andalucia Spain
22 February-1 March Tour du Rwanda Rwanda
25 February-1 March Tour of Sardinia Italy
February 28 Omloop Nieuwsblad Belgium
February 28 Faun-Ardèche Classic France
March 1st Faun Drome Classic France
1° marzo Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne Belgio
4 March Laigueglia Italy Trophy
7 March Strade Bianche Italy
8-15 March Paris-Nice France
9-15 March Tirreno-Adriatico Italy
March 15 Very popular in Italy
March 18 Danilith Nokere Korse Belgium
March 18 Milan-Turin Italy
March 19 GP of Denain France
20 marzo Bredene Koksijde Classic Belgio
March 21 Milan-Sanremo Italy
March 23-29 Volta Catalunya Spain
24-28 March Coppi & Bartali Week Italy
March 25 The Great Sprint Classic (Brugge-De Panne) Belgium
March 27 E3 Saxo Classic Belgium
29 marzo Gand-Wevelgem Belgio
March 29 GP Emilia Italy
1° April Across Flanders Belgio
4 April GP Miguel Indura in Spain
5 April Tour of Flanders Belgium
6 April Giro del Belvedere (U23) Italy
6-11 April Tour of the Basque Country Spain
7 April Palio del Recioto (U23) Italy
7-10 April Region Pays de la Loire Tour France
April 8 Scheldeprijs Belgio
April 10 City Tour of Reggio Calabria Italy
April 12 Paris-Roubaix France
12-16 April Tour of Magna Grecia Italy
14-18 April O Gran Camino Spain
April 15 Tour of Limburg Belgium
April 17 Arrow of Brabant Belgium
April 19 Amstel Gold Race Netherlands
20-24 aprile Tour of the Alps Italia/Austria
April 22 Walloon Arrow Belgium
25 April Liberation GP (U23) Italy
April 26 Liège-Bastogne-Liège Belgium
April 26 Tour of the Province of Biella Italy
26 April-3 May Tour of Turkey Turkey
28 April-3 May Tour of Romandie Switzerland
May 1st Eschborn-Frankfurt Germany
3 May Tour of the Italian Apennines
8-31 May Giro d’Italia Italy
9 May GP du Morbihan France
May 10 Tro-Bro Léon France
13-17 May Tour of Hungary Hungary
17 May Porto Circuit – Arvedi Italia Trophy
19 maggio Classic Dunkirk France
20-24 May 4 Days of Dunkirk France
23-24 May Two Days Marchigiana Italy
28-31 maggio Loops of Mayenne France
28-31 May Tour of Norway Norway
1-5 June Tour of Wallonia Belgium
2 June Alcide Degasperi Trophy Italy
7 June Brussels Cycling Classic Belgium
7 June Peace Cup (U23) Italy
7-14 June Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
10 June Franco-Belgian Circuit Belgium
June 14 Copenhagen Sprint Denmark
14-21 June Giro d’Italia NextGen (U23) Italy
17-21 June Tour of Belgium Belgium
17-21 June Tour of Slovenia Slovenia
17-21 June Tour of Switzerland Switzerland
22-28 June National Championships Various locations
30 June City of Brescia Trophy Italy
1-3 July Lyon-Turin France/Italy
July 4-7 Sibiu Tour Romania
4-26 July Tour de France France
5 July Tour of Medio Brenta Italy
July 5-12 Tour of Magnificient Qinghai China
15-19 July Tour of Valle d’Aosta (U23) Italy
28-30 July Tour de l’Ain France/Italy
29 July-2 August Tour of Denmark Denmark
1st August Classic San Sebastian Spain
3-9 August Tour of Poland Poland
August 5-9 Return to Burgos Spain
5-16 August Tour of Portugal Portugal
9 August Poggiana Sports GP (U23) Italy
13-16 August Arctic Race Norway
13-16 August Tour of Czechia Czechia
16 August Hamburg Classic Hamburg (Germany)
16 August GP Capodarco (U23) Italy
18-21 agosto Tour of Limousin-Périgord-Nouvelle Aquitaine France
19-23 August Renewi Tour Belgium
19-23 August Tour of Germany Germany
19-27 August Tour of the Future (U23) France
22 August – 13 September Vuelta de España Spain
30 August Bretagne Classic-Ouest France France
2-6 September Tour of Britain Great Britain
2-9 September ZLM Tour Netherlands
3-6 September Tour of Friuli Venezia Giulia Italy
5-7 settembre Maryland Cycling Classic USA
6 September GP Industry & Crafts Italy
9 September Tour of Tuscany Italy
10 September Sabatini Italian Cup
September 11th Quebec Canadian GP
12 September Memorial Marco Pantani Italy
September 13th Montreal Canadian GP
September 13 GP de Fourmies France
13 September Matteotti Italy Trophy
15-18 September Giro d’Abruzzo Italy
16 September GP of Wallonia Belgium
16-20 September Tour of Luxembourg Luxembourg
16-20 September Tour of Slovakia Slovakia
September 19 SUPER 8 Classic Belgium
19 September GP of Lazio Italy
19 September Milan-Rapallo Italy
20 September Tour of Romagna Italy
20-27 September World Cup Montreal (Canada)
27 September-4 October Tour de Langkawi Malaysia
29 September GP Festa del Perdono (U23) Italy
October 3 Tour of Emilia Italy
3 ottobre Sparkassen Muensterland Giro Germania
3 October Piccolo Lombardia (U23) Italy
3-7 October European Championships Ljubljana (Slovenia)
October 4th Coppa Agostoni Italia
5 October Bernocchi Italian Cup
6 October Tre Valli Varesine Italy
8 October Gran Piemonte Italy
October 10 Tour of Lombardy Italy
10-11 October Gravel World Championships Nannup (Australia)
11 October Paris-Tours France
October 13-18 Tour of Guangxi China
October 14 Tour of Veneto Italy
October 18 Japan Cup Japan
18 October Veneto Classic Italy
October 18 Nations Chrono France
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