1.UWT - Men’s WorldTour one-day
2.UWT - Men’s WorldTour stage race
1.WWT – Women’s WorldTour one-day race
2.WWT – Women’s WorldTour stage race
1.Pro - Men’s/women’s ProSeries one-day
2.Pro - Men’s/women’s ProSeries stage race
1.1/1.2 - Men’s UCI Tour one-day race
2.1/2.2 - Men’s UCI Tour stage race
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
18-25 FEBRUARY
TOUR DU RWANDA
2023 Podium
1 Henok Mulubrhan 2 Walter Calzoni 3 William Lecerf
Africa’s biggest men’s stage race takes on extra significance, with next year’s Road World Championships taking place in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. The 2024 route is intent on enticing top teams, with shorter stages fitting the time of the year and a final stage in Kigali that incorporates the circuit of the Worlds. The race also has team and solo time trials and a summit finish on Mt Kigali (stage 6).
24 FEBRUARY
OMLOOP HET NIEUWSBLAD
2023 Podium
1 Dylan van Baarle 2 Arnaud Die Lie 3 Christophe Laporte
It’s leg warmers and winter jerseys at the ready as the men’s peloton jumps into Belgium’s one-day Classics season. While the race is a stepping stone towards its biggest race, the Tour of Flanders, no male rider has ever done the double in the same season. While the cobbled hills give similar terrain, Omloop’s shorter distance, a fiveweek gap and the vagaries of Classics riding are possible factors.
25 FEBRUARY
KUURNE-BRUSSEL-KUURNE
2023 Podium
1 Tiesj Benoot 2 Nathan van Hooydonck 3 Matej Mohorič
Held the day after Omloop as the second part of ‘Opening Weekend’ of Classics season, KBK also punches above its weight thanks to its calendar position. While again packed with cobbled climbs, a much flatter run to the finish typically makes it a less selective finale. Sprinters fare well, with Mark Cavendish, Peter Sagan and Fabio Jakobsen all winning in the past decade.
2 MARCH
STRADE BIANCHE DONNE
2023 Podium
1 Demi Vollering 2 Lotte Kopecky 3 Cecille Uttrup Ludwig
The exquisite medieval Tuscan city of Siena is the lynchpin of this modern classic. Its name refers to the historic white gravel roads that link the region’s cities and towns and play a huge part in the route. Last year’s 135km course had nine gravel sections, which whittled the field down to Vollering and Kopecky.
3-10 MARCH
PARIS-NICE
2023 Podium
1 Tadej Pogačar 2 David Gaudu 3 Jonas Vingegaard
The nickname of this first major European men’s stage race of the year, ‘The Race to the Sun’, can feel ironic. Stage 6 of last year’s race, close to the Med, was canned due to 100kmh winds. Pogačar beat Vingegaard last time, but in such conditions, long before the Tour, wins should be taken in isolation.
MARCH
17 MARCH
TROFEO ALFREDO BINDA – COMUNE DI CITTIGLIO
2023 Podium
1 Shirin van Anrooij 2 Elisa Balsamo 3 Vittoria Guazzini
This is one of the oldest and most prestigious one-day races in the women’s calendar. Held in Lombardy, the start varies year to year, but it always culminates in a hilly 15km circuit around Cittiglio. The winner’s list is a who’s who of greats, including Marianne Vos, Lizzie Deignan, Emma Pooley and Nicole Cooke.
22 MARCH
E3 SAXO CLASSIC
2023 Podium
1 Wout van Aert 2 Mathieu van der Poel 3 Tadej Pogačar
Staged just over a week before the Tour of Flanders, this acts as a dress rehearsal, even if it’s a big men’s WorldTour event in its own right. It’s 50km shorter but has
