Jørgen Leth, the creator of A Sunday in Hell, and former cycling commentator, has passed away.
And Lotte Kopecky won the women's race.I don't think Zurich was so much climbers friendly. Similar thing applies to Monreal. We've had a nice mix of riders that fought for medals.
100kg Behrens won the U23's. MVDP and Skujins fought for medal in the elites. Montreal itself is won by a big mix of riders, and I would say the Worlds is a bit easier, so without Pogacar both of this races could've been nice and open.
So you would have Rwanda and 2028 as climbers friendly races. But climbers were robbed in 2020 (I found Imola a bit more towards the classics riders), so I think it's fair.
I would've liked a route like 2007, 2008 or 2010. Or the classic Verona route. Pogi can win, but it wouldn't be tailormade for him.Yes, I agree with you on your Pogacar points.
But on the other hand, I don't think it's also fair to design courses so that specifically Pogacar can't win on them. And to be honest, that's a very hard thing to do as well.
The majority of routes 10 years ago were essentially routes where Pogacar could win, but wouldn't be an overwhelming favorite.I would've liked a route like 2007, 2008 or 2010. Or the classic Verona route. Pogi can win, but it wouldn't be tailormade for him.
And Lotte Kopecky won the women's race.
A few years ago, I wouldn't rule out the possibility that the Zurich World Championships would have been decided in 15-20 riders sprint.
We only have to remember what San Remo has been like this year, and that someone like Merlier would have been the favorite in some edition in a massive sprint.
Do you have a link? I can't see it on their website.UCI published the 2026 calendar.
Changes in the mens calendar:
- Camp de Morverdre 1.2 -> 1.1 (So 3 Spanish one day races in a row to start of the European year)
- Surf Coast 1.1 -> 1.Pro (also take into account that Cadel Evans is now 400 points, Australia got even more important)
- Colombia (2.1) is back
- Herald Sun Tour (2.1) is back
- New Portugese 1.1 race
- Muscat 1.1 -> 1.pro (so 400 points+ to be earned in Oman LOL)
- Like 5 new Italian races (more UAE wins)
- A new Greek one day race + South Aegean upgraden to .1
- New one day races in Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan
- Flèche du Sud is now a pro race (2.1)
- ZLM Tour and Korea are back
- GP Kranj is a pro race now (1.1)
- Hong Kong race is back
- Taihu Lake only race that got downgraded (2.1 now)
- Maryland classic is apparently a 3 day stage race now, with Phily race there's another pro one day race in the US around that time too.
Mixed feelings about the rest but this is brilliantColombia (2.1) is back
Do you have a link? I can't see it on their website.
Some of those are good news for the general health of cycling, like even more Italian races or a mini revival in the USA, as well as growth in Greece and Portugal.
I'm surprised they didn't insert an early season 1.Pro in Rwanda
From the downloads section.Do you have a link? I can't see it on their website.
Some of those are good news for the general health of cycling, like even more Italian races or a mini revival in the USA, as well as growth in Greece and Portugal.
I'm surprised they didn't insert an early season 1.Pro in Rwanda
- Other .1 and up races that are missing: Classic Var + Tour des Alpes Maritimes, Tour of Hainan, GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela, Tour of Iran, Tour of Istanbul, GP d'Isbergues, CRO Race
I wasn’t expecting today’s list to be definitive either, hence why I said missing and not cancelled.I noticed a few of these, but races often get added later, so it will probably be the case for a few of them. Like the French ones or Cro Race
With Muscat and Saudi both being upgraded it seems obvious Lappartient got some oil money again in his pockets.
I more meant in terms of the fact cities seem to feel it's financially viable (beneficial, even) to host cycling races, which hasn't really been the case in Italy since 2008.It's on the UCI site if you go to 2026 in the calendar, but I checked it on the Velo Club website.
Well I'm not sure about the added Italian races, there were a few with a horrible field (and just UAE and Astana at the start) already. That being said one of them is Lyon - Turijn, a 3 day stage race. It's an Italian organization. That seems interesting.
that calendar is not complete yet, so it may just be added later on.The Tour Féminin l'Ardèche is not listed, but I don't know if that means the new Boucles Drôme Ardèche Femmes, run by the organisation that do the men's one-day races in the early part of the season, is a continuation of/replacement for it.