Road Cycling Calendar 2023

Road Cycling Calendar 2023 – The 2023 race calendar breaks with tradition by moving the world championship to early August between the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. It will also bring back the off-season race calendar and several races that will make the season more interesting. In this article, we'll break down all the changes and let you download the race calendar to ease the frenzy of the season.

The picture shows the full men's calendar for the 2023 season, which will hopefully conclude with the Tour of Guangxi on October 17, which has been canceled for the past 3 years. We recommend downloading it in high resolution using the links below. We also provide quarterly download links. The images can be printed to hang on the bedroom wall, for example if you want to master a wonderful calendar even in the middle of your sleep.

Road Cycling Calendar 2023

In January we have the return of the Australian race, the Vuelta San Juan and La Tropicale Amisa Bongo, an early season classic that hasn't been run since 2020. In addition, the Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana has been promoted to category 1.1 (the lowest category that allows teams from all over the world to participate) and will open the season in Europe. Grand Prix Crickvillion (March 4) and Elfstedenries Friesland (March 5) have also been upgraded to category 1.1.

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As for the new races, there are three new classics on the calendar that will benefit from synergy on the calendar: the Muscat Classic (10 February, one day before the start of the Tour of Oman), the Figueira Champions Classic (12 February, three days before the start of the Volta ao Algarve) and Giro della Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria (April 9, two days before the start of the Giro di Sicilia). Also, the Tour du Dubs (usually in September) will be brought to France on April 16 for a triptych of one-day races. Thanks to their position on the calendar, these four races will be able to attract a good mix of teams looking to optimize their logistics.

On the other hand, the Tour of Turkey (WorldTour until 2019 and ProSeries until 2022) has been downgraded to category 2.1, minus the attraction of the UCI points it shares. There is no doubt that this will have a huge impact on his starting lineup.

There are no new races in the second half of the season, but the Tour de Hong Kong (May 10-14) and the Mont Ventoux Challenge (June 13) have been promoted to the ProSeries category, allowing them to host and distribute more globally. teams. more UCI points. Another ProSeries event, the Tour of Norway (May 26-29), will be reduced to 4 stages, compared to 6 stages in the previous edition. In addition, the Franco-Belgian round (1.Pro), which normally takes place at the end of the season, will be moved to June 28 to avoid duplication with other races.

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But the big change is the World Cup in August. Once every four years (Olympics year), the "Super World Championship" will be organized, in which road cycling will be combined with other cycling disciplines. The road championship will be particularly unusual as it will feature an elite men's time trial and women's under-23 race. The Tour de France seems to be the best preparation for the men's race, as there aren't many alternative races to get into the rhythm of the race.

The transition of the World Championship to La Vuelta was postponed by a week, and the European Championship took the place of the World Championship. September will see a colder than usual Vuelta España as it passes through northern Spain. In addition, the one-week delay means that the final week of La Vuelta will be played by the Italian and Belgian classics, reducing their media exposure and the quality of the start list. In the context of race saturation, the canceled Benelux Tour in 2022 has been reduced to five stages in 2023. It remains to be seen whether the race will retain its WorldTour status in the future with so many organizational problems.

But there is good news at the end of the season. Andorra Pyrenees Classic (September 23) and Kyushu Tour (October 6-9 in Japan) are born. The race around Kyushu could involve several teams competing in the Japan Cup next week. In addition, the Trofeo Baracchi, organized between 1941 and 1991 and won by Eddy Merck, Fausto Copi or Jacques Anquetil (October 1), returns. This one-day race has a double time trial format that sets it apart from other events on the cycling calendar. Also in Italy, the Giro del Veneto (11 October) and the Veneto Classic (15 October) have been nominated in the ProSeries category. Both races were organized by ex-cyclist Filippo Pocato.

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Le Tour de Langkawi (2.Pro) will take place at the end of the season after last year's success and will be linked to the 2.1 Peninsula Tour (also in Malaysia, its only edition in 2019). So they will offer a 13-day event combining the two races, an attraction for low-key teams fighting to get on the big calendar.

This calendar is temporary and subject to seasonal cancellation or date change. The return of Chinese races will depend on the pandemic situation. We wish you a happy season!

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