The UCI announces the World Tour Calendar 2025

Although there is still a good part of the 2024 season left, we already have a calendar for the next campaign that was approved by the UCI during the last meeting of its Executive Committee, which met between June 10 and 12 at the headquarters of the cycling's governing body located in the Swiss city of Aigle.

The 2025 season will kick off on January 17 with the Tour Down Under

During the month of May, together with the organizers, the UCI has been working on the calendar for the 2025 season. Dates that were communicated to the Professional Cycling Council, an organization that gave its approval on May 29. Now, after the meeting of the UCI Executive Committee, the final approval of the World Tour calendar for the 2024 campaign takes place.

The World Tour calendar is, in the men's category, defined as follows:

• January 21-26: Santos Tour Down Under (Australia)
• February 2: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (Australia)
• February 17-23: Tour of the UAE (United Arab Emirates)
• March 1: Omloop Nieuwsblad (Belgium)
• March 8: Strade Bianche (Italy)
• March 16: Paris-Nice (France)
• March 10-16: Tirreno-Adriatico (Italy)
• March 22: Milan-San Remo (Italy)
• March 24-30: Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (Spain)
• March 26: Brugge-De Panne Classic (Belgium)
• March 28: E3 Saxo Classic (Belgium)
• March 30: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (Belgium)
• April 2: Dwars door Vlaanderen - À travers la Flandre (Belgium)
• April 6: Ronde van Vlaanderen (Belgium)
• April 7-12: Itzulia Basque Country (Spain)
• April 13: Paris-Roubaix (France)
• April 20: Amstel Gold Race (Netherlands)
• April 23: La Flèche Wallonne (Belgium)
• April 27: Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Belgium)
• April 29-May 4: Tour de Romandie (Switzerland)
• May 1: Eschborn-Frankfurt (Germany)
• May 10-June 1: Giro d'Italia (Italy)
• June 8-15: Critérium du Dauphiné (France)
• June 15-22: Tour de Suisse (Switzerland)
• June 22: Copenhagen Race (Denmark)
• July 5-27: Tour de France (France)
• August 2: Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa (Spain)
• August 4-10: Tour de Pologne (Poland)
• August 17: BEMER Cyclassics (Germany)
• August 20-24: Renewi Tour (Belgium)
• August 23-September 14: Vuelta a España (Spain)
• August 31: Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France (France)
• September 12: Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (Canada)
• September 14: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (Canada)
• October 11: Il Lombardia (Italy)
• October 14-19: Gree-Tour de Guangxi (China)

On the other hand, the Women's World Tour will have the following dates:

• January 17-19: Santos Tour Down Under (Australia)
• February 1: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race - Elite Women's Race (Australia)
• February 6-9: UAE Women's Tour (United Arab Emirates)
• March 1: Omloop Nieuwsblad (Belgium)
• March 8: Strade Bianche Donne (Italy)
• March 16: Miron Ronde van Drenthe (Netherlands)
• March 23: Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio (Italy)
• March 27: Brugge-De Panne Classic (Belgium)
• March 30: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (Belgium)
• April 6: Ronde van Vlaanderen (Belgium)
• April 12: Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift (France)
• April 20: Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition (Netherlands)
• April 23: La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (Belgium)
• April 27: Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes (Belgium)
• May 5-11: Vuelta a España Femenina de Carrefour.es (Spain)
• May 16-18: Itzulia Femenina (Spain)
• May 22-25: Vuelta a Burgos Feminas (Spain)
• May 30-June 1: Ford RideLondon Classique (United Kingdom)
• June 5-8: Women's Tour of Great Britain (United Kingdom)
• June 12-15: Women's Tour de Suisse (Switzerland)
• June 21: Copenhagen Race (Denmark)
• July 6-13: Giro d'Italia Femminile (Italy)
• July 26-August 3: Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (France)
• August 19-24: Tour of Scandinavia (Norway)
• August 30: Clásica Lorient Agglomération - Trophée CERATIZIT (France)
• September 5-7: Women's Tour de Romandie (Switzerland)
• October 7-12: Simac Ladies Tour (Netherlands)
• October 14-16: Tour of Chongming Island (China)
• October 19: Tour of Guangxi (China).

The meeting of the UCI Executive Committee also served to introduce some regulatory modifications, among which one that significantly affects women's cycling stands out and is a clear example of its growth in recent years. This is the introduction of the Pro Team category as the second tier of women's cycling teams. As in the men's category, a period of 3 years of validity of the Women's World Tour licenses will be established, starting the first cycle in the year 2026 until 2028.