The 2025 cycling calendar will be quite unchanged, with slight modifications before the restructuring planned for 2026. The WorldTour grows with the new Copenhagen Sprint (both men’s and women’s) and the Women’s WorldTour will finally incorporate the Milano-Sanremo Donne. In this article, we will analyze the changes in the men’s and women’s cycling calendars, as well as the new races and those that disappear from the calendar. You will also be able to download the calendars to print them and consult them during the year.
High resolution images:
- Men´s complete calendar (https://i.imgur.com/PwQe9O4.png)
- Men´s part 1 (https://i.imgur.com/jHTWYf5.png)
- Men´s part 2 (https://i.imgur.com/MXGow87.png)
- Women´s complete calendar (https://i.imgur.com/VcAeqRq.png)
- Women´s part 1 (https://i.imgur.com/rMx1jJs.png)
- Women´s part 2 (https://i.imgur.com/EObLiaR.png)
Men´s Calendar
In the image above, you can see the full men´s calendar for the 2025 season, which starts on January 21 with the Tour Down Under. After some adjustments last year due to the Olympic Games, this 2025 we are back to a fairly conventional calendar.
Regarding the changes, in 2025 there will be 5 new men’s races and at the moment there are 4 races that have confirmed that they will not be held.
New races:
- Classique Dunkerque (1.Pro, 13/05). It will be held one day before the 4 Jours de Dunkerque by the same organizers.
- Andorra MoraBanc Clàssica (1.1, 22/06). It has been officially presented for 2025 after unsuccessfully trying to organize it the last two seasons.
- Copenhagen Sprint (1.UWT, 22/06). It will be completely flat and will finish with five laps of a circuit in the heart of Copenhagen.
- Trofeo Baracchi (1.1, 12/10). The race will return as an individual road race, instead of the classic two-man time trial format.
- Tour of Holland (2.1, 14/10 – 19/10). This race aims to be the successor of the Ronde van Nederland, which held 44 editions until 2004.
Races promoting to the professional calendar:
- Grande Prémio Internacional Beiras e Serra da Estrela (2.1, 23/05 – 25/05). It improves its category after the last two editions as a 2.2 race.
- Clásica Terres de l´Ebre (1.1, 21/07). It was created last year as a 1.2 classic and this year it makes the jump to 1.1.
- Trans-Himalaya Cycling Race (2.1, 21/08 – 25/08). It moves up to 2.1 after its first two editions were 2.2.
Races Disappearing:
- Tour of Antalya (2.1).
- Tour Colombia (2.1), due to economic problems. The race wishes to return in 2026.
- Betcity Elfstedenrace (1.1), as it is unable to guarantee television broadcasting.
- Tour of Leuven – Memorial Jef Scherens (1.1). Instead, Leuven will host the last stage of the Renewi Tour for the next 4 seasons.
In addition, the Druivenkoers – Overijse (1.1), scheduled for August 16, has disappeared from the UCI website the last few days.
Part 1
In January and February we will see the typical races in Australia, Spain, France, Portugal and the Middle East, while the South American calendar has faded, following the organizational failures of the Vuelta a San Juan and the Tour Colombia in recent years. This year, the UAE Tour will be held a week earlier than usual and will no longer overlap with the opening weekend in Belgium.
Later, at the beginning of April, there is the novelty of the Tour of Hainan (2.Pro), which has always been held at the end of the season. Linked with the Tour of Taiwan (2.1) and the Tour of Thailand (2.1) it could form an interesting Asian tour for teams in need of UCI points.
The other main change is also oriented to UCI points. The 4 Jours de Dunkerque changes its first stage to a one-day race, almost doubling the UCI points distribution. This will help them to attract more and better teams.
Part 2
Two weeks before the Tour de France, the new one-day races Andorra Clàssica (1.1) and Copenhagen Sprint (1.UWT) appear, which will serve as a test for climbers and sprinters respectively. The Mont Ventoux race (1.Pro) also returns after a year’s hiatus, although the organizer has published that it is still 50,000 euros short of its budget.
After the Tour de France, August, September and October will again see a high concentration of men’s professional races. For example, on September 21, up to 6 races will coincide: the ITT World Championships, Gooikse Pijl, Giro della Romagna, Grand Prix d’Isbergues, Tour de Luxembourg and Tour de Slovaquie.
In September the Maryland Cycling Classic (1.Pro) returns, after being cancelled in 2024. It is the only professional race in the United States and should have a quality participation, thanks to a good link with the Canadian classics. Finally, October brings the new Tour of Holland (2.1) and consolidates the Asian calendar after the pandemic, with the Tour of Langkawi (2.Pro), Tour of Taihu Lake (2.Pro), Tour of Kyushu (2.1), Tour of Guangxi (2.UWT) and Japan Cup (1.Pro). These Asian races may attract attention in 2025 if the relegation battle gets tight at the end of the season.
Women´s Calendar
In the image above you can see the 2025 women’s race calendar, which starts on January 17 also with the Tour Down Under. As you can see, it is not as full of races as the men’s, but they are enough for the amount of teams and professional cyclists that currently exist. In fact, from this season Women’s WorldTeams will no longer be allowed to participate in class 2 races (the last category regulated by the UCI), something that had been allowed until now to compensate for the lack of competition calendar.
This season two new races are introduced to the Women´s WorldTour calendar (Milano Sanremo-Donne and Copenhagen Sprint), while two others (Ronde van Drenthe and RideLondon Classique) have been cancelled.
The trend in recent years is that the women’s calendar is growing thanks to organizers already established in men’s cycling, while the “independent” organizers of women’s cycling continue to struggle to hold their races. Below, we detail all the new and defunct races.
New races:
- Schwalbe Women’s One Day Classic (1.Pro, 26/01). Organized by the Tour Down Under.
- Surf Coast Classic – Women (1.1, 29/01). Organized by Cadel Evans.
- Milano-Sanremo Donne (1.WWT, 22/03). Fourth monument of cycling with a female version. Only Il Lombardia is missing.
- Pointe du Raz Ladies Classic (1.1, 08/05). Move up from the French amateur calendar to the international calendar.
- Tour of Norway Women (2.1, 31/05 – 01/06). Same organization as the men’s Tour of Norway.
- Copenhagen Sprint (1.WWT, 21/06). Flat race with 3 final laps of a circuit in Copenhagen.
- Maryland Cycling Classic Women (1.1, 06/09). Same organization as the men’s Maryland Classic.
Races Disappearing:
- Ronde van Drenthe (1.WWT). Due to economic problems and organizational difficulties in the Netherlands.
- Drentse Acht van Westerveld (1.1). It had the same organizer as the Ronde van Drenthe.
- RideLondon Classique (2.WWT). As it was not possible to organize it on the date proposed by the UCI. It will try to return in 2026.
- Tour de Normandie Féminin (2.1). Due to economic problems.
El Salvador races, introduced last year to the UCI calendar, are still working to be held this 2025. Organizers plan to hold five 1.1 races and one 2.1 stage race between April 1 and 13.
Another highlight is the increase of the ProSeries calendar from 10 races in 2024 to 16 races in 2025. Women’s class 1 races can invite a maximum of 7 WorldTeams, while women’s ProSeries races have no limitation. Therefore, races like the Vuelta CV, GP Oetingen, Veenendaal – Veenendaal, Antwerp Port Epic and La Choralis Fourmies have decided to move up to the ProSeries class despite the increased fees to be paid to the UCI.
Part 1
The season starts with good news in Australia, with the creation of the Schwalbe Classic (1.Pro) and the Surf Coast Classic (1.1). These two races will allow teams to get more out of the trip to Australia, avoiding two blank weeks between the Tour Down Under and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race. As a result, 10 Women’s WorldTeams will travel to Australia, the highest number of WorldTeams so far.
Then, in March, the Milano-Sanremo (1.WWT) is introduced, while the Trofeo Alfredo Binda (1.WWT) is moved a week earlier, taking advantage of the gap left by the Ronde van Drenthe. Also, as we said, the Copenhagen Sprint (1.WWT) appears the week before the national championships.
One of the criticisms that can be made against the women’s calendar is that pure climbers barely have a chance to stand out during two months of spring, from the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana in February to the Ardennes classics at the end of April. At least, this season’s Vuelta a Extremadura (early March) will include a high-mountain stage for climbers.
Part 2
In 2025, the Tour de France Femmes (2.WWT) will return right after the men’s Tour de France, after the exception of the Olympic year. In addition, the Tour of Scandinavia (2.WWT) will return after being cancelled in 2024 due to financial problems.
Another frequent criticism of the women’s calendar is that the big goals end in July with the Tour de France Femmes, which also takes place only 2 weeks after the Giro d’Italia Donne, the second most prestigious stage race. Surely, the Giro Donne should move away from the Tour Femmes, in order to attract the best riders in the world and avoid the overlap with the men’s Tour de France.
Taking advantage of the end of the WorldTour licensing cycle at the end of 2025, it is likely that the UCI will rethink the Women’s WorldTour calendar. In particular, it would be important to provide more coherent dates for the Giro Donne and Vuelta Femenina, as the Tour Femmes has proven to be a success by being held right after the men’s race.