The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced the calendars of the highest cycling category for next season. The Steering Committee of cycling’s highest governing body made public the men’s and women’s World Tour schedule for 2025, following a meeting held in Aigle (Switzerland).
The calendars were validated by the Professional Cycling Council. The women’s World Tour season will start January 17-19 at the Santos Tour Down Under (Australia), and the men’s World Tour will start January 21-26 at the same event.
The UCI Women’s World Tour calendar will feature 29 races in twelve countries and three continents over 84 days of competition. The races will start in Australia on January 17 with the Santos Tour Down Under and will continue until October 19 with the Tour of Guangxi in China.
The men’s UCI World Tour calendar will consist of 36 races in thirteen countries and on four continents, for a total of 171 days of racing next year, with the novelty of the first edition of the Copenhagen Race (June 22), which joins the UCI WorldTour calendar.
The World Tour calendar is defined as follows in the men’s category:
January 21-26: Santos Tour Down Under (Australia)
February 2: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (Australia)
February 17-23: UAE Tour (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: Clasica Brugge-De Panne (Belgium)
March 28: E3 Saxo Classic (Belgium)
March 30: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (Belgium)
2 April: 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)
10 May-1 June: 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 Sebastian Klasikoa (Spain)
August 4-10: Tour of Poland (Poland)
August 17: BEMER Cyclassics (Germany)
August 20-24: Renewi Tour (Belgium)
August 23-September 14: La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Spain)
August 31: Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France (France)
September 12: Grand Prix Cycliste du Québec (Canada)
September 14: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (Canada)
October 11: Il Lombardia (Italy)
October 14-19: Gree-Tour of Guangxi (China)
For its part, the Women’s World Tour will have the following dates
January 17-19: Santos Tour Down Under (Australia)
1 February: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race – Elite Women’s Race (Australia)
February 6-9: UAE Women’s Tour (United Arab Emirates)
1 March: 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)
27 April: Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes (Belgium)
May 5-11: Vuelta 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 (UK)
June 5-8: Tour of Britain Women (UK)
June 12-15: Tour of Switzerland Women (Switzerland)
June 21: Copenhagen Race (Denmark)
6-13 July: Giro d’Italia Women (Italy)
26 July-3 August: Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (France)
August 19-24: Tour of Scandinavia (Norway)
August 30: Lorient Agglomération Classic – Trophée CERATIZIT (France)
5-7 September: Tour de Romandie Féminin (Switzerland)
7-12 October: Simac Ladies Tour (Netherlands)
October 14-16: Tour of Chongming Island (China)
October 19: Guangxi Tour (China).