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On Yer Bike – Cycle Schedule Announced

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6 years ago

Oct 9, 2018

Mark Nolan

The International Cycling Union, Unión Ciclista Internacional, has announced the next season of cycling events, including one of the biggest events of the year, La Vuelta.

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The cycling tour of Spain, La Vuelta, will start in Torrevieja. Giro d’Italia will take place between May 11 and 2^nd of June, later than previous years. The World Championships, the now famous ‘Tour de Yorkshire’ will take place in Britain between September 21 and 29^th.

As for the slightly smaller events, the Clásica de San Sebastián, which this year premieres a women’s event, starts on August 3, and the Volta a Catalunya will take place from March 25 to 31^st, 2019. The ‘Itzulia Basque Country’ is scheduled to take place between April 8 and 13^th, 2019.

The full schedule is below:

CALENDARIO UCI WORLD TOUR.

15-20 January Santos Tour Down Under (AUS).
27 January Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (AUS).
24 Feb-2 Mar UAE Tour (DOH).
2 March Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (BEL).
9 March Strade Bianche (ITA).
10-17 March París-Niza (FRA).
13-19 March Tirreno-Adriatico (ITA).
23 March Milán-Sanremo (ITA).
29 March E3 Harelbeke (BEL).
25-31 March Volta a Catalunya (ESP).
31 March Gante-Wevelgem (BEL).
3 April A Través de Flandes (BEL).
7 April Tour de Flandes (BEL).
8-13 April Itzulia Basque Country (ESP).
14 April París-Roubaix (FRA).
16-21 April Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey (TUR).
21 April Amstel Gold Race (HOL).
24 April La Flecha Valona (BEL).
28 April Lieja-Bastoña-Lieja (BEL).
1 May Eschborn-Frankfurt (ALE).
30 Abr-5 May Tour de Romandía (SUI).
12-18 May Amgen Tour de California (USA).
11 May-2 June GIRO D’ITALIA (ITA).
9-16 June Critérium du Dauphiné (FRA).
15-23 June Tour de Suiza (SUI).
6-28 July TOUR DE FRANCIA (FRA).
3 August Clásica Ciclista San Sebastián (ESP).
4 August Prudential Ride London-Surrey Classic (GBR).
3-9 August Tour de Polonia (POL).
12-18 August Binck Bank Tour (HOL/BEL).
25 August EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg (ALE).
1 September Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France (FRA).
13 September Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (CAN).
24 Aug-15 Sep VUELTA CICLISTA A ESPAÑA (ESP).
15 September Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (CAN).
12 October Giro de Lombardía (ITA).
15-20 October Gree-Tour of Guangxi (CHN).

If, however, you want a bit of variety, there will also be the World Naked Bike Ride to look forward to, schedule to be released for a town near you at a later date.