List of men's road bicycle races

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For a list of the women's races, see List of women's road bicycle races.

This is a list of important men's road bicycle racing events. The list only includes road races, and no track, mountain or cyclo-cross races.

Championships

UCI World Tour, used to be UCI ProTour
Five UCI Continental Circuits (Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania)
World Championships
National Championships

One day races

The Monuments, Elite and 1.HC One Day Races include races that are either part of the UCI World Tour, as well as races that are organized by the ASO, the RCS and Unipublic.

The 'Monument' Classics

Additional elite one day races

Major UCI Continental Circuit one day races (1.HC)

For the 2016 season, all but the very first and last 1.HC races take place in Europe.

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Australia
Trofeo Laiguelglia, Italy (1.HC in 2015)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Belgium, formerly known as Omloop Het Volk
Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, Belgium
Gran Premio di Lugano, Switzerland
Strade Bianche, Italy
Nokere Koerse, Belgium
Dwars door Vlaanderen, Belgium (1.HC in 2013)
Scheldeprijs, Belgium
Brabantse Pijl, Belgium (1.HC in 2011)
GP de Denain, France
Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt, Germany
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton, Switzerland
RideLondon–Surrey Classic, United Kingdom
Brussels Cycling Classic, Belgium (formerly Paris-Bruxelles)
GP du Fourmies, France
GP Impanis-Van Petegem, Belgium
Giro dell'Emilia, Italy
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, Italy
Tre Valli Varesine, Italy
Milano–Torino, Italy
Gran Piemonte, Italy
Münsterland Giro, Germany
Paris–Tours, France
Japan Cup, Japan

Other UCI Continental Circuit one day races (1.1 or 1.2)

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Rund um Köln, Germany
Arnhem-Veenendaal Classic, Netherlands, formerly known as Veenendaal-Veenendaal (1.HC from 2005 until 2010)
Escalada a Montjuïc, Spain
Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, France
Vuelta a Murcia, Spain (a 2.1 stage race until 2012)
GP della Costa Etruschi, Italy
Klasika Primavera, Spain
Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, Australia
Ronde van Drenthe, Netherlands
GP Miguel Indurain, Spain (1.HC from 2007 until 2012)
Philadelphia International Championship, United States ( 1.HC from 2005 until 2012)
Volta Limburg Classic, Netherlands, formerly known as Hel van het Mergelland
Memorial Marco Pantani, Italy
Reading Classic, United States
Rund um die Hainleite, Germany
Subida a Urkiola, Spain
Trofeo Mallorca, Spain
Clásica de Almería, Spain (1.HC in 2012 and 2013)
Beaumont Trophy, United Kingdom
Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic, United Kingdom
Tour of Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tour de Vendée, France (1.HC from 2010 until 2013)
Nationale Sluitingsprijs, Belgium
Chrono des Nations, France, time trial

Defunct

(year is last edition)

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Lancaster Classic, United States
Grote Prijs Gerrie Knetemann, Netherlands
Bordeaux–Paris, France (1988)
Classique des Alpes, France (2004)
Eindhoven Team Time Trial, Netherlands (2007)
Gran Premio di Lugano, Switzerland, (1979) as an ITT, being since then a one-day race
Grand Prix des Amériques, Canada, (1992)
Grand Prix des Nations, France (2004)
GP Wolber, France, (1931)
Paris–Brest–Paris, France, (1951) (continues as an amateur ultra-marathon endurance event)
Paris-Clermont-Ferrand, France, (1953)
Paris–Rouen (first cycling race), France, (1869)
San Francisco Grand Prix, United States, (2005)
Trofeo Baracchi, Italy, (1991)
Wincanton Classic, United Kingdom, (1997)
Giro del Lazio, Italy
Delta Profronde, Netherlands
Züri-Metzgete, Switzerland (2006) (continuing in 2008 as an amateur event)
Coppa Placci, Italy (2008)
Giro del Veneto, Italy (1.HC from 2005 until 2009)

Stage races

The Grand Tours, Elite and 2.HC Stage Races include races that are part of the UCI ProTour as well as races that are organized by the ASO, the RCS and Unipublic.