UCI ProSeries

Summary

The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits.

UCI ProSeries
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 UCI ProSeries
SportRoad bicycle racing
Founded2020
CountryEurope, Asia, Argentina and United States

Development edit

In December 2018, the UCI announced various reforms to the structure and organisation of men's professional road racing.[1] One of the major changes is the introduction of a new division of races called the UCI ProSeries. With the introduction of the ProSeries, the UCI .HC road races will disappear from the calendar. In October 2019, the UCI published the 2020 UCI International Road Calendar, including the ProSeries.[2] The inaugural season of the ProSeries was planned to include 57 events, which were formerly World Tour, .HC or .1 events, but many were cancelled due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–21.

Team participation edit

In events of the ProSeries, UCI WorldTeams may participate, up to a maximum of 70% in European races and 65% in other races. The rest of the teams participating may be UCI ProTeams, UCI Continental teams, or National teams.[3]

Events edit

The inaugural UCI ProSeries calendar consisted of 57 events, of which 30 were one-day races (1.Pro) and 27 were stage races (2.Pro). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple events were cancelled, postponed or introduced in both 2020 and 2021 and the ProSeries calendar has been revised several times. The calendar features events in 19 countries on 4 continents: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and United States.

Winners by race edit

Year 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
  Vuelta a San Juan   Evenepoel (1/11) Cancelled   MÁ López (2/2) Not on calendar
  Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana   Pogačar (1/5)   Küng   Vlasov (2/2)   Costa (1/2)   McNulty (2/3)
  Figueira Champions Classic Not on calendar Part of UCI Europe Tour   Evenepoel (10/11)
  Clásica de Almería   Ackermann (1/2)   Nizzolo (1/2)   Kristoff (1/3)   Moschetti   Kooij (4/4)
  Tour of Oman Cancelled   Hirt   Jorgenson   A Yates (2/2)
  Tour de la Provence   Quintana (1/2)   Sosa (1/2)   Quintana (2/2) Cancelled Part of UCI Europe Tour
  Volta ao Algarve   Evenepoel (2/11)   Rodrigues   Evenepoel (8/11)   D Martínez (2/2)   Evenepoel (11/11)
  Vuelta a Andalucía   Fuglsang   MÁ López (1/2)   Poels   Pogačar (5/5) No winner
  Faun-Ardèche Classic   Cavagna   Gaudu   McNulty (1/3)   Alaphilippe (2/2)   Ayuso
  Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne   Asgreen   M Pedersen (1/2)   Jakobsen (2/2)   Benoot   van Aert (4/4)
  Drôme Classic   Clarke   Bagioli (1/2)   Vingegaard   Perez   Hirschi (4/4)
  Trofeo Laigueglia   Ciccone   Mollema   Polanc   Peters   L Martinez (2/2)
  Nokere Koerse Cancelled   Robeet   Merlier (3/7)   Merlier (4/7)   Merlier (6/7)
  Milano–Torino   Démare (1/6)   Roglič (2/4)   Cavendish (2/2)   de Kleijn   Bettiol
  GP de Denain Cancelled   Philipsen (2/3)   Walscheid   Molano   Steimle
  Bredene Koksijde Classic Cancelled   Merlier (2/7)   Ackermann (2/2)   Thijssen   Mozzato
  GP Miguel Induráin Cancelled   Valverde   Barguil   I Izagirre   McNulty (3/3)
  Scheldeprijs   Ewan (1/2)   Philipsen (1/3)   Kristoff (2/3)   Philipsen (3/3)   Merlier (7/7)
  Brabantse Pijl   Alaphilippe (1/2)   Pidcock   Sheffield   Godon (1/2)   Cosnefroy
  Tour of the Alps Cancelled   S Yates   Bardet   Geoghegan Hart   JP López
  Presidential Tour of Turkey Cancelled   Díaz   Bevin Part of UCI Europe Tour
  GP du Morbihan Cancelled   Marit   Simon   De Lie (1/2)
  Tro-Bro Léon Cancelled   Swift   Hofstetter   Nizzolo (2/2)
  Tour de Hongrie Part of UCI Europe Tour   Hirschi (1/4)
  4 Jours de Dunkerque Cancelled   Gilbert   Grégoire
  Tour of Norway Cancelled   Hayter   Evenepoel (9/11)   Tulett
  Boucles de la Mayenne Cancelled   Démare (3/6)   Thomas   Lazkano
  Circuit Franco-Belge Cancelled   Jakobsen (1/2)   Kristoff (3/3)   De Lie (2/2)
  Brussels Cycling Classic   Merlier (1/7)   Evenepoel (6/11)   van der Hoorn   Démare (6/6)
  ZLM Tour Cancelled   Kooij (1/4)   Kooij (3/4) Part of UCI Europe Tour
  Dwars door het Hageland   Rickaert   Tiller (1/2)   Riesebeek   Tiller (2/2)
  Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge Part of UCI Europe Tour   L Martinez (1/2) Not on calendar
  Baloise Belgium Tour Cancelled   Evenepoel (4/11)   Schmid   van der Poel (2/3)
  Tour of Slovenia Cancelled   Pogačar (2/5)   Pogačar (3/5)   Zana
  Tour of Qinghai Lake Part of UCI Asia Tour   Mulubrhan
  Tour de Wallonie   Démare (2/6)   Simmons   Stannard   Ganna
  Vuelta a Burgos   Evenepoel (3/11)   Landa   Sivakov   Roglič (3/4)
  Arctic Race of Norway Cancelled   Hermans   Leknessund   Williams
  Danmark Rundt Cancelled   Evenepoel (5/11)   Laporte (2/2)   M Pedersen (2/2)
  Gran Trittico Lombardo   G Izagirre Not on calendar
  Deutschland Tour Cancelled   Politt   A Yates (1/2)   Van Wilder (1/2)
  Maryland Cycling Classic Cancelled   Vanmarcke   Skjelmose (2/2)
  Tour of Britain Cancelled   van Aert (1/4)   Serrano (1/2)   van Aert (2/4)
  GP de Fourmies Cancelled   Viviani   Ewan (2/2)   Merlier (5/7)
  GP Industria & Artigianato Cancelled   Vansevenant   Ulissi (2/2)   Healy
  GP de Wallonie Cancelled   Laporte (1/2)   van der Poel (1/3)   Serrano (2/2)
  Coppa Sabatini   Smith   Valgren   D Martínez (1/2)   Hirschi (2/4)
  Primus Classic Cancelled   Sénéchal   Meeus   van der Poel (3/3)
  Tour de Luxembourg   Ulissi (1/2)   Almeida   Skjelmose (1/2)   Hirschi (3/4)
  Münsterland Giro Cancelled   Cavendish (1/2)   Kooij (2/4)   Hagenes
  Tour de Langkawi   Celano Cancelled   Sosa (2/2)   Carr
  Giro dell'Emilia   Vlasov (1/2)   Roglič (1/4)   Mas   Roglič (4/4)
  Paris–Tours   C Pedersen   Démare (4/6)   Démare (5/6)   Sheehan
  Coppa Bernocchi Cancelled   Evenepoel (7/11)   Ballerini   van Aert (3/4)
  Tre Valli Varesine Cancelled   De Marchi   Pogačar (4/5)   Van Wilder (2/2)
  Tour of Hainan Not on calendar   Sevilla Not on calendar
  Gran Piemonte   Bennett   Walls   García Cortina   Bagioli (2/2)
  Giro del Veneto Not on calendar Part of UCI Europe Tour   Godon (2/2)
  Tour of Taihu Lake Not on calendar   Jackson
  Japan Cup Cancelled   Powless   Costa (2/2)
  Veneto Classic Not on calendar Part of UCI Europe Tour   Formolo

Most race wins edit

Rank Cyclist Wins
1.   Remco Evenepoel 11
2.   Tim Merlier 7
3.   Arnaud Démare 6
4.   Tadej Pogačar 5
5.   Marc Hirschi 4
  Olav Kooij
  Primož Roglič
  Wout van Aert
9.   Alexander Kristoff 3
  Brandon McNulty
  Jasper Philipsen
  Mathieu van der Poel

Race wins by country edit

Rank Nation Wins Riders
1.   Belgium 39 Evenepoel (11), Merlier (7), van Aert (4), Philipsen (3), De Lie (2), Van Wilder (2), Benoot, Gilbert, Hermans, Marit, Meeus, Rickaert, Robeet, Thijssen, Vanmarcke, Vansevenant
2.   France 27 Démare (6), Alaphilippe (2), Godon (2), Laporte (2), L Martinez (2), Bardet, Barguil, Cavagna, Cosnefroy, Gaudu, Grégoire, Hofstetter, Perez, Peters, Sénéchal, Simon, Sivakov, Thomas
3.   Italy 17 Bagioli (2), Nizzolo (2), Ulissi (2), Ballerini, Bettiol, Celano, Ciccone, De Marchi, Formolo, Ganna, Moschetti, Mozzato, Viviani, Zana
4.   Netherlands 14 Kooij (4), van der Poel (3), Jakobsen (2), de Kleijn, Mollema, Poels, Riesebeek, van der Hoorn
5.   Great Britain 13 Cavendish (2), A Yates (2), Carr, Geoghegan Hart, Hayter, Pidcock, Swift, Tulett, Walls, Williams, S Yates
  Spain Serrano (2), Ayuso, Díaz, García Cortina, G Izagirre, I Izagirre, Landa, Lazkano, JP López, Mas, Sevilla, Valverde
7.   Slovenia 10 Pogačar (5), Roglič (4), Polanc
8.   Colombia 9 MÁ López (2), D Martínez (2), Quintana (2), Sosa (2), Molano
  Denmark M Pedersen (2), Skjelmose (2), Asgreen, Fuglsang, C Pedersen, Valgren, Vingegaard
10.   United States 8 McNulty (3), Jorgenson, Powless, Sheehan, Sheffield, Simmons
11.   Norway 7 Kristoff (3), Tiller (2), Hagenes, Leknessund
12.   Switzerland 6 Hirschi (4), Küng, Schmid
13.   Germany 5 Ackermann (2), Politt, Steimle, Walscheid
14.   Australia 4 Ewan (2), Clarke, Stannard
  New Zealand Bennett, Bevin, Jackson, Smith
  Portugal Costa (2), Almeida, Rodrigues
17.   Russia 2 Vlasov (2)
18.   Czech Republic 1 Hirt
  Eritrea Mulubrhan
  Ireland Healy

Race wins by team edit

Teams in italics are no longer active.

Rank Team Wins Riders
1. Soudal–Quick-Step 32 Evenepoel (11), Merlier (4), Alaphilippe (2), Bagioli (2), Cavendish (2), Jakobsen (2), Van Wilder (2), Almeida, Asgreen, Ballerini, Cavagna, Schmid, Sénéchal, Vansevenant
2. UAE Team Emirates 20 Pogačar (5), Hirschi (4), McNulty (3), Ulissi (2), Ackermann, Ayuso, Formolo, Molano, Polanc, A Yates
3. Visma–Lease a Bike 17 Kooij (4), Roglič (4), van Aert (4), Bennett, Benoot, Hagenes, Laporte, Vingegaard
4. Alpecin–Deceuninck 12 Merlier (3), Philipsen (3), van der Poel (3), Rickaert, Riesebeek, Stannard
5. Groupama–FDJ 11 Démare (6), L Martinez (2), Gaudu, Grégoire, Küng
Ineos Grenadiers D Martínez (2), Ganna, Geoghegan Hart, Hayter, Pidcock, Sheffield, Sivakov, Sosa, Tulett, A Yates
7. Movistar Team 9 Serrano (2), García Cortina, Jorgenson, Lazkano, MÁ López, Mas, Sosa, Valverde
8. Intermarché–Wanty 8 Kristoff (3), Costa (2), Hirt, Thijssen, van der Hoorn
9. Israel–Premier Tech 7 Bevin, De Marchi, Hermans, Nizzolo, Sheehan, Vanmarcke, Williams
Lidl–Trek M Pedersen (2), Skjelmose (2), JP López, Mollema, Simmons
11. Arkéa–B&B Hotels 6 Quintana (2), Barguil, Hofstetter, Mozzato, Swift
Cofidis I Izagirre, Laporte, Perez, Thomas, Viviani, Walscheid
EF Education–EasyPost Bettiol, Carr, Clarke, Healy, Powless, Valgren
14. Bora–Hansgrohe 5 Ackermann, Meeus, Politt, Vlasov, Walls
Lotto–Dstny De Lie (2), Ewan (2), Gilbert
16. Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale 4 Godon (2), Cosnefroy, Peters
17. Astana Qazaqstan Team 3 Fuglsang, G Izagirre, Vlasov
Team dsm–firmenich PostNL Bardet, Leknessund, C Pedersen
Team Jayco–AlUla Smith, S Yates, Zana
20. Team Bahrain Victorious 2 Landa, Poels
Team Medellín MÁ López, Sevilla
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team Moschetti, Steimle
Uno-X Mobility Tiller (2)
24. Bingoal WB 1 Robeet
Bolton Equities Black Spoke Jackson
Delko Díaz
VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè Mulubrhan
Italy (national team) Ciccone
Team Flanders–Baloise Marit
Team Qhubeka NextHash Nizzolo
Team Sapura Cycling Celano
Team TotalEnergies Simon
Tudor Pro Cycling Team de Kleijn
W52 / FC Porto Rodrigues

References edit

  1. ^ "Men's professional road cycling: Changes for 2020". UCI. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Publication of the 2020 UCI International Road Calendar". UCI. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ "PART II – ROAD RACES. Rules amendments applying on 01.01.2020" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 11 October 2019.