UCI ProSeries explained

UCI ProSeries
Current Season:2024 UCI ProSeries
Sport:Road bicycle racing
Founded:2020
Country:Europe, Asia, Argentina and United States

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.

Development

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 disappeared 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

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

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

Year 2024
Vuelta a San Juan Evenepoel (1/11) bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=centerCancelled MÁ López (2/2) bgcolor=#ececec align=centerNot on calendar
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana Pogačar (1/6) Vlasov (2/2) Costa (1/2) McNulty (2/3)
Figueira Champions Classic bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=centerNot on calendar bgcolor=#ececec align=centerPart of UCI Europe Tour Evenepoel (10/11)
Clásica de Almería Ackermann (1/2) Nizzolo (1/2) Kristoff (1/3) Kooij (4/4)
Tour of Oman bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=centerCancelled A Yates (2/2)
Tour de la Provence Quintana (1/2) Sosa (1/2) Quintana (2/2) bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled bgcolor=#ececec align=centerPart of UCI Europe Tour
Volta ao Algarve Evenepoel (2/11) Evenepoel (8/11) D Martínez (2/2) Evenepoel (11/11)
Vuelta a Andalucía MÁ López (1/2) Pogačar (5/6) No winner
Faun-Ardèche Classic McNulty (1/3) Alaphilippe (2/2) Ayuso
Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne M Pedersen (1/3) Jakobsen (2/2) van Aert (4/4)
Drôme Classic Bagioli (1/2) Hirschi (4/6)
Trofeo Laigueglia L Martinez (2/2)
Nokere Koerse bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Merlier (3/7) Merlier (4/7) Merlier (6/7)
Milano–Torino Démare (1/6) Roglič (2/4) Cavendish (2/2) de Kleijn (1/2) Bettiol (1/2)
GP de Denain bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Philipsen (2/4) Steimle
Bredene Koksijde Classic bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Merlier (2/7) Ackermann (2/2) Mozzato
GP Miguel Induráin bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled McNulty (3/3)
Scheldeprijs Ewan (1/2) Philipsen (1/4) Kristoff (2/3) Philipsen (3/4) Merlier (7/7)
Brabantse Pijl Alaphilippe (1/2) Godon (1/2) Cosnefroy (1/2)
Tour of the Alps bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled JP López
Presidential Tour of Turkey bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled bgcolor=#ececec align=centerPart of UCI Europe Tour van den Broek
GP du Morbihan bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled De Lie (1/4) Cosnefroy (2/2)
Tro-Bro Léon bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Nizzolo (2/2) De Lie (3/4)
Tour de Hongrie bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=centerPart of UCI Europe Tour Hirschi (1/6) Nys
4 Jours de Dunkerque bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=centerCancelled S Bennett
Tour of Norway bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Evenepoel (9/11) Laurance
Boucles de la Mayenne bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Démare (3/6) Bettiol (2/2)
Circuit Franco-Belge bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Jakobsen (1/2) Kristoff (3/3) De Lie (2/4) Girmay
Brussels Cycling Classic Merlier (1/7) Evenepoel (6/11) Démare (6/6) Abrahamsen
ZLM Tour bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=centerCancelled Kooij (1/4) Kooij (3/4) bgcolor=#ececec align=centerPart of UCI Europe Tour
Dwars door het Hageland Tiller (1/2) Tiller (2/2) Vermeersch
Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=centerPart of UCI Europe Tour L Martinez (1/2) bgcolor=#ececec align=centerNot on calendar
Baloise Belgium Tour bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Evenepoel (4/11) van der Poel (2/3) Wærenskjold
Tour of Slovenia bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Pogačar (2/6) Pogačar (3/6) Aleotti
Tour of Qinghai Lake bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=centerPart of UCI Asia Tour Cepeda
Tour de Wallonie Démare (2/6) Trentin
Vuelta a Burgos Evenepoel (3/11) Roglič (3/4) Kuss
Arctic Race of Norway bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Williams (1/2) Cort (1/2)
Danmark Rundt bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Evenepoel (5/11) Laporte (2/3) M Pedersen (2/3) De Lie (4/4)
Gran Trittico Lombardo bgcolor=#ececec colspan=4 align=centerNot on calendar
Deutschland Tour bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled A Yates (1/2) Van Wilder (1/2) M Pedersen (3/3)
Maryland Cycling Classic bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=centerCancelled Skjelmose (2/2) bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled
Tour of Hainan bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=centerNot on calendar Gate
Tour of Britain bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled van Aert (1/4) Serrano (1/2) van Aert (2/4) Williams (2/2)
GP de Fourmies bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Ewan (2/2) Merlier (5/7) de Kleijn (2/2)
GP Industria & Artigianato bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Ulissi (2/2) Hirschi (5/6)
Coppa Sabatini D Martínez (1/2) Hirschi (2/6) Hirschi (6/6)
GP de Wallonie bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Laporte (1/3) van der Poel (1/3) Serrano (2/2) Adrià
Primus Classic bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled van der Poel (3/3) Baroncini
Tour de Luxembourg Ulissi (1/2) Skjelmose (1/2) Hirschi (3/6) Tiberi
Münsterland Giro bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Cavendish (1/2) Kooij (2/4) Philipsen (4/4)
Tour de Langkawi bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Sosa (2/2) Poole
Giro dell'Emilia Vlasov (1/2) Roglič (1/4) Roglič (4/4) Pogačar (6/6)
Paris–Tours Démare (4/6) Démare (5/6) Laporte (3/3)
Coppa Bernocchi bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Evenepoel (7/11) van Aert (3/4) Van Tricht
Tre Valli Varesine bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled Pogačar (4/6) Van Wilder (2/2) bgcolor=#ececec align=centerCancelled
Gran Piemonte Bagioli (2/2) Powless (2/3)
Tour of Taihu Lake bgcolor=#ececec colspan=3 align=centerNot on calendar Krijnsen
Giro del Veneto bgcolor=#ececec align=centerNot on calendar bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=centerPart of UCI Europe Tour Godon (2/2) Strong
Japan Cup bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=centerCancelled Powless (1/3) Costa (2/2) Powless (3/3)
Veneto Classic bgcolor=#ececec align=centerNot on calendar bgcolor=#ececec colspan=2 align=centerPart of UCI Europe Tour Cort (2/2)

Most race wins

RankCyclist Wins
1. 11
2. 7
3. 6
Marc Hirschi
Tadej Pogačar
6. 4
Jasper Philipsen
Primož Roglič
Wout van Aert
11. 3
Christophe Laporte
Brandon McNulty
Mads Pedersen
Neilson Powless
Mathieu van der Poel

Race wins by country

RankNation Wins Riders
1. 45 Evenepoel (11), Merlier (7), De Lie (4), Philipsen (4), van Aert (4), Van Wilder (2), Benoot, Gilbert, Hermans, Marit, Meeus, Nys, Rickaert, Robeet, Thijssen, Van Tricht, Vanmarcke, Vansevenant, Vermeersch
2. 30 Démare (6), Laporte (3), Alaphilippe (2), Cosnefroy (2), Godon (2), L Martinez (2), Bardet, Barguil, Cavagna, Gaudu, Grégoire, Hofstetter, Laurance, Perez, Peters, Sénéchal, Simon, Sivakov, Thomas
3. 22 Bagioli (2), Bettiol (2), Nizzolo (2), Ulissi (2), Aleotti, Ballerini, Baroncini, Celano, Ciccone, De Marchi, Formolo, Ganna, Moschetti, Mozzato, Tiberi, Trentin, Viviani, Zana
4. 17 Kooij (4), van der Poel (3), de Kleijn (2), Jakobsen (2), Krijnsen, Mollema, Poels, Riesebeek, van den Broek, van der Hoorn
5. 15 Cavendish (2), Williams (2), A Yates (2), Carr, Geoghegan Hart, Hayter, Pidcock, Poole, Swift, Tulett, Walls, S Yates
6. 14 Serrano (2), Adrià, Ayuso, Díaz, García Cortina, G Izagirre, I Izagirre, Landa, Lazkano, JP López, Mas, Sevilla, Valverde
7. 12 M Pedersen (3), Cort (2), Skjelmose (2), Asgreen, Fuglsang, C Pedersen, Valgren, Vingegaard
8. 11 Pogačar (6), Roglič (4), Polanc
McNulty (3), Powless (3), Jorgenson, Kuss, Sheehan, Sheffield, Simmons
10. 9 MÁ López (2), D Martínez (2), Quintana (2), Sosa (2), Molano
Kristoff (3), Tiller (2), Abrahamsen, Hagenes, Leknessund, Wærenskjold
12. 8 Hirschi (6), Küng, Schmid
13. 6 G Bennett, Bevin, Gate, Jackson, Smith, Strong
14. 5 Ackermann (2), Politt, Steimle, Walscheid
15. 4 Ewan (2), Clarke, Stannard
Costa (2), Almeida, Rodrigues
17. 2 Girmay, Mulubrhan
S Bennett, Healy
Vlasov (2)
20. 1 Hirt
Cepeda

Race wins by team

Teams in italics are no longer active.

RankTeam Wins Riders
1. 32 Evenepoel (11), Merlier (4), Alaphilippe (2), Bagioli (2), Cavendish (2), Jakobsen (2), Van Wilder (2), Almeida, Asgreen, Ballerini, Cavagna, Schmid, Sénéchal, Vansevenant
2. 24 Hirschi (6), Pogačar (6), McNulty (3), Ulissi (2), Ackermann, Ayuso, Baroncini, Formolo, Molano, Polanc, A Yates
3. 19 Kooij (4), Roglič (4), van Aert (4), Laporte (2), G Bennett, Benoot, Hagenes, Kuss, Vingegaard
4. 16 Philipsen (4), Merlier (3), van der Poel (3), Laurance, Rickaert, Riesebeek, Stannard, Van Tricht, Vermeersch
5. 11 Démare (6), L Martinez (2), Gaudu, Grégoire, Küng
D Martínez (2), Ganna, Geoghegan Hart, Hayter, Pidcock, Sheffield, Sivakov, Sosa, Tulett, A Yates
7. 9 Kristoff (3), Costa (2), Girmay, Hirt, Thijssen, van der Hoorn
Powless (3), Bettiol (2),Carr, Clarke, Healy, Valgren
Williams (2), Bevin, De Marchi, Hermans, Nizzolo, Sheehan, Strong, Vanmarcke
Serrano (2), García Cortina, Jorgenson, Lazkano, MÁ López, Mas, Sosa, Valverde
M Pedersen (3), Skjelmose (2), JP López, Mollema, Nys, Simmons
12. 7 De Lie (4), Ewan (2), Gilbert
Ackermann, Adrià, Aleotti, Meeus, Politt, Vlasov, Walls
14. 6 Quintana (2), Barguil, Hofstetter, Mozzato, Swift
I Izagirre, Laporte, Perez, Thomas, Viviani, Walscheid
Cosnefroy (2), Godon (2), S Bennett, Peters
Cort (2), Tiller (2), Abrahamsen, Wærenskjold
18. 5 Bardet, Leknessund, C Pedersen, Poole, van den Broek
19. 3 Fuglsang, G Izagirre, Vlasov
Landa, Poels, Tiberi
Smith, S Yates, Zana
de Kleijn (2), Trentin
23. 2 MÁ López, Sevilla
Moschetti, Steimle
25. 1 Robeet
Jackson
Gate
Cepeda
Díaz
Italy (national team) Ciccone
Celano
Krijnsen
Marit
Nizzolo
Simon
Mulubrhan
Rodrigues

Notes and References

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