2026 UCI World Tour
| Sixteenth edition of the UCI WorldTour | |
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| Dates | 20 January – 18 October |
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| Races | 36 |
The 2026 UCI World Tour is a series of races that includes thirty-six events throughout the 2026 men's cycling season. The tour started with the Tour Down Under on 20 January, and will conclude with the Tour of Guangxi on 18 October.[1]
Events
[edit]The race calendar for the 2026 season was announced in June 2025, with thirty-six races scheduled.[2] The calendar was similar to 2025.[3]
Teams
[edit]The eighteen WorldTeams were automatically invited to compete in events based on the results of the previous three year ranking 2022–2025.
- Alpecin–Premier Tech
- Decathlon CMA CGM
- EF Education–EasyPost
- Groupama–FDJ United
- Lidl–Trek
- Lotto–Intermarché
- Movistar Team
- Netcompany INEOS
- NSN Cycling Team
- Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
- Soudal–Quick-Step
- Team Bahrain Victorious
- Team Jayco–AlUla
- Team Picnic–PostNL
- UAE Team Emirates XRG
- Uno-X Mobility
- Visma–Lease a Bike
- XDS Astana Team
Additionally, three ProTeams were invited to all the UCI World Tour races based on the ranking of the 2025 season.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "UCI World Tour races". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ "The UCI approves the 2026 calendars for the UCI Women's WorldTour and UCI WorldTour, and takes measures to support the development of cycling". www.uci.org. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
- ^ "2026 UCI WorldTour calendar". Domestique Cycling. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Stuart, Peter (2025-12-21). "'Historic measure' gives top three ProTeams full automatic WorldTour invitations from 2026". veloracycling.com. Retrieved 2026-02-08.