2021 UCI World Tour

{{for|the Women's 2021 UCI World Tour|2021 UCI Women's World Tour}}

{{Infobox cycling season

| Details

| name = 2021 UCI WorldTour

| edition = 11

| competition =UCI WorldTour

| dates = 21 February – 9 October

| location = {{unbulleted list|Europe|United Arab Emirates}}

| rounds = 29

| previous = 2020

| next = 2022

}}

The 2021 UCI World Tour was a series of races that included twenty-nine road cycling events throughout the 2021 cycling season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/inside-uci/press-releases/the-uci-reveals-the-2021-calendars-for-the-uci-worldtour-and-uci-women%E2%80%99s-worldtour|title=The UCI reveals the 2021 calendars for the UCI WorldTour and UCI Women's WorldTour|access-date=25 October 2020|work=UCI}} The tour started with the opening stage of the UAE Tour on 21 February, and concluded with Il Lombardia on 9 October.

Events

The 2021 calendar was announced in the autumn of 2020.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|+ Races in the 2021 UCI World Tour
scope="col" \| Race ! scope="col" \| Date ! scope="col" \| Winner ! scope="col" \| Second ! scope="col" \| Third
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|UAE}} UAE Tour \| 21–27 February \| {{flagathlete\|Tadej Pogačar\|SLO}} \| {{flagathlete\|Adam Yates\|GBR}} \| {{flagathlete\|João Almeida\|POR}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Omloop Het Nieuwsblad \| 27 February \| {{flagathlete\|Davide Ballerini\|ITA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Jake Stewart\|GBR}} \| {{flagathlete\|Sep Vanmarcke\|BEL}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Strade Bianche \| 6 March \| {{flagathlete\|Mathieu van der Poel\|NED}} \| {{flagathlete\|Julian Alaphilippe\|FRA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Egan Bernal\|COL}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|France}} Paris–Nice \| 7–14 March \| {{flagathlete\|Max Schachmann\|GER}} \| {{flagathlete\|Aleksandr Vlasov\|RUS}} \| {{flagathlete\|Ion Izagirre\|ESP}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Italy}} Tirreno–Adriatico \| 10–16 March \| {{flagathlete\|Tadej Pogačar\|SLO}} \| {{flagathlete\|Wout van Aert\|BEL}} \| {{flagathlete\|Mikel Landa\|ESP}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Italy}} Milan–San Remo \| 20 March \| {{flagathlete\|Jasper Stuyven\|BEL}} \| {{flagathlete\|Caleb Ewan\|AUS}} \| {{flagathlete\|Wout van Aert\|BEL}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Spain}} Volta a Catalunya \| 22–28 March \| {{flagathlete\|Adam Yates\|GBR}} \| {{flagathlete\|Richie Porte\|AUS}} \| {{flagathlete\|Geraint Thomas\|GBR}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Belgium}} Classic Brugge–De Panne \| 24 March \| {{flagathlete\|Sam Bennett\|IRL}} \| {{flagathlete\|Jasper Philipsen\|BEL}} \| {{flagathlete\|Pascal Ackermann\|GER}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Belgium}} E3 Saxo Bank Classic \| 26 March \| {{flagathlete\|Kasper Asgreen\|DEN}} \| {{flagathlete\|Florian Sénéchal\|FRA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Mathieu van der Poel\|NED}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Belgium}} Gent–Wevelgem \| 28 March \| {{flagathlete\|Wout van Aert\|BEL}} \| {{flagathlete\|Giacomo Nizzolo\|ITA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Matteo Trentin\|ITA}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|BEL}} Dwars door Vlaanderen \| 31 March \| {{flagathlete\|Dylan van Baarle\|NED}} \| {{flagathlete\|Christophe Laporte\|FRA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Tim Merlier\|BEL}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Belgium}} Tour of Flanders \| 4 April \| {{flagathlete\|Kasper Asgreen\|DEN}} \| {{flagathlete\|Mathieu van der Poel\|NED}} \| {{flagathlete\|Greg Van Avermaet\|BEL}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Spain}} Tour of the Basque Country \| 5–10 April \| {{flagathlete\|Primož Roglič\|SLO}} \| {{flagathlete\|Jonas Vingegaard\|DEN}} \| {{flagathlete\|Tadej Pogačar\|SLO}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Netherlands}} Amstel Gold Race \| 18 April \| {{flagathlete\|Wout van Aert\|BEL}} \| {{flagathlete\|Tom Pidcock\|GBR}} \| {{flagathlete\|Max Schachmann\|GER}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Belgium}} La Flèche Wallonne \| 21 April \| {{flagathlete\|Julian Alaphilippe\|FRA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Primož Roglič\|SLO}} \| {{flagathlete\|Alejandro Valverde\|ESP}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Belgium}} Liège–Bastogne–Liège \| 25 April \| {{flagathlete\|Tadej Pogačar\|SLO}} \| {{flagathlete\|Julian Alaphilippe\|FRA}} \| {{flagathlete\|David Gaudu\|FRA}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Switzerland}} Tour de Romandie \| 27 April – 2 May \| {{flagathlete\|Geraint Thomas\|GBR}} \| {{flagathlete\|Richie Porte\|AUS}} \| {{flagathlete\|Fausto Masnada\|ITA}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Italy}} Giro d'Italia \| 8–30 May \| {{flagathlete\|Egan Bernal\|COL}} \| {{flagathlete\|Damiano Caruso\|ITA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Simon Yates\|GBR}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|France}} Critérium du Dauphiné \| 30 May – 6 June \| {{flagathlete\|Richie Porte\|AUS}} \| {{flagathlete\|Alexey Lutsenko\|KAZ}} \| {{flagathlete\|Geraint Thomas\|GBR}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Switzerland}} Tour de Suisse \| 6–13 June \| {{flagathlete\|Richard Carapaz\|ECU}} \| {{flagathlete\|Rigoberto Urán\|COL}} \| {{flagathlete\|Jakob Fuglsang\|DEN}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|France}} Tour de France \| 26 June – 18 July \| {{flagathlete\|Tadej Pogačar\|SLO}} \| {{flagathlete\|Jonas Vingegaard\|DEN}} \| {{flagathlete\|Richard Carapaz\|ECU}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Spain}} Clásica de San Sebastián \| 31 July \| {{flagathlete\|Neilson Powless\|USA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Matej Mohorič\|SLO}} \| {{flagathlete\|Mikkel Frølich Honoré\|DEN}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Poland}} Tour de Pologne \| 9–15 August \| {{flagathlete\|João Almeida\|POR}} \| {{flagathlete\|Matej Mohorič\|SLO}} \| {{flagathlete\|Michał Kwiatkowski\|POL}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Spain}} Vuelta a España \| 14 August – 5 September \| {{flagathlete\|Primož Roglič\|SLO}} \| {{flagathlete\|Enric Mas\|ESP}} \| {{flagathlete\|Jack Haig\|AUS}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|France}} Bretagne Classic Ouest–France \| 29 August{{efn\|The Bretagne Classic Ouest–France was initially scheduled for 22 August.}} \| {{flagathlete\|Benoît Cosnefroy\|FRA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Julian Alaphilippe\|FRA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Mikkel Frølich Honoré\|DEN}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Belgium}}/{{flagicon\|Netherlands}} Benelux Tour \| 30 August – 5 September \| {{flagathlete\|Sonny Colbrelli\|ITA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Matej Mohorič\|SLO}} \| {{flagathlete\|Victor Campenaerts\|BEL}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|GER}} Eschborn–Frankfurt \| 19 September{{efn\|The Eschborn–Frankfurt was initially scheduled for 1 May, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.{{cite web\|url=https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/article/2021/03/18/1616080742/uci-worldtour-covid\|title=UCI. Ecco i calendari rivisitati del Worldtour maschile e femminile\|language=it\|trans-title=UCI. Here are the revised calendars of the men's and women's Worldtour\|date=18 March 2021\|access-date=3 April 2021}}}} \| {{flagathlete\|Jasper Philipsen\|BEL}} \| {{flagathlete\|John Degenkolb\|GER}} \| {{flagathlete\|Alexander Kristoff\|NOR}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|France}} Paris–Roubaix \| 3 October{{efn\|Paris–Roubaix was initially scheduled for 11 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.{{cite news\|first=Stephen\|last=Farrand\|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/paris-roubaix-postponed-to-october-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-in-france/\|title=Paris-Roubaix postponed to October due to COVID-19 pandemic in France\|work=Cyclingnews.com\|publisher=Future plc\|date=1 April 2021\|access-date=1 April 2021}}}} \| {{flagathlete\|Sonny Colbrelli\|ITA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Florian Vermeersch\|BEL}} \| {{flagathlete\|Mathieu van der Poel\|NED}}
scope="row" \| {{flagicon\|Italy}} Il Lombardia \| 9 October \| {{flagathlete\|Tadej Pogačar\|SLO}} \| {{flagathlete\|Fausto Masnada\|ITA}} \| {{flagathlete\|Adam Yates\|GBR}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Races in the 2021 UCI World Tour

scope="col" | Race

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Winner

! scope="col" | Second

! scope="col" | Third

scope="row" | {{flagicon|UAE}} UAE Tour

| 21–27 February

| {{flagathlete|Tadej Pogačar|SLO}}

| {{flagathlete|Adam Yates|GBR}}

| {{flagathlete|João Almeida|POR}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|BEL}} Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

| 27 February

| {{flagathlete|Davide Ballerini|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Jake Stewart|GBR}}

| {{flagathlete|Sep Vanmarcke|BEL}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Strade Bianche

| 6 March

| {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Julian Alaphilippe|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Egan Bernal|COL}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|France}} Paris–Nice

| 7–14 March

| {{flagathlete|Max Schachmann|GER}}

| {{flagathlete|Aleksandr Vlasov|RUS}}

| {{flagathlete|Ion Izagirre|ESP}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Italy}} Tirreno–Adriatico

| 10–16 March

| {{flagathlete|Tadej Pogačar|SLO}}

| {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Mikel Landa|ESP}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Italy}} Milan–San Remo

| 20 March

| {{flagathlete|Jasper Stuyven|BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Caleb Ewan|AUS}}

| {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Spain}} Volta a Catalunya

| 22–28 March

| {{flagathlete|Adam Yates|GBR}}

| {{flagathlete|Richie Porte|AUS}}

| {{flagathlete|Geraint Thomas|GBR}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Belgium}} Classic Brugge–De Panne

| 24 March

| {{flagathlete|Sam Bennett|IRL}}

| {{flagathlete|Jasper Philipsen|BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Pascal Ackermann|GER}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Belgium}} E3 Saxo Bank Classic

| 26 March

| {{flagathlete|Kasper Asgreen|DEN}}

| {{flagathlete|Florian Sénéchal|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Belgium}} Gent–Wevelgem

| 28 March

| {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Giacomo Nizzolo|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Matteo Trentin|ITA}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|BEL}} Dwars door Vlaanderen

| 31 March

| {{flagathlete|Dylan van Baarle|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Christophe Laporte|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Tim Merlier|BEL}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Belgium}} Tour of Flanders

| 4 April

| {{flagathlete|Kasper Asgreen|DEN}}

| {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}}

| {{flagathlete|Greg Van Avermaet|BEL}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Spain}} Tour of the Basque Country

| 5–10 April

| {{flagathlete|Primož Roglič|SLO}}

| {{flagathlete|Jonas Vingegaard|DEN}}

| {{flagathlete|Tadej Pogačar|SLO}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Amstel Gold Race

| 18 April

| {{flagathlete|Wout van Aert|BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Tom Pidcock|GBR}}

| {{flagathlete|Max Schachmann|GER}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Belgium}} La Flèche Wallonne

| 21 April

| {{flagathlete|Julian Alaphilippe|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Primož Roglič|SLO}}

| {{flagathlete|Alejandro Valverde|ESP}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Belgium}} Liège–Bastogne–Liège

| 25 April

| {{flagathlete|Tadej Pogačar|SLO}}

| {{flagathlete|Julian Alaphilippe|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|David Gaudu|FRA}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Tour de Romandie

| 27 April – 2 May

| {{flagathlete|Geraint Thomas|GBR}}

| {{flagathlete|Richie Porte|AUS}}

| {{flagathlete|Fausto Masnada|ITA}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Italy}} Giro d'Italia

| 8–30 May

| {{flagathlete|Egan Bernal|COL}}

| {{flagathlete|Damiano Caruso|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Simon Yates|GBR}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|France}} Critérium du Dauphiné

| 30 May – 6 June

| {{flagathlete|Richie Porte|AUS}}

| {{flagathlete|Alexey Lutsenko|KAZ}}

| {{flagathlete|Geraint Thomas|GBR}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Tour de Suisse

| 6–13 June

| {{flagathlete|Richard Carapaz|ECU}}

| {{flagathlete|Rigoberto Urán|COL}}

| {{flagathlete|Jakob Fuglsang|DEN}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|France}} Tour de France

| 26 June – 18 July

| {{flagathlete|Tadej Pogačar|SLO}}

| {{flagathlete|Jonas Vingegaard|DEN}}

| {{flagathlete|Richard Carapaz|ECU}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Spain}} Clásica de San Sebastián

| 31 July

| {{flagathlete|Neilson Powless|USA}}

| {{flagathlete|Matej Mohorič|SLO}}

| {{flagathlete|Mikkel Frølich Honoré|DEN}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Poland}} Tour de Pologne

| 9–15 August

| {{flagathlete|João Almeida|POR}}

| {{flagathlete|Matej Mohorič|SLO}}

| {{flagathlete|Michał Kwiatkowski|POL}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Spain}} Vuelta a España

| 14 August – 5 September

| {{flagathlete|Primož Roglič|SLO}}

| {{flagathlete|Enric Mas|ESP}}

| {{flagathlete|Jack Haig|AUS}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|France}} Bretagne Classic Ouest–France

| 29 August{{efn|The Bretagne Classic Ouest–France was initially scheduled for 22 August.}}

| {{flagathlete|Benoît Cosnefroy|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Julian Alaphilippe|FRA}}

| {{flagathlete|Mikkel Frølich Honoré|DEN}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Belgium}}/{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Benelux Tour

| 30 August – 5 September

| {{flagathlete|Sonny Colbrelli|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Matej Mohorič|SLO}}

| {{flagathlete|Victor Campenaerts|BEL}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|GER}} Eschborn–Frankfurt

| 19 September{{efn|The Eschborn–Frankfurt was initially scheduled for 1 May, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.{{cite web|url=https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/article/2021/03/18/1616080742/uci-worldtour-covid|title=UCI. Ecco i calendari rivisitati del Worldtour maschile e femminile|language=it|trans-title=UCI. Here are the revised calendars of the men's and women's Worldtour|date=18 March 2021|access-date=3 April 2021}}}}

| {{flagathlete|Jasper Philipsen|BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|John Degenkolb|GER}}

| {{flagathlete|Alexander Kristoff|NOR}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|France}} Paris–Roubaix

| 3 October{{efn|Paris–Roubaix was initially scheduled for 11 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.{{cite news|first=Stephen|last=Farrand|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/paris-roubaix-postponed-to-october-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-in-france/|title=Paris-Roubaix postponed to October due to COVID-19 pandemic in France|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=1 April 2021|access-date=1 April 2021}}}}

| {{flagathlete|Sonny Colbrelli|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Florian Vermeersch|BEL}}

| {{flagathlete|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}}

scope="row" | {{flagicon|Italy}} Il Lombardia

| 9 October

| {{flagathlete|Tadej Pogačar|SLO}}

| {{flagathlete|Fausto Masnada|ITA}}

| {{flagathlete|Adam Yates|GBR}}

=Cancelled events=

Due to COVID-19-related logistical concerns raised by teams regarding travel to Australia (including strict quarantine requirements), the Tour Down Under (19–24 January) and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (31 January) were cancelled. The organisers of the Tour Down Under held a "domestic cycling festival" known as the Santos Festival of Cycling in its place, which featured races in various disciplines (including a National Road Series event).{{cite news|date=23 December 2020|title=From the ashes: Festival of Cycling rises from TDU and bushfires|work=SBS Cycling Central|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/article/2020/12/23/ashes-festival-cycling-rises-tdu-and-bushfires|access-date=24 January 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2021-tour-down-under-cancelled-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/|title=2021 Tour Down Under cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=1 November 2020|access-date=1 November 2020}} In June, the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (10 September) and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (12 September) were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gp-quebec-and-montreal-cancelled-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/|title=GP Québec and Montréal cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic|publisher=CyclingNews|date=10 June 2021|access-date=10 June 2021}} In August, the Hamburg Cyclassics (15 August) and the Tour of Guangxi (14–19 October) were cancelled at the request of their respective organisers, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2021-tour-of-guangxi-tour-of-chongming-island-and-hamburg-cyclassics-cancelled-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/|title=2021 Tour of Guangxi, Tour of Chongming Island and Hamburg Cyclassics cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=4 August 2021|accessdate=4 August 2021}}

In addition, and for reasons not entirely related to the pandemic, the organisers of the Tour of California in the United States as well as those of the Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic in the United Kingdom did not request to register either of their respective events for the 2021 calendar.{{cite news|url=https://www.uci.org/inside-uci/press-releases/the-uci-reveals-the-2021-calendars-for-the-uci-worldtour-and-uci-women%E2%80%99s-worldtour|title=UCI Calendar 2021|work=www.uci.org|date=28 July 2020|access-date=1 January 2021}}

Teams

The nineteen WorldTeams were automatically invited to compete in events, with {{UCI team code|AFC|2021}} (the best performing UCI ProTeam in 2020) also receiving an automatic invitation. Other teams were invited by the organisers of each race.{{Cite news |last=MacLeary |first=John |date=2021-03-16 |title=UCI WorldTour 2021: Men's team-by-team guide and calendar details for the season |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/0/uci-worldtour-2021-calendar-schedule-teams-results-tour-de-france-giro/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{div col|colwidth=20em|style=margin-right:20%;}}

{{UCI team code|ALM|2021}}
{{UCI team code|APT|2021}}
{{UCI team code|BOH|2021}}
{{UCI team code|COF|2021}}
{{UCI team code|DQT|2021}}
{{UCI team code|EFN|2021}}
{{UCI team code|GFC|2021}}
{{UCI team code|IGD|2021}}
{{UCI team code|IWG|2021}}
{{UCI team code|ISN|2021}}
{{UCI team code|LTS|2021}}
{{UCI team code|MOV men|2021}}
{{UCI team code|TBV|2021}}
{{UCI team code|BEX men|2021}}
{{UCI team code|DSM men|2021}}
{{UCI team code|TJV|2021}}
{{UCI team code|TQA|2021b}}
{{UCI team code|TFS men|2021}}
{{UCI team code|UAD|2021}}

Notes

References

External links

{{official website|https://www.uci.org/road/events/uci-worldtour}}

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