The Tour of Guangxi begins in a corner of China where the landscape already seems to belong partly to another world. Chongzuo lies in the far southwest of the country, close enough to Vietnam for the frontier to have shaped…
Most road races begin with a peloton. The Chrono des Nations begins with a rider waiting alone on the starting ramp in Les Herbiers, watching the final seconds disappear from the clock before being released onto the roads of the…
Binche–Chimay–Binche travels through a part of Belgium that looks very different from the country portrayed by the great Flemish spring classics. There are no famous cobbled bergs rising from the fields of East Flanders, no procession of spectators on the…
The Veneto Classic does not possess the accumulated mythology of the Italian races that have survived for a century. It was first held only in 2021. Yet in a remarkably short time it has acquired something many older races struggle…
Paris-Tours has spent more than a century travelling south through the centre of France, but the landscape that defines the race today is concentrated into its final hour. The opening country is broad and agricultural, shaped by grain fields, small…
Slovenia is a small country built around transitions. The Adriatic world reaches its western edge, the Pannonian Plain approaches from the east, limestone karst occupies much of the south and west, and the Alps rise across the north. Between them,…
The Giro del Veneto crosses a region whose prosperity has always depended on movement. Rivers descend from the Alps towards the Adriatic, Roman roads established corridors that remained important for centuries, medieval cities grew around trade and agriculture, and the…
The Japan Cup occupies an unusual place on the professional cycling calendar. By the middle of October, the great European stage races are long finished and most of the autumn classics have already disappeared into history for another year, yet…
Bergamo → Como · 239 km · Saturday, 10 October 2026 · UCI WorldTour · Monument Il Lombardia reaches its 120th edition in 2026, travelling from Bergamo to Como across 239 kilometres and approximately 4,600 metres of climbing. Nine ascents…
Asti → Bra · 185 km · Thursday, 8 October 2026 · UCI 1.Pro Gran Piemonte has never belonged to a single landscape. The race was created in 1906 to cross Piedmont, a region extending from the Alps to the…
