One-day cycling races compress an entire contest into a single journey, where every climb, attack and difficult section of road can influence the result. From historic European classics and the five Monuments to modern races across Asia and the Americas, each event develops its identity through its terrain, traditions and surrounding communities.
Around the Peloton explores these races beyond the competition, following their routes through mountain passes, cobbled roads, forests, coastal landscapes and historic towns. Discover the geography, history, culture and landmarks behind the roads, and the stories that have connected these places with professional cycling across generations.
Busto Arsizio → Varese · 196.12 km · UCI 1.Pro The name Tre Valli Varesine means the Three Valleys of Varese, a reminder of the race’s older geography through Valcuvia, Valganna and Valceresio, three valleys in the lake and foothill…
Legnano → Legnano · 178.14 km · Monday, 5 October 2026 · UCI 1.Pro The Coppa Bernocchi begins and ends in Legnano, an industrial city approximately 25 kilometres north-west of central Milan, but the landscape that defines the race lies…
Lissone → Lissone · 166.7 km · Sunday, 4 October 2026 · UCI 1.1 The Coppa Agostoni takes place entirely inside Brianza, a historical and geographical region immediately north of Milan, where the immense flatness of the Po Valley begins…
Around the Peloton: Münsterland Giro 2026 Borken → Münster · approximately 205 km · Saturday, 3 October 2026 · UCI ProSeries The Münsterland does not immediately suggest a landscape capable of complicating a professional bicycle race. Across much of this…
For the first time, the Giro dell’Emilia begins in Ferrara, nearly fifty kilometres north-east of Bologna and deep inside the immense plain created by the River Po and its tributaries. The riders begin on land so flat that water has…
The 2026 Men Elite World Championship begins far from the circuit that will eventually decide it. Before Mount Royal, before the repeated climbs and before the familiar Montréal skyline closes around the race, the peloton spends more than one hundred…
The 2026 UCI Road World Championships open in Montréal with a race against the clock, but the course is more than a technical test of pacing and aerodynamics. Over 39.2 kilometres, it traces the relationship between the city and the…
Twenty-five years after professional cycling last contested the Giro di Campania, the race returns with a route designed to cross the region rather than simply borrow one of its famous landscapes. Over 193.1 kilometres, it passes through all five provinces…
The Gran Premio del Lazio is new in its present form, but the landscape it crosses is anything but new. Over 182.35 kilometres, the race travels from Fiuggi in the hills south-east of Rome to Anguillara Sabazia on Lake Bracciano,…
The name is new, but the race underneath it belongs to a much older Belgian cycling culture. In 2026 the former SUPER 8 Classic becomes the Flandrien 0.0 Classic, yet the route still begins in Brakel, still finishes at the gates…
