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.
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…
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…
