Along with the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia, the Vuelta is one of cycling’s prestigious Grand Tours. While the route changes each year, the format of the race stays the same, with the appearance of at least two time trials, the passage through the mountain chain of the Pyrenees, and the finish in the Spanish capital Madrid. The modern editions of the Vuelta a España consist of 21 day-long stages over a 23-day period that includes 2 rest days.
Il Lombardia, also known as the Race of the Falling Leaves, is a prestigious one-day professional cycling race held annually in Italy. Regarded as one of the five Monuments of cycling, it marks the end of the UCI WorldTour season and showcases the sheer beauty and challenging terrain of the Lombardy region.
One of the most exciting and prestigious races of the season, Milan-San Remo is the first Monument of the year. Milan–San Remo, also called “The Spring classic” or “La Classicissima”, is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km it is the longest professional one-day race in modern cycling.
The Tour of Flanders, also known as De Ronde (“The Tour”), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organized by Flanders Classics. Its nickname is Vlaanderens Mooiste (Dutch for “Flanders’ Finest”).
