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2021 UCI ProSeries

The 2021 UCI ProSeries is the second season of the UCI ProSeries, the second tier road cycling tour, below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits.

2021 UCI ProSeries
Second edition of the UCI ProSeries
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LocationAsia, Europe, United States
Races47
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The 2021 season initially consisted of 55 events of which 28 were one-day races (1.Pro) and 27 were stage races (2.Pro). There were 47 events in Europe, 5 in Asia, 2 in the United States and 1 in Argentina.[1]

During January 2021, five races were cancelled and three were postponed, leaving 47 races in the 2021 UCI ProSeries season. Two races were added to the calendar (the Dwars door het Hageland and Eurométropole Tour), bringing the number of races scheduled to 49 in early February.

Events edit

Races in the 2021 UCI ProSeries[1]
Race Date Winner Team Ref.
  Vuelta a San Juan 24–31 January Cancelled [2]
  Tour de Langkawi 30 January – 6 February [3]
  Tour of Oman 9–14 February
  Tour de la Provence 11–14 February   Iván Sosa (COL) Ineos Grenadiers [4]
  Clásica de Almería 14 February   Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Team Qhubeka Assos [5]
  Faun-Ardèche Classic 27 February   David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ [6]
  Royal Bernard Drôme Classic 28 February   Andrea Bagioli (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step [7]
  Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 28 February   Mads Pedersen (DEN) Trek–Segafredo [8]
  Trofeo Laigueglia 3 March   Bauke Mollema (NED) Trek–Segafredo [9]
  GP Industria & Artigianato 7 March   Mauri Vansevenant (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step [10]
  Nokere Koerse 17 March   Ludovic Robeet (BEL) Bingoal WB [11]
  Bredene Koksijde Classic 19 March   Tim Merlier (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix [12]
  GP Miguel Induráin 3 April   Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team [13]
  Scheldeprijs 7 April   Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix [14]
  Presidential Tour of Turkey 11–18 April   José Manuel Díaz (ESP) Delko [15]
  Brabantse Pijl 14 April   Tom Pidcock (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers [16]
  Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 14–18 April[a]   Stefan Küng (SUI) Groupama–FDJ [19]
  Tour of the Alps 19–23 April   Simon Yates (GBR) Team BikeExchange [20]
  Tour de Yorkshire 29 April – 2 May Cancelled [21]
  Four Days of Dunkirk 4–9 May [22]
  Volta ao Algarve 5–9 May[b]   João Rodrigues (POR) W52 / FC Porto [24]
  Tro-Bro Léon 16 May   Connor Swift (GBR) Arkéa–Samsic [25]
  Vuelta a Andalucía 18–22 May[c]   Miguel Ángel López (COL) Movistar Team [27]
  Boucles de la Mayenne 27–30 May   Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ [28]
  Dwars door het Hageland 5 June   Rasmus Tiller (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team [29]
  Tour of Belgium 9–13 June   Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step [30]
  Tour of Slovenia 9–13 June   Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates [31]
  ZLM Tour 9–13 June Cancelled [32]
  Tour de Wallonie 20–24 July   Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek–Segafredo [33]
  Tour of Utah 26 July – 1 August Cancelled [34]
  Vuelta a Burgos 3–7 August   Mikel Landa (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious [35]
  Arctic Race of Norway 5–8 August   Ben Hermans (BEL) Israel Start-Up Nation [36]
  Danmark Rundt 10–14 August   Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step [37]
  Tour of Norway 19–22 August[d]   Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers [39]
  Deutschland Tour 26–29 August   Nils Politt (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe [40]
  Brussels Cycling Classic 28 August   Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step [41]
  Tour of Austria 31 August – 4 September[e] Cancelled
  Maryland Cycling Classic 5 September [42]
  Tour of Britain 5–12 September   Wout van Aert (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma [43]
  Grand Prix de Fourmies 12 September   Elia Viviani (ITA) Cofidis [44]
  Tour de Luxembourg 14–18 September   João Almeida (POR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step [45]
  Grand Prix de Wallonie 15 September   Christophe Laporte (FRA) Cofidis [46]
  Coppa Sabatini 16 September   Michael Valgren (DEN) EF Education–Nippo [47]
  Primus Classic 18 September   Florian Sénéchal (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step [48]
  Grand Prix de Denain 21 September[f]   Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix [50]
  Eurométropole Tour 29 September[g]   Fabio Jakobsen (NED) Deceuninck–Quick-Step [52]
  Giro dell'Emilia 2 October   Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma [53]
  Münsterland Giro 3 October   Mark Cavendish (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step [54]
  Coppa Bernocchi 4 October   Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step [55]
  Tre Valli Varesine 5 October   Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) Israel Start-Up Nation [56]
  Milano–Torino 6 October   Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma [57]
  Gran Piemonte 7 October   Matt Walls (GBR) Bora–Hansgrohe [58]
  Tour of Taihu Lake 9–12 October Cancelled
  Paris–Tours 10 October   Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ [59]
  Grand Prix du Morbihan 16 October[h]   Arne Marit (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise [60]
  Japan Cup 17 October Cancelled [61]

Notes edit

  1. ^ The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was originally scheduled for 3–7 February but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17][18]
  2. ^ The Volta ao Algarve was originally scheduled for 17–21 February but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17][23]
  3. ^ The Vuelta a Andalucía was originally scheduled for 17–21 February but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17][26]
  4. ^ The Tour of Norway was originally supposed to begin on 19 May but was reduced by two days.[17] In April, the race was postponed from 21–24 May to 19–22 August.[38]
  5. ^ The 2021 Tour of Austria was scheduled for 26 June – 1 July, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria. Subsequently the race was cancelled due to financial reasons.
  6. ^ The Grand Prix de Denain was originally scheduled for 18 March but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17][49]
  7. ^ The Eurométropole Tour was originally scheduled for 2 October but was rescheduled to avoid conflict with Paris–Roubaix, which was postponed to 3 October.[51]
  8. ^ The Grand Prix du Morbihan was originally scheduled for 15 May but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]

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