Mark Cavendish on front of autobus, Tour de France 2009, stage 20

Mark Cavendish on front of autobus, Tour de France 2009, stage 20

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) 2010 World Calendar includes races in the UCI's top flight ProTour calendar, as well asother major races such as the Grand Tours and certain one-day classics.

The Tour Down Under in Australia kicks off the 2010 calendar on January 19, 2010, and the final race of the year is the traditional season-ending Giro di Lombardia, Italy, on October 16, 2010.

There are a couple of changes and additions over previous calendars, most notably the move of Ghent-Wevelgem from a Wednesday to a weekend date - Sunday, March 28.

Canada also features for the first time, with two ProTour races back to back in September - the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (September 10) and Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (September 12).

StartEndEventCountryType
19.01.2010 24.01.2010 Tour Down Under AUS UPT
07.03.2010 14.03.2010 Paris - Nice FRA HIS
10.03.2010 16.03.2010 Tirreno-Adriatico ITA HIS
20.03.2010 20.03.2010 Milano-Sanremo ITA HIS
22.03.2010 28.03.2010 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya ESP UPT
28.03.2010 28.03.2010 Gent - Wevelgem BEL UPT
04.04.2010 04.04.2010 Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres BEL UPT
05.04.2010 10.04.2010 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco ESP UPT
11.04.2010 11.04.2010 Paris - Roubaix FRA HIS
18.04.2010 18.04.2010 Amstel Gold Race NED UPT
21.04.2010 21.04.2010 La Flèche Wallonne BEL HIS
25.04.2010 25.04.2010 Liège - Bastogne - Liège BEL HIS
27.04.2010 02.05.2010 Tour de Romandie SUI UPT
08.05.2010 30.05.2010 Giro d'Italia ITA HIS
06.06.2010 13.06.2010 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré FRA UPT
12.06.2010 20.06.2010 Tour de Suisse SUI UPT
03.07.2010 25.07.2010 Tour de France FRA HIS
31.07.2010 31.07.2010 Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian - San Sebastian ESP UPT
01.08.2010 07.08.2010 Tour de Pologne POL UPT
15.08.2010 15.08.2010 Vattenfall Cyclassics GER UPT
17.08.2010 24.08.2010 Eneco Tour --- UPT
22.08.2010 22.08.2010 GP Ouest France - Plouay FRA UPT
28.08.2010 19.09.2010 Vuelta a España ESP HIS
10.09.2010 10.09.2010 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec CAN UPT
12.09.2010 12.09.2010 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal CAN UPT
16.10.2010 16.10.2010 Giro di Lombardia ITA HIS

Key: UPT=ProTour, HIS=Historic

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