The Tour Down Under is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and UCI Women’s WorldTour.
The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in February. It usually consists of 10-day-long segments (stages) over 10 days, but has been reduced to eight stages over recent years. While the route changes each year, the Genting Highlands climb, the toughest in the tour, is always included. Tour de Langkawi is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC road race in the UCI Asia Tour calendar. The race became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020.
The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, was an annual multi-day road cycling race; traversing the states of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Since the 2011 edition, the tour holds UCI classification. Between five and six UCI WorldTeams compete annually.
The Japan Cup Cycle Road Race is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in the city of Utsunomiya in Japan since 1992. The race usually held in October each year. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 1.Pro race as part of the UCI ProSeries.
Mehdi Sohrabi is an Iranian professional racing cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport following an anti-doping rule violation.
The Tour of Hainan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hainan Province, China. The race consists of nine stages and has been part of the UCI ProSeries since 2023, previously having been on the UCI Asia Tour. The event was first held in 2006. It was made a UCI 2.1 race from 2007 and upgraded to category 2.HC in 2009. The race was due to be part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, but the race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ahmet Örken is a Turkish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Spor Toto Cycling Team.
Jon Aberasturi Izaga is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel–Euskadi.
Kiel Reijnen is an American cyclist, who currently competes for American gravel team Trek Driftless. Reijnen previously competed in road racing between 2008 and 2021 for the Jelly Belly–Kenda, Team Type 1–Sanofi, UnitedHealthcare and Trek–Segafredo teams.
Mykhaylo Mykhaylovich Kononenko is a Ukrainian former professional road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to April 2023.
Oleksandr Mikhailovich Polivoda is a Ukrainian racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team SSOIS Miogee Cycling Team. He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.
Georgios Bouglas is a Greek racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Burgos BH.
Israel–Premier Tech is a UCI ProSeries cycling team founded in 2014 by Ron Baron and Ran Margaliot and based in Israel. The team competed as a UCI World Tour squad from 2020 - 2022 before being relegated to the UCI ProSeries at the end of the 2022 season.
Nicolas Marini is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team Tianyoude Hotel Cycling Team.
The 2015 Tour of Qinghai Lake is the 14th edition of an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Qinghai Province, China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is run at the highest category (apart from those races which make up the UCI World Tour, and is rated by the International Cycling Union as a 2.HC race as part of the UCI Asia Tour.
Yevgeniy Gidich is a Kazakhstani professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team. He rode in the men's team time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.
Dušan Rajović is a Serbian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.
The 2020 UCI World Tour was a series of races that was scheduled to include thirty-six road cycling events throughout the 2020 cycling season. However, some of races were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour started with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 21 January, and concluded with the final stage of the Vuelta a España on 8 November.
Henok Mulubrhan is an Eritrean cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.
The 2023 Tour of Qinghai Lake was a road cycling stage race that took place between 9 and 16 July 2023 in China. The race was rated as a category 2.Pro event on the 2023 UCI ProSeries calendar, and was the 21st edition of the Tour of Qinghai Lake. It was the first time the race appeared on the ProSeries calendar, despite initially intended to have been a ProSeries event since 2020.
Tom Danielson (USA)
Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (ECU)
