2016 in men's road cycling

2016 in men's road cycling is about the 2016 men's bicycle races governed by the UCI.

UCI World Ranking

In 2016, the UCI launched a new ranking system for men's road racing.

Current Top 10

UCI World Rankings (Individual), as of 1 May 2016[1] Rank Rider Team Points Prev Move^♦ 1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Tinkoff 2215 1 2  Nairo Quintana (COL) Movistar Team 1420.25 16 14 3  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Trek–Segafredo 1417 2 1 4  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) FDJ 1386 12 8 5  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team 1338 3 2 6  Alberto Contador (ESP) Tinkoff 1317 4 2 7  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Team Katusha 1294 6 1 8  Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) LottoNL–Jumbo 1130 5 3 9  Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) Team Katusha 1085 19 10 10  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team 1050 7 3 ^♦Change since previous week's rankings ^♣U23 rider

UCI World Rankings (Nations), as of 1 May 2016 Rank Nation Points Prev Move^♦ 1  France 5865 2 1 2  Belgium 5623 1 1 3  Spain 5412 3 4  Italy 4865.75 4 5  Australia 4437.5 5 6  Great Britain 3741 6 7  Colombia 3727.75 8 1 8  Netherlands 3565 7 1 9   Switzerland 3036 9 10  Norway 2648 11 1

World Championships

The World Road Championships is set to be held in Doha, Qatar, from 9 to 16 October 2016.

Events at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
World Championship Team Time Trial	October 9
World Championship Time Trial	October 12
World Championship Road Race	October 16

Olympic Games

Road cycling events at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
Men's Road race	August 6
Men's Time trial	August 10

Grand Tours

Grand Tours in the 2016 season

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Giro d'Italia	May 6 – 29
Tour de France	July 2 – 24
Vuelta a España	August 20 – September 11

UCI tours

Tour	Individual champion	Individual champion's team	Team champion	Nations champion
World Tour
UCI Africa Tour
UCI America Tour
UCI Asia Tour
UCI Europe Tour
UCI Oceania Tour	Sean Lake (AUS)	Avanti IsoWhey Sports	Avanti IsoWhey Sports

UCI World Tour

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Tour Down Under	19–24 January	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	Richie Porte (AUS)	Sergio Henao (COL)	[2]
Paris–Nice	6–13 March	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Richie Porte (AUS)	[3]
Tirreno–Adriatico	9–15 March	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Bob Jungels (LUX)	[4]
Milan–San Remo	19 March	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Ben Swift (GBR)	Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)	[5]
Volta a Catalunya	21–27 March	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Dan Martin (IRL)	[6]
E3 Harelbeke	25 March	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Ian Stannard (GBR)	[7]
Gent–Wevelgem	27 March	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS)	[8]
Tour of Flanders	3 April	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)	[9]
Tour of the Basque Country	4–9 April	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Sergio Henao (COL)	Nairo Quintana (COL)	[10]
Paris–Roubaix	10 April	Mathew Hayman (AUS)	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Ian Stannard (GBR)	[11]
Amstel Gold Race	17 April	Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)	Michael Valgren (DEN)	Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)	[12]
La Flèche Wallonne	20 April	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	Dan Martin (IRL)	[13]
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	24 April	Wout Poels (NED)	Michael Albasini (SUI)	Rui Costa (POR)	[14]
Tour de Romandie	26 April – 1 May	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	Jon Izagirre (ESP)	[15]
Critérium du Dauphiné	5–12 June
Tour de Suisse	11–19 June
Tour de Pologne	12–18 July
Clásica de San Sebastián	30 July
Hamburg Cyclassics[16]	21 August
GP Ouest-France	28 August
GP de Québec	9 September
GP de Montréal	11 September
/ Eneco Tour	19–25 September
Il Lombardia	1 October

2.HC Category

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Dubai Tour	February 3 – 6	Marcel Kittel (GER)	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	Juan José Lobato (ESP)	[17]
Tour of Qatar	February 8 – 12	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	[18]
Tour of Oman	February 16 – 21	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Romain Bardet (FRA)	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	[19]
Tour de Langkawi	February 24 – March 2	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)	Daniel Jaramillo (COL)	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	[20]
Critérium International	March 26 – 27	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	Pierre Latour (FRA)	Sam Oomen (NED)	[21]
Three Days of De Panne	March 29 – 31	Lieuwe Westra (NED)	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	[22]
Giro del Trentino	April 19 – 22	Mikel Landa (ESP)	Tanel Kangert (EST)	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	[23]
Presidential Tour of Turkey	April 24 – May 1	José Gonçalves (POR)	David Arroyo (ESP)	Nikita Stalnov (KAZ)	[24]
Four Days of Dunkirk	May 4 – 8
Tour of California	May 15 – 22
Tour of Norway	May 18 – 22
Tour of Belgium	May 25 – 29
Tour de Luxembourg	June 1 – 5
Österreich Rundfahrt	July 3 – 10
Tour of Qinghai Lake	July 17 – 30
Tour de Wallonie	July 23 – 27
Danmark Rundt	July 27 – 31
Tour of Utah	August 1 – 7
Vuelta a Burgos	August 2 – 6
Arctic Race of Norway	August 10 – 14
Tour of Britain	September 4 – 11
Abu Dhabi Tour	October 20 – 23

1.HC Category Races

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race	January 31	Peter Kennaugh (GBR)	Leigh Howard (AUS)	Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA)	[25]
Trofeo Laigueglia	February 14	Andrea Fedi (ITA)	Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)	Grega Bole (SLO)	[26]
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	February 27	Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Tiesj Benoot (BEL)	[27]
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne	February 28	Jasper Stuyven (BEL)	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	[28]
Gran Premio di Lugano	February 28	Sonny Colbrelli (ITA)	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	Roberto Ferrari (ITA)	[29]
Strade Bianche	March 5	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Zdeněk Štybar (CZE)	Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)	[30]
Nokere Koerse	March 16	Timothy Dupont (BEL)	Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR)	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)	[31]
Dwars door Vlaanderen	March 23	Jens Debusschere (BEL)	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	Edward Theuns (BEL)	[32]
Scheldeprijs	April 6	Marcel Kittel (GER)	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	André Greipel (GER)	[33]
Brabantse Pijl	April 13	Petr Vakoč (CZE)	Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)	Tony Gallopin (FRA)	[34]
Grand Prix de Denain	April 14	Daniel McLay (GBR)	Thomas Boudat (FRA)	Kenny Dehaes (BEL)	[35]
Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop	May 1	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)	Sam Bennett (IRL)	[36]
Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau	June 9
London–Surrey Classic	July 31
Brussels Cycling Classic	September 3
Grand Prix de Fourmies	September 4
GP Impanis–Van Petegem	September 17
Giro dell'Emilia	September 24
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli	September 25
Tre Valli Varesine	September 27
Milano–Torino	September 28
Giro del Piemonte	September 29
Münsterland Giro	October 3
Paris–Tours	October 9
Japan Cup	October 23

Championships

Continental Championships

Championships	Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third
African Championships	Road race	February 26	Issak Tesfom Okubamariam (ERI)	Youcef Reguigui (ALG)	Mekseb Debesay (ERI)
	Individual time trial	February 24	Mouhssine Lahsaini (MAR)	Tsgabu Grmay (ETH)	Daniel Teklehaimanot (ERI)
	Team time trial	February 22	Eritrea	Algeria	Morocco
Asian Championships	Road race	January 24	Cheung King Lok (HKG)	Yukiya Arashiro (JPN)	Fumiyuki Beppu (JPN)
	Individual time trial	January 21	Cheung King Lok (HKG)	Choe Hyeong-min (KOR)	Alireza Haghi (IRI)
Pan American Championships	Road race	May 29
	Individual time trial	May 26
European Championships	Road race	September 18
	Individual time trial	September 15
Oceanian Championships	Road race	March 5	Sean Lake (AUS)	Brendan Canty (AUS)	Mark O'Brien (AUS)
	Individual time trial	March 3	Sean Lake (AUS)	Joseph Cooper (NZL)	Benjamin Dyball (AUS)

National Championships

UCI Teams

UCI WorldTeams

2016 UCI WorldTeams^[37]

Code	Official Team Name	Licence holder	Country	Groupset	Bicycles
ALM	AG2R La Mondiale (2016 season)	EUSRL France Cyclisme	France	SRAM	Focus
AST	Astana (2016 season)	Abacanto SA	Kazakhstan	Campagnolo	Specialized
BMC	BMC Racing Team (2016 season)	Continuum Sports LLC	United States	Shimano	BMC
CPT	Cannondale (2016 season)	Slipstream Sports, LLC	United States	Shimano	Cannondale
DDD	Team Dimension Data (2016 season)		South Africa	Shimano	Cervélo
EQS	Etixx–Quick-Step (2016 season)	Esperanza bvba	Belgium	Shimano	Specialized
FDJ	FDJ (2016 season)	Société de Gestion de L'Echappée	France	Shimano	Lapierre
IAM	IAM Cycling (2016 season)		Switzerland	Shimano	Scott
LAM	Lampre–Merida (2016 season)	CGS Cycling Team AG	Italy	Shimano	Merida
LTS	Lotto–Soudal (2016 season)	Belgian Cycling Company sa	Belgium	Campagnolo	Ridley
MOV	Movistar Team (2016 season)	Abarca Sports S.L.	Spain	Campagnolo	Canyon
OGE	Orica–GreenEDGE (2016 season)	GreenEdge Cycling	Australia	Shimano	Scott
TGA	Giant–Alpecin (2016 season)	SMS Cycling B.V.	Germany	Shimano	Giant
KAT	Team Katusha (2016 season)	Katusha Management SA	Russia	Shimano	Canyon
TLJ	LottoNL–Jumbo (2016 season)	Rabo Wielerploegen	Netherlands	Shimano	Bianchi
SKY	Team Sky (2016 season)	Tour Racing Limited	Great Britain	Shimano	Pinarello
TNK	Tinkoff (2016 season)	Tinkoff Sport	Russia	Shimano	Specialized
TFR	Trek–Segafredo (2016 season)	Trek Bicycle Corporation	United States	Shimano	Trek

UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams

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