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.
Year-end ranking
+ UCI World Rankings (Individual), as of 23 October 2016 Rank Rider Team Points 1 5359 2 3771 3 3711.25 4 3568.25 5 2916 6 2552 7 2426 8 2419 9 2415 10 2169
+ UCI World Rankings (Nations), as of 23 October 2016 Rank Nation Points 1 13007 2 12483.25 3 11922 4 11875.5 5 11330.25 6 10309 7 8455 8 7719.25 9 5990.5 10 5779
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 ChampionshipsRaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef 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 OlympicsRaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef Men's road raceAugust 6 Men's time trialAugust 10
Grand Tours + Grand Tours in the 2016 seasonRaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef Giro d'ItaliaMay 6–29 Tour de FranceJuly 2–24 Vuelta a EspañaAugust 20 – September 11
UCI tours TourIndividual championTeam championNations champion World Tour () UCI Africa Tour () UCI America Tour () UCI Asia Tour () UCI Europe Tour () UCI Oceania Tour ()
UCI World Tour
RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef Tour Down Under 19–24 January Paris–Nice 6–13 March Tirreno–Adriatico 9–15 March Milan–San Remo19 March Volta a Catalunya 21–27 March E3 Harelbeke25 March Gent–Wevelgem27 March Tour of Flanders3 April Tour of the Basque Country 4–9 April Paris–Roubaix10 April Amstel Gold Race17 April La Flèche Wallonne20 April Liège–Bastogne–Liège24 April Tour de Romandie26 April – 1 May Critérium du Dauphiné 5–12 June Tour de Suisse 11–19 June Tour de Pologne 12–18 July Clásica de San Sebastián30 July Hamburg CyclassicsProvisional name.21 August GP Ouest-France28 August GP de Québec9 September GP de Montréal11 September / Eneco Tour 19–25 September Il Lombardia1 October
2.HC Category RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef Dubai TourFebruary 3–6 Tour of QatarFebruary 8–12 Tour of OmanFebruary 16–21 Tour de LangkawiFebruary 24 – March 2 Critérium InternationalMarch 26–27 Three Days of De PanneMarch 29–31 Giro del TrentinoApril 19–22 Presidential Tour of TurkeyApril 24 – May 1 Four Days of DunkirkMay 4–8 Tour of CaliforniaMay 15–22 Tour of NorwayMay 18–22 Tour of BelgiumMay 25–29 Tour de LuxembourgJune 1–5 Tour of Qinghai LakeJuly 17–30 Tour de WallonieJuly 23–27 Danmark RundtJuly 27–31 Tour of UtahAugust 1–7 Vuelta a BurgosAugust 2–6 Arctic Race of NorwayAugust 10–14 Tour of BritainSeptember 4–11 Abu Dhabi TourOctober 20–23 Tour of HainanOctober 22–30
1.HC Category Races RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road RaceJanuary 31 Trofeo LaiguegliaFebruary 14 Omloop Het NieuwsbladFebruary 27 Kuurne–Brussels–KuurneFebruary 28 Gran Premio di LuganoFebruary 28 Strade BiancheMarch 5 Nokere KoerseMarch 16 Dwars door VlaanderenMarch 23 ScheldeprijsApril 6 Brabantse PijlApril 13 Grand Prix de DenainApril 14 Eschborn–Frankfurt City LoopMay 1 Grosser Preis des Kantons AargauJune 9 London–Surrey ClassicJuly 31 Brussels Cycling ClassicSeptember 3 Grand Prix de FourmiesSeptember 4 GP Impanis–Van PetegemSeptember 17 Giro dell'EmiliaSeptember 24 Gran Premio Bruno BeghelliSeptember 25 Tre Valli VaresineSeptember 27 Milano–TorinoSeptember 28 Giro del PiemonteSeptember 29 Münsterland GiroOctober 3 Paris–ToursOctober 9 Japan CupOctober 23
Championships
Continental Championships ChampionshipsRaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRefAfrican Championships Road raceFebruary 26 Individual time trialFebruary 24 Team time trialFebruary 22 Pan American Championships Road raceMay 22 Individual time trialMay 19 Asian Championships Road raceJanuary 24 Individual time trialJanuary 21 European Championships Road raceSeptember 18 Individual time trialSeptember 15 Oceanian Championships Road raceMarch 5 Individual time trialMarch 3
National Championships
UCI Teams
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams
References