In road bicycle racing, the major one-week stage races or big seven stage races are a group of seven elite men's stage races held as part of the UCI WorldTour: Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, Volta a Catalunya, Tour of the Basque Country, Tour de Romandie, Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Tour de Suisse. All the races are held in the spring between March and June (with Paris–Nice and Tirreno–Adriatico held simultaneously) and include between 6 and 8 stages. The races are grouped together due to their historic prestige and strength of competition, although they exist a tier below the Grand Tours in prominence and UCI ranking points.
Sean Kelly won a record 14 majors from 1982 to 1990. Primož Roglič is second with 11 wins, and is one of two riders to win six different major one-week races alongside Tadej Pogačar. Eddy Merckx, Richie Porte and Jonas Vingegaard are third with five different wins.
In 2025, João Almeida became the most recent cyclist to win three major races in a single season (fourth in history with this achievement).
Full list
7 major one week stage races Since Race Date Stages Most wins Editions1933 Paris–NiceMarch 8 Sean Kelly (7x) 841966 Tirreno–Adriatico 7 Roger De Vlaeminck (6x) 611911 Volta a Catalunya 7 Mariano Cañardo (7x) 1051924 Tour of the Basque Country April 6 José Antonio González (4x) Alberto Contador (4x) 651947 Tour de Romandie April–May 5 + prologue Stephen Roche (3x) 791947 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesJune 8 Nello Lauredi (3x) Luis Ocaña (3x) Bernard Hinault (3x) Charly Mottet (3x) Chris Froome (3x) 781933 Tour de Suisse 8 Pasquale Fornara (4x) 89 Between Volta a Catalunya (1911) and Tour de Suisse (2026) there have been total 561 major one week stage races held.
Jersey colors RaceGeneralPointsMountainsYoung riderTeamCombativity Paris–Nice Tirreno–Adriatico no jerseyN/A Volta a Catalunya Tour of the Basque Country Tour de Romandie no jersey Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Tour de Suisse
All winners by years