You have to pity anyone who doesn’t understand the joy of spending a Saturday afternoon in front of the telly watching the last 100k of one of the Classics or the extra spring in your step you have in July knowing that for 3 weeks you will have the Tour de France to bring light to your life.
Anyway here are the races you simply cannot miss this year under any circumstances. You can watch most of them on Eurosport if you are prepared to part with 4 quid (5 euros) a month (if you don’t have it on you normal television). The UPT races are Pro Tour and the HIS races ‘Historic’.
Start | End | Event | Country | Type |
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 |