# UCI .HC road races

The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC were the second tier classification of road cycling races by the UCI, after the UCI World Tour (or its predecessor, the UCI ProTour). They are now replaced by the UCI ProSeries. The races were part of the various UCI Continental Circuits. The 1.HC events were one-day races, whereas the 2.HC events were stage races. 'HC' stands for the French phrase hors catégorie, which means beyond categorization. In 2020, the .HC races were replaced by the UCI ProSeries

## Team participation

In .HC events, UCI WorldTeams may participate, up to a maximum of 70%. The rest of the teams participating may be UCI Professional Continental teams, UCI continental teams and National teams.

## List of 1.HC events

| Race | Country | UCI Tour | Years |
| Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race$^↑$ | Australia | UCI Oceania Tour | 2016 |
| Brabantse Pijl | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2011–2019 |
| Bredene Koksijde Classic | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2018–2019 |
| Brussels Cycling Classic | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2019 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen$^↑$ | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2013–2016 |
| E3 Harelbeke$^↑$ | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2011 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2016–2019 |
| Nokere Koerse | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2016–2019 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad$^↑$ | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2016 |
| Primus Classic | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2015–2019 |
| Scheldeprijs | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2019 |
| Tour de l'Eurométropole | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2017–2019 |
| GP de Denain | France | UCI Europe Tour | 2016–2019 |
| GP de Fourmies | France | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2019 |
| Paris–Tours | France | UCI Europe Tour | 2008–2019 |
| Tour de Vendée | France | UCI Europe Tour | 2010–2013 |
| Eschborn–Frankfurt$^↑$ | Germany | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2014, 2016 |
| Rund um Köln | Germany | UCI Europe Tour | 2007 |
| Sparkassen Münsterland Giro | Germany | UCI Europe Tour | 2015–2019 |
| London–Surrey Classic$^↑$ | Great Britain | UCI Europe Tour | 2014–2016 |
| Coppa Placci | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2008 |
| Giro del Lazio | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2008 |
| Giro del Veneto | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2009 |
| Giro dell'Emilia | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2019 |
| GP Bruno Beghelli | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2014–2019 |
| GP Industria & Artigianato | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2017–2019 |
| GP Nobili Rubinetterie | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2015 |
| Gran Piemonte | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2006, 2008–2012, 2015–2016, 2018–2019 |
| Milano–Torino | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2007, 2012–2019 |
| Strade Bianche$^↑$ | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2015–2016 |
| Tre Valli Varesine | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2019 |
| Trofeo Laigueglia | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2015–2019 |
| Japan Cup | Japan | UCI Asia Tour | 2008–2019 |
| Ronde van Drenthe | Netherlands | UCI Europe Tour | 2018–2019 |
| Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic | Netherlands | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2010 |
| Clásica de Almería | Spain | UCI Europe Tour | 2012–2013, 2018–2019 |
| GP Miguel Induráin | Spain | UCI Europe Tour | 2007–2012 |
| GP di Lugano | Switzerland | UCI Europe Tour | 2015–2017 |
| GP du canton d'Argovie | Switzerland | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2010, 2014–2019 |
| Philadelphia International Cycling Classic | United States | UCI America Tour | 2005–2012 |
| San Francisco Grand Prix | United States | UCI America Tour | 2005 |
Key :
| $^↑$ | Race was promoted to the UCI World Tour. |

## List of 2.HC events

| Race | Country | UCI Tour | Years |
| Tour Down Under$^↑$ | Australia | UCI Oceania Tour | 2005–2007 |
| Tour of Austria | Austria | UCI Europe Tour | 2006–2015 |
| Belgium Tour | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2009–2019 |
| Three Days of De Panne$^↑$ | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2018 |
| Tour de Wallonie | Belgium | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2019 |
| Tour of Hainan | China | UCI Asia Tour | 2009–2018 |
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | China | UCI Asia Tour | 2005–2019 |
| Tour of Croatia | Croatia | UCI Europe Tour | 2018 |
| Peace Race | Czech Republic | UCI Europe Tour | 2006 |
| Danmark Rundt | Denmark | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2019 |
| Critérium International | France | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2016 |
| Four Days of Dunkirk | France | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2019 |
| Tour du Limousin | France | UCI Europe Tour | 2011–2012 |
| Bayern Rundfahrt | Germany | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2015 |
| Deutschland Tour | Germany | UCI Europe Tour | 2019 |
| Tour of Britain | Great Britain | UCI Europe Tour | 2014–2019 |
| Tour de Yorkshire | Great Britain | UCI Europe Tour | 2019 |
| Tour of the Alps | Italy | UCI Europe Tour | 2011–2019 |
| Tour de Luxembourg | Luxembourg | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2019 |
| Tour de Langkawi | Malaysia | UCI Asia Tour | 2012–2019 |
| Arctic Race of Norway | Norway | UCI Europe Tour | 2015–2019 |
| Tour des Fjords | Norway | UCI Europe Tour | 2018 |
| Tour of Norway | Norway | UCI Europe Tour | 2014–2019 |
| Tour of Oman | Oman | UCI Asia Tour | 2005–2019 |
| Volta ao Algarve | Portugal | UCI Europe Tour | 2017–2019 |
| Volta a Portugal | Portugal | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2009 |
| Tour of Qatar | Qatar | UCI Asia Tour | 2012–2016 |
| Tour of Slovenia | Slovenia | UCI Europe Tour | 2019 |
| Euskal Bizikleta | Spain | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2008 |
| Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme | Spain | UCI Europe Tour | 2005 |
| Vuelta a Andalucía | Spain | UCI Europe Tour | 2017–2019 |
| Vuelta a Burgos | Spain | UCI Europe Tour | 2005–2019 |
| Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey$^↑$ | Turkey | UCI Europe Tour | 2010–2016 |
| Abu Dhabi Tour$^↑$ | United Arab Emirates | UCI Asia Tour | 2016 |
| Dubai Tour | United Arab Emirates | UCI Asia Tour | 2015–2018 |
| Colorado Classic | United States | UCI America Tour | 2017–2018 |
| Tour of California$^↑$ | United States | UCI America Tour | 2007–2016 |
| Tour de Georgia | United States | UCI America Tour | 2006–2008 |
| Tour of Missouri | United States | UCI America Tour | 2009 |
| Tour of Utah | United States | UCI America Tour | 2015–2019 |
| USA Pro Cycling Challenge | United States | UCI America Tour | 2012–2015 |
Key :
| $^↑$ | Race was promoted to the UCI World Tour. |

## Winners by race

The following lists show the winners of .HC races since the introduction of the UCI Continental Circuits in 2005 until the disappearance of the class in 2020.
* A dark grey cell indicates the race was not held in that year.
* A light blue cell indicates the race was held in a lower category (2.1/1.1 or lower) in that year.
* A gold cell indicates the race was part of the UCI ProTour or UCI World Tour in that year.

### 1.HC Winners

2005–2013
| Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | Nuyens | Gilbert | Pozzato | Gilbert | Hushovd | Flecha | Langeveld | Vanmarcke | Paolini |
| Clásica de Almería | | | | | | | | Matthews | Renshaw |
| Milano–Torino | Sacchi | Astarloa | Di Luca | | | | | Contador | Ulissi |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | | | | | | | | | Gatto |
| E3 Harelbeke | Boonen | Boonen | Boonen | Arvesen | Pozzato | Cancellara | Cancellara | | |
| GP Miguel Induráin | | | Nocentini | Wegmann | de la Fuente | Rodríguez | S Sánchez | Moreno | |
| Rund um Köln | | | Haedo | | | | | | |
| Scheldeprijs | Veneberg | Boonen | Cavendish | Cavendish | Petacchi | Farrar | Cavendish | Kittel | Kittel |
| Veenendaal–Veenendaal | van Schalen | Boonen | Radochla | Förster | van Hummel | Boasson Hagen | | | |
| Brabantse Pijl | | | | | | | Gilbert | Voeckler | Sagan |
| Rund um den Henniger Turm | Zabel | Garzelli | Sinkewitz | Kroon | Wegmann | Wegmann | Degenkolb | Moser | Špilak |
| Grand Prix of Aargau Canton | Moos | Zberg | Gadret | Mondory | Velits | Vandewalle | | | |
| Philadelphia International Cycling Classic | Wherry | Henderson | Haedo | Breschel | Greipel | Goss | Rasmussen | Serebryakov | |
| Giro del Lazio | Pozzato | Figueras | Bosisio | Masciarelli | | | | | |
| Tre Valli Varesine | Garzelli | Garzelli | Murro | Ginanni | Santambrogio | D Martin | Rebellin | Veilleux | Đurasek |
| Giro del Veneto | Mazzoleni | Nocentini | Bertolini | Ginanni | Pozzato | | | | |
| Coppa Placci | Valoti | Nocentini | Bertolini | Paolini | | | | | |
| San Francisco Grand Prix | Wegmann | | | | | | | | |
| Paris-Brussels | McEwen | McEwen | McEwen | McEwen | Goss | Ventoso | Galimzyanov | Boonen | Greipel |
| Grand Prix de Fourmies | McEwen | Gilbert | Velits | Visconti | Feillu | Feillu | Blot | Bak | Bouhanni |
| Tour de Vendée | | | | | | Fernández | Marcato | Kreder | Bouhanni |
| Giro dell'Emilia | Simoni | Rebellin | Schleck | Di Luca | Gesink | Gesink | Betancur | Quintana | Ulissi |
| Paris–Tours | | | | Gilbert | Gilbert | Freire | Van Avermaet | Marcato | Degenkolb |
| Giro del Piemonte | Fischer | Bennati | | Bennati | Gilbert | Gilbert | Moreno | Urán | |
| Japan Cup | | | | Cunego | Sørensen | D Martin | Haas | Basso | Rogers |
2014–2019
| Year | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Trofeo Laigueglia | | Cimolai | Fedi | Felline | Moser | Velasco |
| Clásica de Almería | | | | | Ewan | Ackermann |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | | | Stuyven | Sagan | Groenewegen | Jungels |
| GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano | | | | Yates | Mohorič | Schachmann |
| Ronde van Drenthe | | | | | Sisr | Ligthart |
| Nokere Koerse | | | Dupont | Bouhanni | Jakobsen | Bol |
| Bredene Koksijde Classic | | | | | Hodeg | Ackermann |
| Grand Prix de Denain | | | McLay | Démare | Dehaes | van der Poel |
| Scheldeprijs | Kittel | Kristoff | Kittel | Kittel | Jakobsen | Jakobsen |
| Brabantse Pijl | Gilbert | Hermans | Vakoč | Colbrelli | Wellens | van der Poel |
| Grand Prix of Aargau Canton | Geschke | Kristoff | Nizzolo | Modolo | Kristoff | Kristoff |
| Brussels Cycling Classic | Greipel | Groenewegen | Boonen | Démare | Ackermann | Ewan |
| Grand Prix de Fourmies | Vangenechten | Felline | Kittel | Bouhanni | Ackermann | Ackermann |
| Primus Classic | | De Bie | Gaviria | Trentin | van der Hoorn | Theuns |
| Münsterland Giro | | Boonen | Degenkolb | Bennett | Walscheid | Hodeg |
| Tour de l'Eurométropole | | | | McLay | Pedersen | Allegaert |
| Giro dell'Emilia | Rebellin | Bakelants | Chaves | Visconti | De Marchi | Roglič |
| Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli | Conti | Colbrelli | Ruffoni | LL Sánchez | Mollema | Colbrelli |
| Tre Valli Varesine | Albasini | Nibali | Colbrelli | Geniez | Skujiņš | Roglič |
| Milano–Torino | Caruso | Rosa | López | Urán | Pinot | Woods |
| Gran Piemonte | | Bakelants | Nizzolo | | Colbrelli | Bernal |
| Paris–Tours | Wallays | Trentin | Gaviria | Trentin | Kragh Andersen | Wallays |
| Japan Cup | Haas | Mollema | Villella | Canola | Power | Mollema |
| Gran Premio di Lugano | | Bonifazio | Colbrelli | Filosi | | |
| Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race | | | Kennaugh | | | |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | Stannard | Stannard | Van Avermaet | | | |
| Strade Bianche | | Štybar | Cancellara | | | |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | Terpstra | Wallays | Debusschere | | | |
| Eschborn–Frankfurt | Kristoff | | Kristoff | | | |
| London–Surrey Classic | Blythe | Drucker | Boonen | | | |
| Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie | | Nizzolo | | | | |

### 2.HC Winners

2005–2013
| Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Tour Down Under | LL Sánchez | Gerrans | Elmiger | | | | | | |
| Tour of Qatar | | | | | | | | Boonen | Cavendish |
| Tour of Oman | | | | | | | | Velits | Froome |
| Tour de Langkawi | Cox | George | Charteau | R Ivanov | Serpa | Rujano | Monsalve | Serpa | Arredondo |
| Tour of California | | | Leipheimer | Leipheimer | Leipheimer | Rogers | Horner | Gesink | Van Garderen |
| Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme | Contador | | | | | | | | |
| Critérium International | Julich | Basso | Voigt | Voigt | Voigt | Fédrigo | Schleck | Evans | Froome |
| Three Days of De Panne | Devolder | Hoste | Ballan | Posthuma | Willems | Millar | Rosseler | Chavanel | Chavanel |
| Giro del Trentino | | | | | | | Scarponi | Pozzovivo | Nibali |
| Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey | | | | | | Visconti | Efimkin | Dyachenko | Berhane |
| Tour de Georgia | | Landis | Brajkovič | Siutsou | | | | | |
| Four Days of Dunkirk | Fédrigo | Petito | Ladagnous | Augé | Costa | Elmiger | Voeckler | Engoulvent | Démare |
| Peace Race | | Cheula | | | | | | | |
| Tour of Belgium | | | | | Boom | Devolder | Gilbert | T Martin | T Martin |
| Bayern Rundfahrt | Rich | Martínez | Schumacher | Knees | Gerdemann | Monfort | Thomas | Rogers | Malori |
| Euskal Bizikleta | Jiménez | Gil | Zaballa | Capecchi | | | | | |
| Tour de Luxembourg | Bodrogi | Vande Velde | Rast | Posthuma | Schleck | Carrara | Gerdemann | Fuglsang | Martens |
| Tour of Austria | | Danielson | Devolder | Rohregger | Albasini | Riccò | Kessiakoff | Fuglsang | Zoidl |
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | Mareš | Tjallingii | Missaglia | Hamilton | Mizurov | Askari | Gazvoda | Alizadeh | Pourseyedi |
| Tour de Wallonie | Celli | Guidi | Božič | S Ivanov | El Fares | Downing | Van Avermaet | Nizzolo | Van Avermaet |
| Danmark Rundt | Basso | Cancellara | Arvesen | Fuglsang | Fuglsang | Fuglsang | Gerrans | Westra | Kelderman |
| Volta a Portugal | Efimkin | Blanco | Tondo | Blanco | Blanco | | | | |
| Vuelta a Burgos | Domínguez | Mayo | Soler | Zandio | Valverde | S Sánchez | Rodríguez | Moreno | Quintana |
| Tour du Limousin | | | | | | | Leukemans | Arashiro | |
| USA Pro Cycling Challenge | | | | | | | | Vande Velde | Van Garderen |
| Tour of Missouri | | | | | Zabriskie | | | | |
| Tour of Hainan | | | | | Ventoso | Iglinsky | Iglinsky | Gruzdev | Hofland |
2014–2019
| Year | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Tour of Oman | Froome | Valls | Nibali | Hermans | Lutsenko | Lutsenko |
| Volta ao Algarve | | | | Roglič | Kwiatkowski | Pogačar |
| Vuelta a Andalucía | | | | Valverde | Wellens | Fuglsang |
| Tour de Langkawi | Pourseyedi | Reguigui | Janse van Rensburg | Gibbons | Ovechkin | Dyball |
| Tour of the Alps | Evans | Porte | Landa | Thomas | Pinot | Sivakov |
| Tour de Yorkshire | | | | | | Lawless |
| Four Days of Dunkirk | Démare | Konovalovas | Coquard | Venturini | Claeys | Teunissen |
| Tour of Norway | Paterski | Hansen | Weening | Boasson Hagen | Prades | Kristoff |
| Tour de Luxembourg | Breschel | Gerdemann | Lammertink | Van Avermaet | Pasqualon | Herrada |
| Tour of Belgium | T Martin | Van Avermaet | Devenyns | Keukeleire | Keukeleire | Evenepoel |
| Tour of Slovenia | | | | | | Ulissi |
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | Kononenko | Rogina | Lagkuti | Monsalve | Aguirre | Chalapud |
| Tour de Wallonie | Meersman | Terpstra | Devenyns | Teuns | Wellens | Vliegen |
| Vuelta a Burgos | Quintana | Taaramäe | Contador | Landa | Sosa | Sosa |
| Tour of Utah | | Dombrowski | Morton | Britton | Kuss | Hermans |
| Arctic Race of Norway | | Taaramäe | Moscon | Teuns | Chernetskiy | Lutsenko |
| Danmark Rundt | Valgren | Juul-Jensen | Valgren | Pedersen | van Aert | Larsen |
| Deutschland Tour | | | | | | Stuyven |
| Tour of Britain | van Baarle | Boasson Hagen | Cummings | Boom | Alaphilippe | van der Poel |
| Three Days of De Panne | Van Keirsbulck | Kristoff | Westra | Gilbert | Viviani | |
| Tour of Croatia | | | | | Siutsou | |
| Dubai Tour | | Cavendish | Kittel | Kittel | Viviani | |
| Tour des Fjords | | | | | Albasini | |
| Colorado Classic | | | | Senni | Mannion | |
| Tour of Hainan | Antomarchi | Modolo | Lutsenko | Mosca | Masnada | |
| Abu Dhabi Tour | | | Kangert | | | |
| Tour of California | Wiggins | Sagan | Alaphilippe | | | |
| Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey | Yates | Đurasek | Gonçalves | | | |
| Tour of Qatar | Terpstra | Terpstra | Cavendish | | | |
| Critérium International | Péraud | Péraud | Pinot | | | |
| Tour of Austria | Kennaugh | de la Parte | | | | |
| Bayern Rundfahrt | Thomas | Dowsett | | | | |
| USA Pro Cycling Challenge | Van Garderen | Dennis | | | | |

### Most race wins

| Rank | Cyclist | 1.HC | 2.HC | Total |
| 1. | Philippe Gilbert | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2. | Tom Boonen | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 3. | Marcel Kittel | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 3. | Alexander Kristoff | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 5. | Mark Cavendish | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5. | Sonny Colbrelli | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5. | Jakob Fuglsang | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 5. | Greg Van Avermaet | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 9. | Pascal Ackermann | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 9. | Robbie McEwen | 5 | 0 | 5 |