# 2019 in men's road cycling

2019 in men's road cycling is about the 2019 men's bicycle races governed by the UCI. The races are part of the UCI Road Calendar.

## World Championships

The World Road Championships were held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 22 to 30 September 2019.
Events at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships :
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| World Championship Mixed Relay | September 23 | Netherlands | | United Kingdom |
| World Championship Time Trial | September 26 | Rohan Dennis (AUS) | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | Filippo Ganna (ITA) |
| World Championship Road Race | September 30 | Mads Pedersen (DEN) | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Stefan Küng (SUI) |

## Grand Tours

Grand Tours in the 2019 season :
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Giro d'Italia | 11 May – 2 June | Richard Carapaz (ECU) | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Primož Roglič (SLO) |
| Tour de France | 6–28 July | Egan Bernal (COL) | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) |
| Vuelta a España | 24 August – 15 September | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |

## UCI World Tour

For the 2019 season, the UCI World Tour calendar contains the same events as in 2018.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Santos Tour Down Under | 15–20 January | Daryl Impey (RSA) | Richie Porte (AUS) | Wout Poels (NED) |
| Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race | 27 January | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | Daryl Impey (RSA) |
| UAE Tour | 24 February – 2 March | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | David Gaudu (FRA) |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 2 March | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Tim Wellens (BEL) |
| Strade Bianche | 9 March | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Wout Van Aert (BEL) |
| Paris–Nice | 10–17 March | Egan Bernal (COL) | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | 13–19 March | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Adam Yates (GBR) | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) |
| Milan–San Remo | 23 March | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Oliver Naesen (BEL) | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) |
| Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | 25–31 March | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Adam Yates (GBR) | Egan Bernal (COL) |
| Three Days of Bruges–De Panne | 27 March | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | Fernando Gaviria (COL) | Elia Viviani (ITA) |
| Record Bank E3 Harelbeke | 29 March | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) |
| Gent–Wevelgem | 31 March | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | John Degenkolb (GER) | Oliver Naesen (BEL) |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 3 April | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Anthony Turgis (FRA) | Bob Jungels (LUX) |
| Ronde van Vlaanderen | 7 April | Alberto Bettiol (ITA) | Kasper Asgreen (DEN) | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) |
| Vuelta al País Vasco | 8–13 April | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | Dan Martin (IRL) | Emanuel Buchmann (GER) |
| Paris–Roubaix | 14 April | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Nils Politt (GER) | Yves Lampaert (BEL) |
| Presidential Tour of Turkey | 16–21 April | Felix Großschartner (AUT) | Valerio Conti (ITA) | Merhawi Kudus (ERI) |
| Amstel Gold Race | 21 April | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Simon Clarke (AUS) | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) |
| La Flèche Wallonne | 24 April | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Diego Ulissi (ITA) |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 28 April | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Davide Formolo (ITA) | Maximilian Schachmann (GER) |
| Tour de Romandie | 30 April – 5 May | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Rui Costa (POR) | Geraint Thomas (GBR) |
| Eschborn–Frankfurt | 1 May | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | John Degenkolb (GER) | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) |
| Amgen Tour of California | 12–18 May | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | Sergio Higuita (COL) | Kasper Asgreen (DEN) |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | 9–16 June | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Emanuel Buchmann (GER) |
| Tour de Suisse | 15–23 June | Egan Bernal (COL) | Rohan Dennis (AUS) | Patrick Konrad (AUT) |
| Clásica Ciclista San Sebastián | 3 August | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Marc Hirschi (SUI) |
| Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic | 4 August | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Sam Bennett (IRL) | Michael Mørkøv (DEN) |
| Tour de Pologne | 3–9 August | Pavel Sivakov (RUS) | Jai Hindley (AUS) | Diego Ulissi (ITA) |
| BinckBank Tour | 12–18 August | Laurens De Plus (BEL) | Oliver Naesen (BEL) | Tim Wellens (BEL) |
| EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg | 25 August | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) |
| Bretagne Classic Ouest-France | 1 September | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) | Tiesj Benoot (BEL) | Jack Haig (AUS) |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | 13 September | Michael Matthews (AUS) | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | 15 September | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | Iván García (ESP) |
| Il Lombardia | 12 October | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Egan Bernal (COL) |
| Gree-Tour of Guangxi | 17–22 October | Enric Mas (ESP) | Daniel Martínez (COL) | Diego Rosa (ITA) |

## UCI tours

| Tour | Individual champion | Team champion | Nations champion |
| UCI World Ranking | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | Belgium |
| World Tour Stage Race | Primož Roglič (SLO) | No team ranking | No nation ranking |
| World Tour One-Day | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | No team ranking | No nation ranking |
| Africa Tour | Daryl Impey (RSA) | ProTouch | South Africa |
| America Tour | Egan Bernal (COL) | Medellín | Colombia |
| Asia Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Terengganu Inc. TSG | Kazakhstan |
| Europe Tour | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Total Direct Énergie | Belgium |
| Oceania Tour | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | Team BridgeLane | Australia |

## 2.HC Category Races

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Tour of Oman | 16–21 February | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) | Jesus Herrada (ESP) |
| Vuelta a Andalucía | 20–24 February | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) |
| Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta | 20–24 February | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Wout Poels (NED) |
| Le Tour de Langkawi | 7–14 April | Ben Dyball (AUS) | Keegan Swirbul (USA) | Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ) |
| Tour of the Alps | 22–26 April | Pavel Sivakov (RUS) | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) |
| Tour de Yorkshire | 2–5 May | Chris Lawless (GBR) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Eddie Dunbar (IRL) |
| Four Days of Dunkirk | 14–19 May | Mike Teunissen (NED) | Amund Grøndahl Jansen (NOR) | Jens Keukeleire (BEL) |
| Tour of Norway | 28 May – 2 June | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) |
| Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg | 5 – 9 June | Jesus Herrada (ESP) | Maurits Lammertink (NED) | Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) |
| Baloise Belgium Tour | 12 – 16 June | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | Victor Campenaerts (BEL) | Tim Wellens (BEL) |
| Tour of Slovenia | 19 – 23 June | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | Giovanni Visconti (ITA) | Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) |
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | 14 27 July | Robinson Chalapud (COL) | Óscar Sevilla (ESP) | Benjamin Dyball (AUS) |
| VOO-Tour de Wallonie | 27 – 31 July | Loïc Vliegen (BEL) | Tosh Van der Sande (BEL) | Dries De Bondt (BEL) |
| Vuelta a Burgos | 13 – 17 August | Iván Sosa (COL) | Óscar Rodríguez (COL) | Richard Carapaz (ECU) |
| The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah | 12 – 18 August | Ben Hermans (BEL) | James Piccoli (CAN) | Joe Dombrowski (USA) |
| Arctic Race of Norway | 15 – 18 August | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Warren Barguil (FRA) | Krists Neilands (LAT) |
| PostNord Danmark Rundt | 21–25 August | Niklas Larsen (DEN) | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | Rasmus Quaade (DEN) |
| Deutschland Tour | 29 August – 1 September | Jasper Stuyven (BEL) | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | Yves Lampaert (BEL) |
| Tour of Britain | 7 – 4 September | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) |

## 1.HC Category Races

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Clásica de Almería | 17 February | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Marcel Kittel (GER) | Luka Mezgec (SLO) |
| Trofeo Laigueglia | 17 February | Simone Velasco (ITA) | Nicola Bagioli (ITA) | Matteo Sobrero (ITA) |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 3 March | Bob Jungels (LUX) | Owain Doull (GBR) | Niki Terpstra (NED) |
| GP Industria & Artigianato | 10 March | Maximilian Schachmann (GER) | Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) | Andrea Vendrame (ITA) |
| Ronde van Drenthe | 17 March | Pim Ligthart (NED) | Robbert de Greef (NED) | Nicola Bagioli (ITA) |
| Nokere Koerse | 20 March | Cees Bol (NED) | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) |
| Handzame Classic | 22 March | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) | Álvaro José Hodeg (COL) |
| GP de Denain | 24 March | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Marc Sarreau (FRA) | Timothy Dupont (BEL) |
| Scheldeprijs | 10 April | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | Max Walscheid (GER) | Chris Lawless (GBR) |
| Brabantse Pijl | 17 April | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Tim Wellens (BEL) |
| GP du canton d'Argovie | 13 June | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) |
| Brussels Cycling Classic | 7 September | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) |
| GP de Fourmies | 8 September | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | Álvaro José Hodeg (COL) |
| Primus Classic | 21 September | Edward Theuns (BEL) | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Jasper De Buyst (BEL) |
| Sparkassen Münsterland Giro | 3 October | Álvaro José Hodeg (COL) | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Tim Merlier (BEL) |
| Giro dell'Emilia | 5 October | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Michael Woods (CAN) | Sergio Higuita (COL) |
| Tour de l'Eurométropole | 5 October | Piet Allegaert (BEL) | Florian Sénéchal (FRA) | Jasper Stuyven (BEL) |
| GP Bruno Beghelli | 6 October | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Jack Haig (AUS) |
| Tre Valli Varesine | 8 October | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Giovanni Visconti (ITA) | Toms Skujiņš (LAT) |
| Milano–Torino | 9 October | Michael Woods (CAN) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Adam Yates (GBR) |
| Gran Piemonte | 10 October | Egan Bernal (COL) | Iván Sosa (COL) | Nans Peters (FRA) |
| Paris–Tours | 13 October | Jelle Wallays (BEL) | Niki Terpstra (NED) | Oliver Naesen (BEL) |
| Japan Cup | October 21 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Michael Woods (CAN) | Dion Smith (NZL) |

## Championships
### Continental Championships

| Championships | Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| African Championships Ethiopia | Road race | 19 March | Mekseb Debesay (ERI) | Azzedine Lagab (ALG) | Youcef Reguigui (ALG) |
| African Championships Ethiopia | Individual time trial | 17 March | Stefan de Bod (RSA) | Sirak Tesfom (ERI) | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) |
| African Championships Ethiopia | Team time trial | 15 March | Eritrea | Rwanda | Ethiopia |
| Pan American Championships Mexico | Road race | 5 May | Jefferson Cepeda (ECU) | Julio Camacho (COL) | Segundo Navarrete (ECU) |
| Pan American Championships Mexico | Individual time trial | 1 May | Brandon Rivera (COL) | José Rodríguez (CHI) | Ignacio Prado (MEX) |
| Asian Championships Uzbekistan | Road race | 28 April | Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) | Lyu Xianjing (CHN) | Feng Chun-kai (TPE) |
| Asian Championships Uzbekistan | Individual time trial | 25 April | Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) | Feng Chun-kai (TPE) | Cheung King Lok (HKG) |
| Asian Championships Uzbekistan | Team time trial | 23 April | Kazakhstan | South Korea | Hong Kong |
| European Championships Great Britain | Road race | 8–11 August | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Yves Lampaert (BEL) | Pascal Ackermann (GER) |
| European Championships Great Britain | Individual time trial | 8–11 August | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | Kasper Asgreen (DEN) | Edoardo Affini (ITA) |
| Oceanian Championships Australia | Road race | 17 March | Benjamin Dyball (AUS) | Jason Christie (NZL) | Chris Harper (AUS) |
| Oceanian Championships Australia | Individual time trial | 15 March | Benjamin Dyball (AUS) | Jason Christie (NZL) | Michael Freiberg (AUS) |

### National Championships
## UCI Teams
### UCI WorldTeams

The UCI granted a UCI WorldTour licence to the following eighteen teams:
* Mitchelton–Scott
* Bahrain–Merida
* Lotto–Soudal
* Deceuninck–Quick-Step
* AG2R La Mondiale
* Groupama–FDJ
* Bora–Hansgrohe
* Team Sunweb
* Team Ineos
* Astana
* Team Jumbo–Visma
* CCC Team
* Team Dimension Data
* Movistar Team
* Team Katusha–Alpecin
* UAE Team Emirates
* EF Education First
* Trek–Segafredo