# 2018 in men's road cycling

2018 in men's road cycling is about the 2018 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 2018.
Events at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships :
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| World Championship Team Time Trial | September 23 | Quick-Step Floors | Team Sunweb | BMC Racing Team |
| World Championship Time Trial | September 26 | Rohan Dennis (AUS) | Tom Dumoulin (NED) | Victor Campenaerts (BEL) |
| World Championship Road Race | September 30 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Romain Bardet (FRA) | Michael Woods (CAN) |

## Grand Tours

Grand Tours in the 2018 season :
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Giro d'Italia | May 5–27 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Tom Dumoulin (NED) | Miguel Ángel López (COL) |
| Tour de France | July 7–29 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Tom Dumoulin (NED) | Chris Froome (GBR) |
| Vuelta a España | August 25 – September 16 | Simon Yates (GBR) | Enric Mas (ESP) | Miguel Ángel López (COL) |

## UCI World Tour

For the 2018 season, the UCI World Tour calendar contains the same events as in 2017.
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Santos Tour Down Under | January 16–21 | Daryl Impey (RSA) | Richie Porte (AUS) | Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) |
| Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race | January 28 | Jay McCarthy (AUS) | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Daryl Impey (RSA) |
| Abu Dhabi Tour | February 21–25 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | Miguel Ángel López (COL) |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | February 24 | Michael Valgren (DEN) | Łukasz Wiśniowski (POL) | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) |
| Strade Bianche | March 3 | Tiesj Benoot (BEL) | Romain Bardet (FRA) | Wout Van Aert (BEL) |
| Paris–Nice | March 4–11 | Marc Soler (ESP) | Simon Yates (GBR) | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | March 7–13 | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) | Damiano Caruso (ITA) | Geraint Thomas (GBR) |
| Milan–San Remo | March 17 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | Arnaud Démare (FRA) |
| Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | March 19–25 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Pierre Latour (FRA) |
| Record Bank E3 Harelbeke | March 23 | Niki Terpstra (NED) | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) |
| Gent–Wevelgem | March 25 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Arnaud Démare (FRA) |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | March 28 | Yves Lampaert (BEL) | Mike Teunissen (NED) | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) |
| Ronde van Vlaanderen | April 1 | Niki Terpstra (NED) | Mads Pedersen (DEN) | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
| Vuelta al País Vasco | April 2–7 | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Mikel Landa (ESP) | Ion Izagirre (ESP) |
| Paris–Roubaix | April 8 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Silvan Dillier (SUI) | Niki Terpstra (NED) |
| Amstel Gold Race | April 15 | Michael Valgren (DEN) | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) |
| La Flèche Wallonne | April 18 | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Jelle Vanendert (BEL) |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | April 22 | Bob Jungels (LUX) | Michael Woods (CAN) | Romain Bardet (FRA) |
| Tour de Romandie | April 24–29 | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Egan Bernal (COL) | Richie Porte (AUS) |
| Eschborn–Frankfurt | May 1 | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Michael Matthews (AUS) | Oliver Naesen (BEL) |
| Amgen Tour of California | May 13–19 | Egan Bernal (COL) | Tejay van Garderen (USA) | Daniel Martínez (COL) |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | June 3–10 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Adam Yates (GBR) | Romain Bardet (FRA) |
| Tour de Suisse | June 9–17 | Richie Porte (AUS) | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Nairo Quintana (COL) |
| Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic | July 29 | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) |
| Clásica Ciclista San Sebastián | August 4 | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Anthony Roux (FRA) |
| Tour de Pologne | August 4–10 | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) | Simon Yates (GBR) | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) |
| BinckBank Tour | August 13–19 | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Michael Matthews (AUS) | Tim Wellens (BEL) |
| EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg | August 19 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) |
| Bretagne Classic Ouest-France | August 26 | Oliver Naesen (BEL) | Michael Valgren (DEN) | Tim Wellens (BEL) |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | September 7 | Michael Matthews (AUS) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | Jasper Stuyven (BEL) |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | September 9 | Michael Matthews (AUS) | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) |
| Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey | October 9–14 | Eduard Prades (ESP) | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Nathan Haas (AUS) |
| Il Lombardia | October 13 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Dylan Teuns (BEL) |
| Gree-Tour of Guangxi | October 16–21 | Gianni Moscon (ITA) | Felix Großschartner (AUT) | Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) |

## UCI tours

| Tour | Individual champion | Team champion | Nations champion |
| UCI World Ranking | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | No team ranking | Belgium |
| World Tour | Simon Yates (GBR) | Quick-Step Floors | No nation ranking |
| Africa Tour | Joseph Areruya (RWA) | Sovac–Natura4Ever | Eritrea |
| America Tour | Gavin Mannion (USA) | UnitedHealthcare | Colombia |
| Asia Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Kinan Cycling Team | Kazakhstan |
| Europe Tour | Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) | Wanty–Groupe Gobert | Belgium |
| Oceania Tour | Chris Harper (AUS) | Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team | Australia |

## 2.HC Category Races

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Dubai Tour | February 6–10 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Magnus Cort (DEN) | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) |
| Tour of Oman | February 13–18 | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) |
| Vuelta a Andalucía | February 14–18 | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Wout Poels (NED) | Marc Soler (ESP) |
| Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta | February 14–18 | Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Tejay van Garderen (USA) |
| Le Tour de Langkawi | March 18–25 | Artem Ovechkin (RUS) | Łukasz Owsian (POL) | Ben Dyball (AUS) |
| Tour of the Alps | April 16–20 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA) | Miguel Ángel López (COL) |
| Tour of Croatia | April 17–22 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) | Pieter Weening (NED) | Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) |
| Four Days of Dunkirk | May 8–13 | Dimitri Claeys (BEL) | André Greipel (GER) | Oscar Riesebeek (NED) |
| Tour of Norway | May 16–20 | Eduard Prades (ESP) | Alexander Kamp (DEN) | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) |
| Tour des Fjords | May 22–24 | Michael Albasini (SUI) | Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL) | Pim Ligthart (NED) |
| Baloise Belgium Tour | May 23–27 | Jens Keukeleire (BEL) | Jelle Vanendert (BEL) | Dion Smith (NZL) |
| Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg | May 30 – June 3 | Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) | Jan Tratnik (SLO) | Pit Leyder (LUX) |
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | July 22 – August 4 | Hernán Aguirre (COL) | Hernando Bohórquez (COL) | Radoslav Rogina (CRO) |
| VOO-Tour de Wallonie | July 28 – August 1 | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Quinten Hermans (BEL) | Pieter Serry (BEL) |
| PostNord Danmark Rundt | August 1–5 | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Rasmus Quaade (DEN) | Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN) |
| The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah | August 6–12 | Sepp Kuss (USA) | Ben Hermans (BEL) | Jack Haig (AUS) |
| Vuelta a Burgos | August 7–11 | Iván Sosa (COL) | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | David de la Cruz (ESP) |
| Arctic Race of Norway | August 8–12 | Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) | Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) | Colin Joyce (USA) |
| Colorado Classic | August 16–19 | Gavin Mannion (USA) | Serghei Țvetcov (ROU) | Hugh Carthy (GBR) |
| Tour of Britain | September 2–9 | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Wout Poels (NED) | Primož Roglič (SLO) |
| Tour of Hainan | October 23–31 | Fausto Masnada (ITA) | Gino Mäder (SUI) | Julien El Fares (FRA) |

## 1.HC Category Races

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Clásica de Almería | February 11 | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | Danny van Poppel (NED) | Timothy Dupont (BEL) |
| Trofeo Laigueglia | February 11 | Moreno Moser (ITA) | Paolo Totò (ITA) | Matteo Busato (ITA) |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | February 25 | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) |
| GP Industria & Artigianato | March 4 | Matej Mohorič (SLO) | Marco Canola (ITA) | Davide Ballerini (ITA) |
| Ronde van Drenthe | March 11 | František Sisr (CZE) | Dries De Bondt (BEL) | Preben Van Hecke (BEL) |
| Nokere Koerse | March 14 | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | Amaury Capiot (BEL) | Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) |
| Handzame Classic | March 16 | Álvaro José Hodeg (COL) | Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) | Pascal Ackermann (GER) |
| GP de Denain | March 18 | Kenny Dehaes (BEL) | Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) | Julien Duval (FRA) |
| Three Days of De Panne | March 21 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) |
| Scheldeprijs | April 4 | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Chris Lawless (GBR) |
| Brabantse Pijl | April 11 | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | Tiesj Benoot (BEL) |
| GP du canton d'Argovie | June 7 | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) | Marco Canola (ITA) |
| Brussels Cycling Classic | September 1 | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Jasper Stuyven (BEL) | Thomas Boudat (FRA) |
| GP de Fourmies | September 2 | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | Álvaro José Hodeg (COL) |
| Primus Classic | September 15 | Taco van der Hoorn (NED) | Huub Duijn (NED) | Frederik Frison (BEL) |
| Tour de l'Eurométropole | September 22 | Mads Pedersen (DEN) | Jempy Drucker (LUX) | Oliver Naesen (BEL) |
| Sparkassen Münsterland Giro | October 3 | Max Walscheid (GER) | John Degenkolb (GER) | Nils Politt (GER) |
| Giro dell'Emilia | October 6 | Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) | Rigoberto Urán (COL) | Dylan Teuns (BEL) |
| Paris–Tours | October 7 | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Niki Terpstra (NED) | Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) |
| GP Bruno Beghelli | October 7 | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Carlos Barbero (ESP) | Manuel Belletti (ITA) |
| Tre Valli Varesine | October 9 | Toms Skujiņš (LAT) | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | Peter Kennaugh (GBR) |
| Milano–Torino | October 10 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
| Gran Piemonte | October 11 | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | Florian Sénéchal (FRA) | Davide Ballerini (ITA) |
| Japan Cup | October 21 | Robert Power (AUS) | Antwan Tolhoek (NED) | Matti Breschel (DEN) |

## Championships
### Continental Championships

| Championships | Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| African Championships Rwanda | Road race | February 18 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier (ERI) | Metkel Eyob (ERI) | Azzedine Lagab (ALG) |
| African Championships Rwanda | Individual time trial | February 15 | Mekseb Debesay (ERI) | Jean Bosco Nsengimana (RWA) | Joseph Areruya (RWA) |
| African Championships Rwanda | Team time trial | February 14 | Eritrea | Rwanda | Algeria |
| Pan American Championships Argentina | Road race | May 6 | Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) | Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) | Cristopher Mansilla (CHI) |
| Pan American Championships Argentina | Individual time trial | May 3 | Walter Vargas (COL) | Rubén Ramos (ARG) | Manuel Rodas (GUA) |
| Asian Championships Myanmar | Road race | February 12 | Yousif Mirza (UAE) | Fumiyuki Beppu (JPN) | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) |
| Asian Championships Myanmar | Individual time trial | February 10 | Cheung King Lok (HKG) | Choe Hyeong-min (KOR) | Arvin Moazemi (IRI) |
| Asian Championships Myanmar | Team time trial | February 8 | Japan | Iran | Hong Kong |
| European Championships Great Britain | Road race | August 5–12 | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Wout van Aert (BEL) |
| European Championships Great Britain | Individual time trial | August 5–12 | Victor Campenaerts (BEL) | Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP) | Maximilian Schachmann (GER) |
| Oceanian Championships Australia | Road race | March 25 | Chris Harper (AUS) | James Whelan (AUS) | Cyrus Monk (AUS) |
| Oceanian Championships Australia | Individual time trial | March 23 | Hamish Bond (NZL) | Sean Lake (AUS) | James Ogilvie (AUS) |

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

The UCI has granted a UCI WorldTour licence to the following eighteen teams:
* Mitchelton–Scott
* Bahrain–Merida
* Lotto–Soudal
* Quick-Step Floors
* AG2R La Mondiale
* FDJ
* Bora–Hansgrohe
* Team Sunweb
* Team Sky
* Astana
* LottoNL–Jumbo
* Team Dimension Data
* Movistar Team
* Team Katusha–Alpecin
* UAE Team Emirates
* BMC Racing Team
* EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
* Trek–Segafredo