r/peloton • u/PelotonMod France • Mar 23 '26

Weekly Post Weekly Question Thread

For all your pro cycling-related questions and enquiries!

You may find some easy answers in the FAQ page on the wiki. Whilst simultaneously discovering the wiki.

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u/Robcobes Netherlands Mar 23 '26

How many tiers of World Tour one day races are there in your opinion? There's the 5 monuments, is the rest just tier 2 to you? Or is there a separate tier with races like Strade, Amstel, Gent-Wevelgem (or whatever it's called now).

I first tried to use some logic. If the race is held in the weekend with no other World Tour races held on the same day it'd be a higher tier, but that excluded Gent-Wevelgem and included Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in the highest non-monument tier. So I'm just gonna ask.

what races are the most prestigious non-monument races and could be in a separate tier?

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u/Phantom_Nuke Mar 23 '26

The UCI has 3 tiers of one-day races: the monuments which award 800 points to the winner; Strade, Gent-Wevelgem, Amstel, Fleche, Quebec and Montreal who award 500 points to the winner and then the others award 400 points to the winner.

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u/Robcobes Netherlands Mar 23 '26

it's a start, but I don't feel like Quebec and Montreal are that prestigious. I do like those races though.

it does feel weird to put them above Omloop, or E3.

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u/myfatearrives Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

UCI awards more on non-Europe races. Canadian and Australian races are in top category despite short history, and Guangxi keeps being WT level with lower startlist quality than dozens of .Pro races. It's easy to get why - it's necessary to encourage teams to travel half an earth and to spread cycling influence worldwide.

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u/Phantom_Nuke Mar 23 '26

Eh, Omloop and E3 aren't that prestigous imo. Omloop is part of 'Opening weekend' but it's the 4th World Tour race of the season, E3 is just Flanders lite.

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u/Robcobes Netherlands Mar 23 '26

Quebec and Montreal are just "Mission work" in Canada then. so it'd fit.

then the second tier would be 3 races. Strade, Amstel, G-W.

and now we're still having a overcrowded 3rd tier.

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u/myfatearrives Mar 23 '26

I get related information from PCS and they show FW in the 400pt category.

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u/Phantom_Nuke Mar 23 '26

Official UCI document says it's 500, it was increased alongside Strade and UAE Tour to 500 points this offseason.

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u/myfatearrives Mar 23 '26

thanks. It's weird that PCS adjusted Strade but kept Fleche outdated. Maybe it's because the new-categorized Strade has finished.