Chronology of bike rides in 2023

Every year in January, a new season of cycling starts in the world. It is considered an incredible event in the sports world. Every year millions of athletes, spectators, sponsors, and fans gather in the same places. Their main goal is to enjoy their favorite sport.

Someone needs to break their record, someone just cannot live without their favorite athlete, and someone needs to look once to fall in love immediately. In the new season, we are waiting for a lot of incredible events.

Cycling origin history began a long time ago

In the traditional discipline, races must be held on highways. The rules also provide for a closed or open track, rough terrain, or dirt road. Road races were held in the late 70s of the 19th century for the first time. The countries that first accepted such cycling events were France and England. After some time, the European contingent filled this sport. Road racing has remained preferred here.

England quickly switched to tracks. All this happened because of the poor condition of the roads in the UK. After twenty years of active growth and development, this discipline has received a great level of recognition. Moreover, cycling has been added to the program of the Olympic Games. For more than a hundred years there has been the International Cycling Union – UCI.

Bike racing types

There are four main types of cycling races worldwide – the classic one-day, the criterium, the multi-day, and the Grand Tour.

Type	Time	Distance	Track coverage	Examples
Classic one-day	1 day	16-160 km	Paving stones, gravel	Milan — San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Ghent — Wevelgem
Criterium	1 day	65-120 km	Paving stones, gravel	Group circuit race in the city
Multi-day	3 days – 1 week	100 km	Paving stones, gravel	Paris — Nice, Criterium Dauphine, Tirreno – Adriatico
Grand Tour	3 week multi-day	4000-4800 km	City roads	France – Tour de France – July Italy – Giro d’Italia – May Spain – Vuelta an Espana – September

 

International Cycling Union revealed the Grand Tours 2023

The world has finally begun to recover from the shocking wave of the coronavirus. An unforeseen virus developed rapidly and carried a very great danger. For this reason, the decision has been made to cancel most sporting events in 2020-2022.

The 2023 season was decided to be held without any doubt. All sponsors, spectators, and the athletes themselves are already very bored. In 2023, the 110th Tour de France, the 106th Giro d’Italia, and the 78th stage of the Vuelta an España will take place.

Speaking of significant events, the following should be noted: the 110th Tour de France would begin on July 1, be held in Bilbao, and end in Paris in 24 days.

The 106th Giro d’Italia would start on May 6 in Abruzzo – initially, there will be a 19 km race on a flat road, and a short climb awaits the participants at the finish line. In turn, the 78th stage of the Vuelta an España would begin on August 26 in Barcelona with a 14-kilometer time trial. The finish will be in the Catalan capital Montjuic on September 17th.

2023 brings many bike races around the world

In addition to the events of the Grand Tour, in the upcoming season, we would have a very incredibly large number of cycling races. They will be held in Australia, Argentina, Oman, Belgium, Turkey, Great Britain, Poland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Canada.

Date	Event	Location	Routes
February 20	UAE Tour	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	7 stages
March 18	Milano Sanremo	Milan, Italy	291 km
April 9	Amstel Gold Race	Maastricht, Netherlands	250 km
April 29	Eschborn-Frankfurt	Eschborn-Frankfurt, Germany	217 km
May 28	RideLondon Essex 100	London, UK	200 km
August 23	Benelux Tour	Breda, Netherlands	7 stages

 

This list can be continued indefinitely. The number of events for the coming year exceeds the figure of 40. It is incredible how long fans and athletes have been waiting for the revival of sports competitions. Very soon we will have the opportunity to see the spectacularity and beauty of this discipline.