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Final PDF
January 2026

Races to be designed:
Tour Down Under >>> Schartner
AlUla Tour >>> Tukh


Races to be checked:
Classica Camp de Morvedre >>> Gip
Gran Premio Castellon >>> Gip
Classica Comunitat Valenciana >>> Taka
Trofeo Calvià >>> ECS
Trofeo Ses Salines >>> ECS
Trofeo Serra Tramuntana >>> Gip
Trofeo Andratx - Pollença >>> Gip


Legend
BLUE = Designer found
GREEN = DONE

Thanks Gip, what about Tukhs suggestion in the other thread:

Tukhtahuaev wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:58 am

I also wouldn't mind not cutting.
Alternatively we could tell the stages to cut in the presentation already and have a seperate vote for January Tour with all remaining tours

What do we think about 1. not cutting any stages and 2. having another vote on the Jan Tour? I think we should be clear on this to further plan anything.

Also on AlUla Tour:

"The early-season Saudi event takes a decisive step forward, as the race has been added to the 2026 ProSeries calendar, whereas previous editions were held as a 2.1 event." Shouldnt it be Cat 3 then? Its the same as Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana etc.

This is a copy from the winter suggestion preview, but because of the December tour/short tours parallel completely killing the one day races, we'll have to adjust January. Libya cut, Tunisian roads move to after the January tour on 14/01. With that Kisoro (the cat3 classic) move back to 07/01 parallel to the tour instead.

Times for the Australian East Cost, 10-15-20-23 (basically swaped Dec-Jan tours times from last year) should be ok for most?

For 2026 we'll include some of the UCI gravel races, one each month. It starts on 26/01 with The Ceder, most the races will probably be moved to a different date than real life but that's ok. It'll be a gravel race series ingame for it.

Nomorelulz wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 15, 2025 6:04 pm

Thanks Gip, what about Tukhs suggestion in the other thread:

Tukhtahuaev wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:58 am

I also wouldn't mind not cutting.
Alternatively we could tell the stages to cut in the presentation already and have a seperate vote for January Tour with all remaining tours

What do we think about 1. not cutting any stages and 2. having another vote on the Jan Tour? I think we should be clear on this to further plan anything.

This should be a discussion for next years I think. But I agree, I very much dislike the random cuts that changes the tours.

Tunisian Roads? That's my race! Great, didn't believe it could make it to any calendar

cataracs wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 15, 2025 7:35 pm

This is a copy from the winter suggestion preview, but because of the December tour/short tours parallel completely killing the one day races, we'll have to adjust January. Libya cut, Tunisian roads move to after the January tour on 14/01. With that Kisoro (the cat3 classic) move back to 07/01 parallel to the tour instead.

Cutting tours totally suck. Cut one day races!
Had Libya already planned…

With Libya out, and if you are convinced of the concept, you can put January Tour at max 14 days, with an tiny overlap with Tunisia. But you'd probably need to cut 1-2 editions each.

Gipfelstuermer wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:01 pm

With Libya out, and if you are convinced of the concept, you can put January Tour at max 14 days, with an tiny overlap with Tunisia. But you'd probably need to cut 1-2 editions each.

I wouldnt overlap tunisia with any other tour tbh

Would be nice, to just have a new preview with these big changes

Gipfelstuermer wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:01 pm

With Libya out, and if you are convinced of the concept, you can put January Tour at max 14 days, with an tiny overlap with Tunisia. But you'd probably need to cut 1-2 editions each.

I like January Tour back to all stages, cutting 5 and 6 takes out 2 Classic Stages. Now its basically either Flat or Mountain / Mountain with Pave..

Gipfelstuermer wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:01 pm

With Libya out, and if you are convinced of the concept, you can put January Tour at max 14 days, with an tiny overlap with Tunisia. But you'd probably need to cut 1-2 editions each.

I don't want to change the January tour procedures for this year, but we can continue the discussion about the future.

In my opinion it should be cut completely. We can instead use a short tour in the first week, then move the pavés tour from October (that is full of real Italian classics) and put it in the second week of January to finish the offseason with it.

drei.zehn wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 15, 2025 8:59 pm

Cutting tours totally suck. Cut one day races!
Had Libya already planned…

With the changes we'll have tours from 3 to 13 then 14 to 18 then 20 to 25 then 27 to 31. Only 4 days without tours, do you really think you should ask for more?

will design Tour Down Under - have some time

Calvia looks the same, all other Mallorca races look different from last years, will wait for website to upload maps. Ses Salines is a TTT this year, I built it from roadbook.

TOUR DOWN UNDER 2026
Every team’s here. Every stage counts. Only one can claim the jersey. The 2026 Men's stages will cover 758.9kms, with the return of the prologue, two ascensions of the Corkscrew, three climbs up Willunga Hill and a new final stage in Stirling.
https://tourdownunder.com.au/race/mens



ITT 4km
mintact: km 1





Flat 121km
menglers hill with max 4%
mintact: km 105





Hilly 148km
Ashton: 6 6 6 6 5 2 1 3 3 8
Corkscrew: 2 6 12(Kom) 6 7 1 4
Corkscrew finish: 2 6 12(Kom) 6 7 1 4 0 3 -3 -2 4 -3 0 -3 -2
mintact: km 127

TOUR DOWN UNDER 2026


Flat 141km
first 11km: 4 7 7 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 5
Wickham Hill: 6 6 8
Echunga km 85-102: 6 5 4 -3 0 6 1 -3 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 -3 -4 6
Summit Road Climb km 117: 6
Nairne finish from km 129: 5 -2 -3 -5 -1 -1 -1 -3 -1 2 5 -3 1
mintact: km 116





Hilly 176km
Chandlers Hill from km 1: 4 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 4 7
Willunga Hill: 3 1 4 7 9 6(KOM+Finish) 1
mintact: km 151





Hilly 169km
Stirling Climb: 4 3 4 3 -1 3 4(Kom+Finish)
mintact: km 159

Dont have the time for final PDF right now, so pls be aware of below:

cataracs wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 15, 2025 7:35 pm

we'll have to adjust January. Libya cut, Tunisian roads move to after the January tour on 14/01. With that Kisoro (the cat3 classic) move back to 07/01 parallel to the tour instead.

Times for the Australian East Cost, 10-15-20-23 (basically swaped Dec-Jan tours times from last year) should be ok for most?

for Tour Down Under I would prefer 8.00 or 9.00 for one edition. If the Designer can have one wish

Imo it would be nice to increase TDU and UAE category to a 4 this year as they are WT calendar tours

Let's Go wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 30, 2025 9:45 am

Imo it would be nice to increase TDU and UAE category to a 4 this year as they are WT calendar tours

Being WT is the reason they are cat 3
Prestige-wise and also start list strength they could easily be cat 2.

Final PDF

Better late than never.

Changes as discussed above.

Stages and Profiles are now available on the official AlUla Tour website

r FSCL wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:02 pm

Stages and Profiles are now available on the official AlUla Tour website

Stage 1 is similar to last year stage5, probably just need to adapt final circuit.
stage 2 is new
stage 3 has the same key climb as last year's stage 2. but needs a redesign for the rest of the stage probably
stage 4 is new
stage 5 has the same finish of last year's stage 4. rest is a bit longer and different, but similar "all flat" approach"

also, I remember I did some reviews on last year's design, so the key % could be double checked when using last year's profiles.
I probably won't have time to design official races before mid-february this year

I can probably do this on the weekend

First 3 stages done. Rest either in the evening or tomorrow

Tukhtahuaev wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 10, 2026 1:17 pm

First 3 stages done. Rest either in the evening or tomorrow

The stage race was created, you can add your profiles there and set mintact, just incase you don't know.