January 2026

[Gipfelstuermer]

Preview PDF
January 2026

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


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


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BLUE = Designer found
GREEN = DONE

[Nomorelulz]

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

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.

[Nomorelulz]

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.

[cataracs]

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.

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

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.

[Chemnitz Pro Cycling Team]

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

[drei.zehn]

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…

[Gipfelstuermer]

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.

[Hansa]

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

[drei.zehn]

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

[Nomorelulz]

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..

[cataracs]

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.

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?

[Schartner Bombe]

will design Tour Down Under - have some time

[ECS Cycling]

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.

[Schartner Bombe]

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

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ITT 4km
mintact: km 1

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

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Hilly 148km
Ashton: 7 7 7 5 5 1 3 2 2 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

[Schartner Bombe]

TOUR DOWN UNDER 2026

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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

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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

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