Merlin Cycles have collected together the locations and dates of 70 of this year's top cycling events.
2014 is well under way, and we’ve already seen some terrific cycling events take place all over the world. But if you’re aching to get back on your bike and are looking for an easy way to find the next big race, look no further than the Merlin Cycles blog.
We’ve spent time collecting together the locations and dates of 70 of this year’s top cycling events; and put them all together in this handy interactive map to help you find upcoming races in your area.
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We’ve also organised all of the events by date in a handy list format below, so you can quickly find your closest race:
| Date | Event | Location |
January
| January 17-18th | Tour De Cape | Cape Coral, Florida |
| January 25-31st | Tenerife Cycling Volcano Tour | Los Cristianos, Tennerife |
| January 19-26th | Santos Tour Down Under | Adelaide, South Australia |
February
| February 23rd | The Rawlinson Bracket 2014 | Warwick, UK |
| February 23rd | Kentish Killer | Fawkham, Longfield, Kent, UK |
| February 26th – March 2nd | UCI World Track Championship | Cali, Colombia |
March
| March 2nd | The Big Red Ride | Cuckney, Notts, UK |
| March 23rd | The Endura Lionheart | Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire, UK |
| March 23rd | Cobbler Classic Sportive | Towchester, Northamptonshire, UK |
| March 9-16th | Paris – Nice | Paris, France |
| March 12-18th | Tirreno – AdriaticoItaly | San Vincenzo, Tuscany |
| March 23rd | Milan – San Remo | Milan, Italy |
| March 24-30th | Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | Calella, Spain |
| March 28th | E3 Harelbeke | Harelbeke, Belgium |
| March 30th | Chilgrey Spring Classic | New Road, Childrey, Oxfordshire, UK |
| March 30th | Ghent – Wevelgem | Ghent, Belgium |
April
| April 5th | Tour of the Battenkill | Cambridge, New York, America |
| April 6th | The Quattro | Brafield Road, Cogenhoe, Northamptonshire, UK |
| April 6th | Tour of Flanders | Flanders, Belgium |
| April 7-12th | 2014 Tour of the Basque country | Basque Country, Spain |
| April 13th | Paris Roubaix | Paris, France |
| April 20th | Amstel Gold Race | Limburg, Netherlands |
| April 26th | Mallorca 312 | Majorca, Spain |
| April 23rd | La Flèche Wallonne | Wallonia, Belgium |
| April 27th | Liege – Bastogne – Liege | Liege, Belgium |
| April 27th | Gran Fondo Conwy | Conwy, Wales |
| April 24th – May 5th | Tour de Romandie | Ascona, Switzerland |
May
| May 4th | Somerset Hills Gran Fondo | Axbridge Road, Cheddar, Somerset, UK |
| May 9-11th | Giro Big Start 2014 | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| May 13th – June 1st | Giro d’Italia | Giovinazzo, Italy |
| May 8-15th | Critérium du Dauphiné | Champery, France |
| May 14-22nd | Tour de Suisse | Bellinzona, Switzerland |
| May 17th | Devils MTB | East Sussex, UK |
| May 18th | Campagnolo Gran Fondo New York | George washington bridge, New York |
| May 29th | Bordeaux to Paris | Bordeaux, France |
June
| June 1st | Gran Fondo Stelvio Santini | Bormio, Italy |
| June 8th | Gran Fondo Milan-Sanremo | Milan, Italy |
| June 8th | The Peak Punisher | Chapel-en-le-frith, High Peak, UK |
| June 15th | Etape Eryri | Caernarfon, Wales |
| June 15-21st | Raid Pyrenean | Hendaye, France |
| June 15-22nd | Raid Corsica | Bastia, France |
| June 21st | Quebrantahuesos | Sabiñánigo, Spain |
July
| July 5-7th | Tour de France – Grand Depart Yorkshire | Leeds, UK |
| July 5th | Tour de France, Start | Le Touquet Paris-Plage, France |
| July 5th | La Marmotte | Bourg d’Oisans, France |
| July 6th | Maratona dles Dolomites | Alta Badia, Italy |
| July 13-19th | Le Tour des Alpes | Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland |
| July 20th | Etape du Tour | Pau, France |
| July 27th | Tour de France, Finish | Paris Champs-Elysées, France |
August
| August 2nd | Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian | San Sebastián, Spain |
| August 2-9th | Raid Alpine | Thonon-les-bains, France |
| August 3-9th | Tour de Pologne | Rovereto, Italy |
| August 4th | Prudential RideLondon – Surrey 100 | Hampton Court Bridge, London |
| August 15-25th | Raid Dolomites | Thonon Les Bains, France |
| August 23-30th | Haute Route Alps | Geneva, Switzerland |
| August 23rd – September 14th | Vuelta a España | Vilanova de Arousa, Spain |
| August 24th | Vattenfall Cyclassics | Hamburg, Gemarny |
| August 31st | Tour du Mon | Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey |
| August 31st | GP Ouest-France | Plouay, France |
September
| September 7-14th | The Tour Of Britain | UK |
| September 12th | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | Québec, Canada |
| September 14th | Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | Montréal, Canada |
| September 14th | Quebrantahuesos MTB | Biescas, Huesca, Spain |
| September 21-28th | UCI Road World Championships | Ponferrada, Spain |
| September 28th-October 5th | California Coast Classic Bike Tour | San Francisco, California |
October
| October 4th | The Wooler Wheel Classic | Wooler, Northumberland, UK |
| October 5th | Santini Cotswold Autumn Classic | Stroud Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK |
| October 5th | Il Lombardia | Bergamo, Italy |
| October 5-11th | 2014 UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships | Manchester, UK |
| October 10-14th | Tour of Beijing | Bejing, China |
Both this list and the above map are still a work in progress, so if you know of any events we’ve missed out, be sure to tell us in the comments section below.
Happy riding folks!
Thanks for this great listing! Suggested additions: two international celebrations of women’s cycling:
CycloFemme, May 11 http://cyclofemme.com/
Rapha Women’s 100, July 20 http://pages.rapha.cc/womens100