2018 UCI World Tour

2018 UCI WorldTour
Tenth edition of the UCI World Tour
Details
Dates16 January – 21 October
Location
  • Australia
  • China
  • Europe
  • Middle East
  • North America
Races37
Champions
Individual championSimon Yates (Great Britain) (Mitchelton–Scott)
Teams' championQuick-Step Floors
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The 2018 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road cycling events throughout the 2018 men's cycling season.[1] It was the tenth and final edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The competition began with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 16 January and concluded with the final stage of the Tour of Guangxi on 21 October.[2] Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet was the defending champion.[3]

  1. ^ "UCI announces 2018 road calendar". Cycling News. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ^ "2018 UCI WorldTour calendar unveiled". Velon. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Roche and Hermans lead BMC at inaugural Tour of Guangxi". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017. As expected, there is no place in the BMC line-up for Greg Van Avermaet, though the Belgian is expected to attend the UCI Gala on the final evening of the race, where he will be crowned winner of the 2017 WorldTour.