As the Tour Down Under opens the 2019 WorldTour calendar, here’s our guide to the year’s main racing highlights to look forward to. Many of our teams’ riders are also targeting different races to get their seasons underway, so here’s where to watch them first:

SEASON OPENERS

15 – 20 January: Tour Down Under
27 January: Vuelta a San Juan
6 – 10 February: Vuelta Valencia
12 – 17 February: Tour of Colombia
22 – 24 February: Tour du Haut Var
24 February-02 March: UAE Tour

THE ITALIAN SPRING CLASSICS

9 March: Strade Bianche
13 – 19 March: Tirreno-Adriatico
23 March: Milano-Sanremo

THE COBBLED CLASSICS

2 March: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite
27 March: Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne 
29 March: E3 BinckBank Classic 
31 March: Gent-Wevelgem
3 April: Dwars door Vlaanderen – A travers la Flandre
7 April: Tour of Flanders
14 April: Paris-Roubaix

THE ARDENNE CLASSICS

21 April: Amstel Gold
24 April: Fleche Wallone
28 April: Liege-Bastogne-Liege

THE GRAND TOURS

11 May – 2 June: Giro d’Italia
6 – 28 July: Tour de France
26 August – 15 September: Vuelta a España

UCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

22 September: Team Time Trial Mixed Relay
24 September: Women Elite Individual Time Trial
25 September: Men Elite Individual Time Trial
28 September: Women Elite Road Race
29 September: Men Elite Road Race

THE ITALIAN AUTUMN CLASSICS

9 October: Milano-Torino
12 October: Il Lombardia