The UCI approves the 2026 calendars for the UCI Women’s WorldTour and UCI WorldTour

12 June 2025 – Following the UCI Management Committee’s approval of the 2026 Road Cycling Calendar, Sportive Breaks launches its calendar of Ride and Watch Weekends, Cycling Hospitality and exclusive VIP experiences with Team Visma | Lease a Bike for the 2026 Spring Classics Season. The calendar of available events can be found below.

Opening Weekend – 28 February 2026

On Saturday 28 February 2026 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is one of the first major spring classics of the cycling season. The Omloop event weekend is traditionally known as ‘the Opening Weekend’ as it marks the start of WorldTour racing in Europe. The weekend has Omloop het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday 1 March 2026 with the respective amateur versions (Cyclo Sportive) on alternate days. With Sportive Breaks you can book to ride both amateur events or you can spectate with us on one or on both days. A day with Team Visma | Lease a Bike is available on both Omloop het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne – click here for more details.

Strade Bianche and Gran Fondo Strade Bianche – Saturday 7 March & Sunday 8 March 2026

After Opening Weekend, the races and opportunities for you to join Sportive Breaks arrive thick and fast, just like the riders of the men’s and women’s UCI world tours. Strade Bianche takes place on Saturday 7 March 2026 and Sportive Breaks is an Official Premium Tour operator of Strade Bianche. 

Stay at Hotel NH at just a 5-minute walk from the start of the Gran Fondo and Pro race at the Medici Fortress and a 10 minute walk from the finish of the Gran Fondo and Pro race at Piazza del Campo. Guaranteed front pen entries are exclusively available with Sportive Breaks.

Europe’s most southerly northern classic celebrates its 11th edition in 2026. The Gran Fondo covers the same gravel roads as the great champions of world cycling return on Sunday 8 March 2026. The start is at the Fortezza Medicea (Medici Fortress) and the finish line is in the splendid setting of Piazza del Campo. Our hotel is in the perfect location for the start and the finish. No hassle with transport or getting to and from the start and finish. With Sportive Breaks you can;

• Book to ride the Gran Fondo or
• You can spectate with us on Strade Bianche day or
• Spend a day with Team Visma | Lease a Bike on Strade Bianche day.

Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico – Sun 8/Mon 9 – Sun 15 March 2026

Paris-Nice (the Race to the Sun) starts the day after Strade Bianche and Tirreno-Adriatico starts on the Monday following the Strade Bianche weekend. The weather can be unpredictable but exciting racing is guaranteed. Paris-Nice has been a successful hunting ground for Team Visma | Lease a Bike with local Nice resident American Matteo Jorgenson winning the last two editions. Tirreno-Adriatico (the Race between the two Seas) always attracts a stellar field. With Sportive Breaks you can enjoy hospitality at every stage of Tirreno-Adriatico plus for the final stage of Paris-Nice in Nice. We also offer you the chance to join Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s campaign to win the race again in 2026 – click here for more details.

Milan Sanremo and Gran Fondo Sanremo-Sanremo – Sat 21 & Sun 22 March 2026

You can ride the full distance 300km Gran Fondo Milan Sanremo with Sportive Breaks in June and during the Milan Sanremo Weekend you can also take part in the 120km long Gran Fondo Sanremo-Sanremo. LA CLASSICISSIMA GRANFONDO SANREMO – SANREMO starts in Sanremo on Lungomare Salvo d’Acquisto on the seafront. Challenges include the ascent of Cipressa and the legend of the Classicissima: the Poggio di Sanremo.

Sportive Breaks are an official tour operator for Milan Sanremo. You will stay in Sanremo for 3 nights. Also included with your Milan Sanremo Ride and Watch weekend are a cross the finish experience on Saturday (pro race day) where you will stand on the official winner’s podium just ahead of the finish of the professionals. You will enjoy the finish LIVE from the hospitality area. Your guide for the weekend is multiple Milan Sanremo participant and top 10 finisher Andrea Ferrigato. Milan Sanremo Hospitality experiences are also available.

For an extra special Milan Sanremo experience you can join Team Visma | Lease a Bike for the day and experience the longest race on the pro cycling calendar from the front row. Book 2026 Milan Sanremo now.

De Ronde van Brugge – Wed 25 March 2026

The Ronde van Brugge is formerly known as Classic Brugge-De Panne. The Ronde van Brugge will feature on the UCI WorldTour calendar and will take place on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 March in 2026. The best sprinters in the world will make the race their aim to win. The start and the finish will be in Brugge. The Tour of Bruges will become an annual two-day road cycling race in Belgium that makes up part of the Flemish Cycling Week, alongside (in date order) E3 Saxo Classic, Gent–Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen, and finally the Tour of Flanders. Book de Ronde van Brugge with Team Visma | Lease a Bike

E3 and Gent Wevelgem Weekend – Fri 27 – Sun 29 March 2026

Another Ride and Watch Classics Weekend with Sportive Breaks. In this weekend you can watch E3 Saxo Bank Classic on Friday, ride Gent Wevelgem Sportive on Saturday and ride the E3 Cyclo on Sunday or you can watch the professionals tackle the spring classic on Sunday. Stay in Kortrijk with Sportive Breaks.

E3 Saxo Classic – Friday 27 March

The E3 Saxo Classic is one of the few Spring Classics that starts in the same place. The event has its 68^th edition on Friday 27 March 2026. The event is a mini Tour of Flanders, as it includes famous cobbled bergs such as the Paterberg and Oude Kwarement. The race manages to produce a stellar line up of riders each year with Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen going head-to-head in 2025 with Van Der Poel being victorious yet again. 

Gent Wevelgem Cyclo – Saturday 28 March

Sportive distances available are 65, 80, 105, 125, 145 and 220 km and all distances start and finish in Wevelgem at just 8km from our hotel in Kortrijk.

Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields – Sunday 29 March

Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields starts from the Menin Gate in Ypres which is an impressive memorial to the victims of World War I. The finish comes 250 kilometres later in Wevelgem. De Moeren is a flat marshland where the wind can play a role. After this the riders head for a succession of climbs including the Monteberg, the Baneberg, the Scherpenberg and the Kemmelberg. The final section is a flat to the finish in Wevelgem. 

E3 Cyclo – Sunday 29 March

All Sportive distances start and finish in Harelbeke just 15 minutes from our hotel. Choose your course and distance with 70km/435 ascent, 110km/830m ascent and 150km/1,400m ascent.

Check out all options for the E3 and Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields Weekend here.

Tour of Flanders & We Ride Flanders Sportive – Sat 4 and Sun 5 April 2026

The first weekend in April is when it’s time for the high mass of cycling in Flanders. The Tour of Flanders weekend is an important fixture on the calendar. We Ride Flanders (Tour of Flanders Cyclo) takes place on the Saturday and offers 4 distances. The 229km starts from Brugge and finishes in Oudenaarde. All other distances (80km-128km-158km) start and finish in Oudenaarde. The routes include the Koppenberg, Taaienberg, Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg.

Tour of Flanders Hospitality

Tour of Flanders Ride and Watch Weekend

Tour of Flanders with Team Visma | Lease a Bike

Paris Roubaix Challenge and Pro Race – Sat 11 and Sun 12 April 2026

Team Visma | Lease a Bike took a stunning victory with Pauline Ferrand Prevot on the Roubaix Femmes race in 2025. You can spend the day as a guest with either the women’s team on Saturday or the men on Sunday. Or both! Hotel in Roubaix is available. Why not make it a cobbled weekend and ride the Sportive on the Saturday and watch the pros on Sunday?

The Paris-Roubaix Challenge offers cyclists the chance to take on the cobblestones of the Paris-Roubaix race on the Saturday of the Paris-Roubaix weekend. The long 170km route starts in Busigny (90 minutes from Roubaix) and face the Hell of North by riding all the cobbled sections of Paris-Roubaix and finishing at the iconic Roubaix Velodrome. As the Paris-Roubaix Femmes also takes place on that day some speed is required, so this event is only accessible to those who can ride an average speed of 28 km/h on the road and 14 km/h on cobbles. The two shorter routes – 145km and 70km which include 19 and 8 cobbled sections respectively start and finish in Roubaix.

Paris Roubaix Ride and Watch Weekend

Paris Roubaix Femmes with Team Visma | Lease a Bike

Paris Roubaix with Team Visma | Lease a Bike

Amstel Gold Race – Sat 18 April and Sun 19 April 2026

The southern Dutch province of Zuid Limburg is a truly beautiful area with characteristics that are not usually associated with Holland, such as a hilly landscape and a great restaurant and café culture with great food and drink. The youngest of the classics, Amstel Gold is the only World Tour one-day race staged in the Netherlands. In the last two editions, the race finale has come down to a dramatic photo finish. The date for Amstel Gold Race 2026 is Sunday 19 April. The race attracts a large number of Dutch and international cycling fans each year to see the world’s best cyclists strive for victory in the hilly countryside of Limburg. You can cycle the Tour version of the Amstel Gold Race – Amstel Gold Race Toertocht on Saturday and you can enjoy watching the Pro Men and Women on Sunday as a guest of Team Visma | Lease a Bike.

We offer guaranteed entry with participation in the Sportive, meaning you do not have to enter the draw. The Sportive distances are: 60km, 100km, 125km, 150km, 200km and 240km. The event is vastly oversubscribed so there is a lottery for places but you don’t have to worry about that with Sportive Breaks. Every year about 15,000 amateur riders participate in the Amstel Gold Race Toertocht (Sportive).  

2026 Amstel Gold Race and Amstel Gold Race Toertocht (Sportive)

Liege Bastogne Liege – Sat 25 April and Sun 26 April 2026

Sportive Breaks are here to support you taking on the hardest Sportive of the Spring Classics. The full route of the official Liege Bastogne Liege is a full 259km and a massive 4,400 metres of climbing – more than many other Sportives and around the same climbing as this year’s Etape du Tour! A more manageable but still challenging 160km and 80km are also available. Also known as La Doyenne des Classiques, the old lady of classics features famous cycling climbs such as La Redoute and is one epic ride steeped in history. Let us take care of your trip so you can focus on the event.

The 2026 edition of the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Challenge takes place on Saturday 25 April. The following day on Sunday 26 of April you can watch the pros tackle the course and battle it out in the last of the spring races. Tadej Pogacar won in imperious style in 2025. Kim Le Court from Mauritius broke though the Dutch dominance by beating Amy Pieterse and Demi Vollering.

LBL Challenge

You can choose from three distances to ride; 80km, 150km or the full route of 250km. Whichever challenge you decide to take, you will ride the Cote de la Roche-aux-Faucons and Cote de Cortil. To ride the famous La Redoute you need to enter either the 150km or 250km ride. To support you through the weekend Sportive Breaks stay in Liege, with a mechanic and knowledgeable staff on hand to assist. We will also drive you to the start line of the Sportive and on the Sunday we run a mini bus to take you to heart of the race.

2026 Liege Bastogne Liege Pro Races

We are staying in Liege which is the venue for the start and the finish of the races. The day after the LBL Challenge, watch the Men’s and Women’s Elite take on the challenging route. Sportive Breaks will take you to one of the great viewing points on the race course.

Team Visma | Lease a Bike Experience

To make your day extra special we offer the option to join one of the best cycling teams in the world as they attempt to win the event. Be part of the convoy and drive in an official TVL vehicle on the race route, through the cheering crowds and enjoy the day as a guest of Team Visma | Lease a Bike for a unique behind-the-scenes experience. This experience can be added to your booking – learn more here.

Liege Bastogne Liege Challenge – Sportive Breaks