UCI .HC road races

The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC were the second tier classification of road cycling races by the UCI, after the UCI World Tour (or its predecessor, the UCI ProTour). They are now replaced by the UCI ProSeries. The races were part of the various UCI Continental Circuits. The 1.HC events were one-day races, whereas the 2.HC events were stage races. 'HC' stands for the French phrase hors catégorie, which means beyond categorization. In 2020, the .HC races were replaced by the UCI ProSeries^[1]

Team participation

In .HC events, UCI WorldTeams may participate, up to a maximum of 70%. The rest of the teams participating may be UCI Professional Continental teams, UCI continental teams and National teams.^[2]

List of 1.HC events

Race	Country	UCI Tour	Years
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race↑	Australia	UCI Oceania Tour	2016
Brabantse Pijl	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2011–2019
Bredene Koksijde Classic	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2018–2019
Brussels Cycling Classic	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2019
Dwars door Vlaanderen↑	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2013–2016
E3 Harelbeke↑	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2011
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2016–2019
Nokere Koerse	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2016–2019
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad↑	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2016
Primus Classic	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2015–2019
Scheldeprijs	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2019
Tour de l'Eurométropole	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2017–2019
GP de Denain	France	UCI Europe Tour	2016–2019
GP de Fourmies	France	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2019
Paris–Tours	France	UCI Europe Tour	2008–2019
Tour de Vendée	France	UCI Europe Tour	2010–2013
Eschborn–Frankfurt↑	Germany	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2014, 2016
Rund um Köln	Germany	UCI Europe Tour	2007
Sparkassen Münsterland Giro	Germany	UCI Europe Tour	2015–2019
London–Surrey Classic↑	Great Britain	UCI Europe Tour	2014–2016
Coppa Placci	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2008
Giro del Lazio	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2008
Giro del Veneto	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2009
Giro dell'Emilia	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2019
GP Bruno Beghelli	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2014–2019
GP Industria & Artigianato	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2017–2019
GP Nobili Rubinetterie	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2015
Gran Piemonte	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2006, 2008–2012, 2015–2016, 2018–2019
Milano–Torino	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2007, 2012–2019
Strade Bianche↑	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2015–2016
Tre Valli Varesine	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2019
Trofeo Laigueglia	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2015–2019
Japan Cup	Japan	UCI Asia Tour	2008–2019
Ronde van Drenthe	Netherlands	UCI Europe Tour	2018–2019
Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic	Netherlands	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2010
Clásica de Almería	Spain	UCI Europe Tour	2012–2013, 2018–2019
GP Miguel Induráin	Spain	UCI Europe Tour	2007–2012
GP di Lugano	Switzerland	UCI Europe Tour	2015–2017
GP du canton d'Argovie	Switzerland	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2010, 2014–2019
Philadelphia International Cycling Classic	United States	UCI America Tour	2005–2012
San Francisco Grand Prix	United States	UCI America Tour	2005

Key

↑	Race was promoted to the UCI World Tour.

List of 2.HC events

Race	Country	UCI Tour	Years
Tour Down Under↑	Australia	UCI Oceania Tour	2005–2007
Tour of Austria	Austria	UCI Europe Tour	2006–2015
Belgium Tour	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2009–2019
Three Days of De Panne↑	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2018[n 1]
Tour de Wallonie	Belgium	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2019
Tour of Hainan	China	UCI Asia Tour	2009–2018
Tour of Qinghai Lake	China	UCI Asia Tour	2005–2019
Tour of Croatia	Croatia	UCI Europe Tour	2018
Peace Race	Czech Republic	UCI Europe Tour	2006
Danmark Rundt	Denmark	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2019
Critérium International	France	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2016
Four Days of Dunkirk	France	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2019
Tour du Limousin	France	UCI Europe Tour	2011–2012
Bayern Rundfahrt	Germany	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2015
Deutschland Tour	Germany	UCI Europe Tour	2019
Tour of Britain	Great Britain	UCI Europe Tour	2014–2019
Tour de Yorkshire	Great Britain	UCI Europe Tour	2019
Tour of the Alps	Italy	UCI Europe Tour	2011–2019
Tour de Luxembourg	Luxembourg	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2019
Tour de Langkawi	Malaysia	UCI Asia Tour	2012–2019
Arctic Race of Norway	Norway	UCI Europe Tour	2015–2019
Tour des Fjords	Norway	UCI Europe Tour	2018
Tour of Norway	Norway	UCI Europe Tour	2014–2019
Tour of Oman	Oman	UCI Asia Tour	2005–2019
Volta ao Algarve	Portugal	UCI Europe Tour	2017–2019
Volta a Portugal	Portugal	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2009
Tour of Qatar	Qatar	UCI Asia Tour	2012–2016
Tour of Slovenia	Slovenia	UCI Europe Tour	2019
Euskal Bizikleta	Spain	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2008
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme	Spain	UCI Europe Tour	2005
Vuelta a Andalucía	Spain	UCI Europe Tour	2017–2019
Vuelta a Burgos	Spain	UCI Europe Tour	2005–2019
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey↑	Turkey	UCI Europe Tour	2010–2016
Abu Dhabi Tour↑	United Arab Emirates	UCI Asia Tour	2016
Dubai Tour	United Arab Emirates	UCI Asia Tour	2015–2018
Colorado Classic	United States	UCI America Tour	2017–2018
Tour of California↑	United States	UCI America Tour	2007–2016
Tour de Georgia	United States	UCI America Tour	2006–2008
Tour of Missouri	United States	UCI America Tour	2009
Tour of Utah	United States	UCI America Tour	2015–2019
USA Pro Cycling Challenge	United States	UCI America Tour	2012–2015

Key

↑	Race was promoted to the UCI World Tour.

Winners by race

The following lists show the winners of .HC races since the introduction of the UCI Continental Circuits in 2005 until the disappearance of the class in 2020.

• A dark grey cell indicates the race was not held in that year.
• A light blue cell indicates the race was held in a lower category (2.1/1.1 or lower) in that year.
• A gold cell indicates the race was part of the UCI ProTour or UCI World Tour in that year.

1.HC Winners

2005–2013

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	Nuyens	Gilbert	Pozzato	Gilbert	Hushovd	Flecha	Langeveld	Vanmarcke	Paolini
Clásica de Almería								Matthews	Renshaw
Milano–Torino	Sacchi	Astarloa	Di Luca					Contador	Ulissi
Dwars door Vlaanderen									Gatto
E3 Harelbeke	Boonen	Boonen	Boonen	Arvesen	Pozzato	Cancellara	Cancellara
GP Miguel Induráin			Nocentini	Wegmann	de la Fuente	Rodríguez	S Sánchez	Moreno
Rund um Köln			Haedo
Scheldeprijs	Veneberg	Boonen	Cavendish	Cavendish	Petacchi	Farrar	Cavendish	Kittel	Kittel
Veenendaal–Veenendaal	van Schalen	Boonen	Radochla	Förster	van Hummel	Boasson Hagen
Brabantse Pijl							Gilbert	Voeckler	Sagan
Rund um den Henniger Turm	Zabel	Garzelli	Sinkewitz	Kroon	Wegmann	Wegmann	Degenkolb	Moser	Špilak
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton	Moos	Zberg	Gadret	Mondory	Velits	Vandewalle
Philadelphia International Cycling Classic	Wherry	Henderson	Haedo	Breschel	Greipel	Goss	Rasmussen	Serebryakov
Giro del Lazio	Pozzato	Figueras	Bosisio	Masciarelli
Tre Valli Varesine	Garzelli	Garzelli	Murro	Ginanni	Santambrogio	D Martin	Rebellin	Veilleux	Đurasek
Giro del Veneto	Mazzoleni	Nocentini	Bertolini	Ginanni	Pozzato
Coppa Placci	Valoti	Nocentini	Bertolini	Paolini
San Francisco Grand Prix	Wegmann
Paris-Brussels	McEwen	McEwen	McEwen	McEwen	Goss	Ventoso	Galimzyanov	Boonen	Greipel
Grand Prix de Fourmies	McEwen	Gilbert	Velits	Visconti	Feillu	Feillu	Blot	Bak	Bouhanni
Tour de Vendée						Fernández	Marcato	Kreder	Bouhanni
Giro dell'Emilia	Simoni	Rebellin	Schleck	Di Luca	Gesink	Gesink	Betancur	Quintana	Ulissi
Paris–Tours				Gilbert	Gilbert	Freire	Van Avermaet	Marcato	Degenkolb
Giro del Piemonte	Fischer	Bennati		Bennati	Gilbert	Gilbert	Moreno	Urán
Japan Cup				Cunego	Sørensen	D Martin	Haas	Basso	Rogers

2014–2019

Year	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Trofeo Laigueglia		Cimolai	Fedi	Felline	Moser	Velasco
Clásica de Almería					Ewan	Ackermann
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne			Stuyven	Sagan	Groenewegen	Jungels
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano				Yates	Mohorič	Schachmann
Ronde van Drenthe					Sisr	Ligthart
Nokere Koerse			Dupont	Bouhanni	Jakobsen	Bol
Bredene Koksijde Classic					Hodeg	Ackermann
Grand Prix de Denain			McLay	Démare	Dehaes	van der Poel
Scheldeprijs	Kittel	Kristoff	Kittel	Kittel	Jakobsen	Jakobsen
Brabantse Pijl	Gilbert	Hermans	Vakoč	Colbrelli	Wellens	van der Poel
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton	Geschke	Kristoff	Nizzolo	Modolo	Kristoff	Kristoff
Brussels Cycling Classic	Greipel	Groenewegen	Boonen	Démare	Ackermann	Ewan
Grand Prix de Fourmies	Vangenechten	Felline	Kittel	Bouhanni	Ackermann	Ackermann
Primus Classic		De Bie	Gaviria	Trentin	van der Hoorn	Theuns
Münsterland Giro		Boonen	Degenkolb	Bennett	Walscheid	Hodeg
Tour de l'Eurométropole				McLay	Pedersen	Allegaert
Giro dell'Emilia	Rebellin	Bakelants	Chaves	Visconti	De Marchi	Roglič
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli	Conti	Colbrelli	Ruffoni	LL Sánchez	Mollema	Colbrelli
Tre Valli Varesine	Albasini	Nibali	Colbrelli	Geniez	Skujiņš	Roglič
Milano–Torino	Caruso	Rosa	López	Urán	Pinot	Woods
Gran Piemonte		Bakelants	Nizzolo		Colbrelli	Bernal
Paris–Tours	Wallays	Trentin	Gaviria	Trentin	Kragh Andersen	Wallays
Japan Cup	Haas	Mollema	Villella	Canola	Power	Mollema
Gran Premio di Lugano		Bonifazio	Colbrelli	Filosi
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race			Kennaugh
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	Stannard	Stannard	Van Avermaet
Strade Bianche		Štybar	Cancellara
Dwars door Vlaanderen	Terpstra	Wallays	Debusschere
Eschborn–Frankfurt	Kristoff		Kristoff
London–Surrey Classic	Blythe	Drucker	Boonen
Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie		Nizzolo

2.HC Winners

2005–2013

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Tour Down Under	LL Sánchez	Gerrans	Elmiger
Tour of Qatar								Boonen	Cavendish
Tour of Oman								Velits	Froome
Tour de Langkawi	Cox	George	Charteau	R Ivanov	Serpa	Rujano	Monsalve	Serpa	Arredondo
Tour of California			Leipheimer	Leipheimer	Leipheimer	Rogers	Horner	Gesink	Van Garderen
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme	Contador
Critérium International	Julich	Basso	Voigt	Voigt	Voigt	Fédrigo	Schleck	Evans	Froome
Three Days of De Panne	Devolder	Hoste	Ballan	Posthuma	Willems	Millar	Rosseler	Chavanel	Chavanel
Giro del Trentino							Scarponi	Pozzovivo	Nibali
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey						Visconti	Efimkin	Dyachenko	Berhane
Tour de Georgia		Landis	Brajkovič	Siutsou
Four Days of Dunkirk	Fédrigo	Petito	Ladagnous	Augé	Costa	Elmiger	Voeckler	Engoulvent	Démare
Peace Race		Cheula
Tour of Belgium					Boom	Devolder	Gilbert	T Martin	T Martin
Bayern Rundfahrt	Rich	Martínez	Schumacher	Knees	Gerdemann	Monfort	Thomas	Rogers	Malori
Euskal Bizikleta	Jiménez	Gil	Zaballa	Capecchi
Tour de Luxembourg	Bodrogi	Vande Velde	Rast	Posthuma	Schleck	Carrara	Gerdemann	Fuglsang	Martens
Tour of Austria		Danielson	Devolder	Rohregger	Albasini	Riccò	Kessiakoff	Fuglsang	Zoidl
Tour of Qinghai Lake	Mareš	Tjallingii	Missaglia	Hamilton	Mizurov	Askari	Gazvoda	Alizadeh	Pourseyedi
Tour de Wallonie	Celli	Guidi	Božič	S Ivanov	El Fares	Downing	Van Avermaet	Nizzolo	Van Avermaet
Danmark Rundt	Basso	Cancellara	Arvesen	Fuglsang	Fuglsang	Fuglsang	Gerrans	Westra	Kelderman
Volta a Portugal	Efimkin	Blanco	Tondo	Blanco	Blanco
Vuelta a Burgos	Domínguez	Mayo	Soler	Zandio	Valverde	S Sánchez	Rodríguez	Moreno	Quintana
Tour du Limousin							Leukemans	Arashiro
USA Pro Cycling Challenge								Vande Velde	Van Garderen
Tour of Missouri					Zabriskie
Tour of Hainan					Ventoso	Iglinsky	Iglinsky	Gruzdev	Hofland

2014–2019

Year	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Tour of Oman	Froome	Valls	Nibali	Hermans	Lutsenko	Lutsenko
Volta ao Algarve				Roglič	Kwiatkowski	Pogačar
Vuelta a Andalucía				Valverde	Wellens	Fuglsang
Tour de Langkawi	Pourseyedi	Reguigui	Janse van Rensburg	Gibbons	Ovechkin	Dyball
Tour of the Alps	Evans	Porte	Landa	Thomas	Pinot	Sivakov
Tour de Yorkshire						Lawless
Four Days of Dunkirk	Démare	Konovalovas	Coquard	Venturini	Claeys	Teunissen
Tour of Norway	Paterski	Hansen	Weening	Boasson Hagen	Prades	Kristoff
Tour de Luxembourg	Breschel	Gerdemann	Lammertink	Van Avermaet	Pasqualon	Herrada
Tour of Belgium	T Martin	Van Avermaet	Devenyns	Keukeleire	Keukeleire	Evenepoel
Tour of Slovenia						Ulissi
Tour of Qinghai Lake	Kononenko	Rogina	Lagkuti	Monsalve	Aguirre	Chalapud
Tour de Wallonie	Meersman	Terpstra	Devenyns	Teuns	Wellens	Vliegen
Vuelta a Burgos	Quintana	Taaramäe	Contador	Landa	Sosa	Sosa
Tour of Utah		Dombrowski	Morton	Britton	Kuss	Hermans
Arctic Race of Norway		Taaramäe	Moscon	Teuns	Chernetskiy	Lutsenko
Danmark Rundt	Valgren	Juul-Jensen	Valgren	Pedersen	van Aert	Larsen
Deutschland Tour						Stuyven
Tour of Britain	van Baarle	Boasson Hagen	Cummings	Boom	Alaphilippe	van der Poel
Three Days of De Panne	Van Keirsbulck	Kristoff	Westra	Gilbert	Viviani [n 1]
Tour of Croatia					Siutsou
Dubai Tour		Cavendish	Kittel	Kittel	Viviani
Tour des Fjords					Albasini
Colorado Classic				Senni	Mannion
Tour of Hainan	Antomarchi	Modolo	Lutsenko	Mosca	Masnada
Abu Dhabi Tour			Kangert
Tour of California	Wiggins	Sagan	Alaphilippe
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey	Yates	Đurasek	Gonçalves
Tour of Qatar	Terpstra	Terpstra	Cavendish
Critérium International	Péraud	Péraud	Pinot
Tour of Austria	Kennaugh	de la Parte
Bayern Rundfahrt	Thomas	Dowsett
USA Pro Cycling Challenge	Van Garderen	Dennis

Most race wins

Rank	Cyclist	1.HC	2.HC	Total
1.	Philippe Gilbert	9	2	11
2.	Tom Boonen	9	1	10
3.	Marcel Kittel	6	2	8
	Alexander Kristoff	6	2	8
5.	Mark Cavendish	3	3	6
	Sonny Colbrelli	6	0	6
	Jakob Fuglsang	0	6	6
	Greg Van Avermaet	2	4	6
9.	Pascal Ackermann	5	0	5
	Robbie McEwen	5	0	5