I believe that, in general, only results in fully professional races or results achieved on the highest amateur level should be listed in palmares, similar to the criteria for athlete notability in WP:ATHLETE. To make clear which races these are, I try to make a sourced list of professional races for men's road racing. A similar list could be made for other disciplines (mountain bike, track cycling, ...). For women's road racing, less sources are available, so it becomes more complicated.
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the highest organisation with respect to road cycling, so they are the main standard.
At this moment, I have added the years 1959 to 1963, 1987 and 1989 to now. The criteria that I have used so far are:
These were the highest season-long cycling competitions. Others exist or existed, for example the UCI Continental Circuits, but I have no proof of them being fully professional, and, as far as I know, a major part of the competitors there could be semi-professional.
If a race is not in the list, it does not mean that it is not professional, just that I have no source yet for it to be professional. The Tour, Giro and Vuelta from 2008 to 2009 on were still fully professional, even though they were not in the ProTour, for example.
Race |
Professional in |
Reason
|
Milan-Sanremo |
1960-1963,1987 1989–2007 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [1][2][3][4][5] Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
Tour of Flanders |
1960-1963,1987 1989–2009 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [1][2][3][4][5] Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Paris-Roubaix |
1959-1963,1987 1989–2007 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [27][1][2][3][4][5] Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
Liège-Bastogne-Liège |
1960,1987 1989–2007 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [1][5] Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
Amstel Gold Race |
1987 1989–2009 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5] Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Wincanton Classic Aka Leeds International classic Aka Rochester classic |
1989–1997 |
Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
|
Grand Prix des Amériques |
1987 1989–1992 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5] Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8][9]
|
Clásica de San Sebastián Aka San Sebastian - San Sebastian |
1987 1989–2009 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5] Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Zürich-Metzgete Aka Grand Prix de Zurich Aka Grand Prix Suisse Aka Meisterschaft von Zürich |
1987 1989–2006 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5] Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23]
|
G.P. de la Liberation (the same as Eindhoven Team Time Trial?) |
1989–1991 |
Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8]
|
Paris-Tours |
1959-1963 1989–2007 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [27][1][2][3][4] Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
Giro di Lombardia |
1960-1963,1987 1989–2007 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [1][2][3][4][5] Included in UCI World Cup [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
Time trial in Lunel |
1990 |
Included in UCI World Cup [7]
|
Grand Prix des Nations |
1959-1963 1991–1993 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International[27][1][2][4]> Included in UCI World Cup [8][9][10]
|
Rund um den Henninger-Turm |
1987 1995 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5] Included in UCI World Cup [12]
|
Japan Cup |
1996 |
Included in UCI World Cup [13]
|
HEW Cyclassics Aka Vattenfall Cyclassics |
1998–2009 |
Included in UCI World Cup [15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Paris-Nice Aka Paris-Nice-Rome |
1959-1960, 1962-1963,1987 2005–2007 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [27][1][3][4][5] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
Tirreno-Adriatico |
1987 2005–2007 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco |
2005–2009 |
Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Gent-Wevelgem |
1987 2005–2009 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
La Flèche Wallonne |
1961-1963,1987 2005–2007 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [2][3][4][5] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
Tour de Romandie |
1961-1962,1987 2005–2009 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [2][3][5] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Giro d'Italia |
1961-1962,1987 2005–2007 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [2][3][5] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya |
1987 2005–2009 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré |
1959-1963,1987 2005–2009 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [27][1][2][3][4][5] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Tour de Suisse |
1987 2005–2009 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Eindhoven Team Time Trial |
2005–2007 |
Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
Tour de France |
1959-1963,1987 2005–2007 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [27][1][2][3][4][5] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
ENECO Tour |
2005–2009 |
Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Deutschland Tour |
2005–2008 |
Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25]
|
Vuelta a España |
1961-1963,1987 2005–2007 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [2][3][4][5] Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24]
|
GP Ouest France-Plouay |
2005–2009 |
Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Tour de Pologne |
2005–2009 |
Included in UCI ProTour [22][23][24][25][26]
|
Tour Down Under |
2008–2009 |
Included in UCI ProTour [25][26]
|
Tour of the EEG |
1987 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5]
|
Four Days of Dunkirk |
1961,1987 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [2][5]
|
Coors Classic |
1987 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5]
|
Vuelta a Colombia |
1987 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5]
|
Tour of Ireland |
1987 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5]
|
Clásico RCN |
1987 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5]
|
Midi Libre |
1961,1987 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [2][5]
|
World Road Race Championship |
1959-1963,1987 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [27][1][2][3][4][5]
|
Paris-Brussels |
1959-1963,1987 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [27][1][2][3][4][5]
|
Omloop Het Volk |
1987 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [5]
|
Gran Prix Ockers |
1959-1963 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [27][1][2][3][4]
|
Bordeaux-Paris |
1959-1963 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [27][1][2][3][4]
|
Tour de l'Ouest |
1959-1960 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [27][1]
|
Geneva-Nice |
1961-1962 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [2][3]
|
3 Valle Varesine |
1961 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [2]
|
Giro Campania |
1962 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [3]
|
GP Parisien |
1963 |
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [4]
|
There should be 33 entries for 1987, currently I have 32 entries.[5]
References