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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Men's professional road cycling: Changes for 2020". www.uci.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-11.
  2. ^ UCI Cycling Regulations, Part 2 Road Races, 2.1.005
  1. ^ a b In 2018, the Three Days of De Panne was categorized as a 1.HC one-day race.