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February 2026

Races to be designed:
Fantasy WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Road Race >>> Taka
Fantasy WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ITT >>> Taka
World Championships Cyclocross >>> Gip
Volta Comunitat Valenciana
Tour of Oman >>> Taka
Tour de la Provence
UAE Tour
Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta

Races to be checked:
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
Trofeo Palma
Grand Prix Cycliste de Marseille La Marseillaise >>> OL
Muscat Classic
Figueira Champions Classic
Clasica de Almeria
Clasica Jaen
Classic Var >>> OL
Tour des Alpes-Maritimes
Faun-Ardèche Classic
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad


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GREEN = DONE

Possible dates for fantasy World Championships:

Tu, 3rd Feb (in that case, we could have cyclocross world championships as a national team event, too)
Th, 12th Feb
Tu, 24th Feb
We, 25th Feb

Depending on which date is preferred, we can have National Championships on one of the other available dates.

Otherwise, feel free to discuss stage races (always tricky in Feb) and one day races (less tricky), too.

Maybe we could think about adding an Andalucia edition too. Either additional to what we have, or by cutting one more UAE edition (Probably the better option with current player numbers)

Gipfelstuermer wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:15 pm

Possible dates for fantasy World Championships:

Tu, 3rd Feb (in that case, we could have cyclocross world championships as a national team event, too)
Th, 12th Feb
Tu, 24th Feb
We, 25th Feb

Depending on which date is preferred, we can have National Championships on one of the other available dates.

Otherwise, feel free to discuss stage races (always tricky in Feb) and one day races (less tricky), too.

WC cyclocross for nations is a good idea

UAE at 20 and Volta parallel at 21 i find a bit strange, better switch it a bit around too habe them further apart?

Maybe UAE 19 and put provence to 20?

As calendar coordination becomes complicated again in the early sprint, I have some suggestions as well. Again, the table includes all races x.1 and higher. This is no suggestion to ride all of them.

One day races, maybe move one from 2nd to 3rd (will there be a parallel program to the WC?). South Aegean GP could replace the fantasy race on the 26th as well.

Tour-wise, I think we can do five parallel editions. Parallel tours can turn out more teams than 5 times the same profile, so I think five editions are fine. This means we could add more tours if we have designers, even if it will be just one edition for some tours. Besseges has similar fields (in real life) to Valenciana and Oman. Lower cat should be no criterion there, especially against tours outside Europe. Murcia, as a two-stage tour, would be a newish thing. Again, it has similar participation to Provance, so a 2-2 would be possible. From UEA, Algarve, and Andalucia, I would say Andalucia has slightly weaker fields, but is still important, while Algarve has very strong fields. So my suggestion would be 2-2-1. Sardegna is back in the calendar after a few years. Maybe an Italian speaker can try to find out if it will go ahead this year. As it crashes with another half-classic on March 1st (not the February 29th) I will not ride it, but some teams may like it. Last but not least, I would love to ride a race outside Europe, but Rwanda starts one day to early to be a real option.

I would love to read more opinions, and could do some designing later this month (or next month if the profiles come late).

GP La marseillaise changed the route this year, especially the end. New design required. But can't find enough details yet. still hilly but without the key steep climb we had the past years.
Faun-Ardèche Classic need an update with the final circuit at least. same spirit, hard hilly.
Classic Var needs a full redesign, more sprinters friendly this year. not for climbers this time.
Tour des Alpes-Maritimes, hilly with a possible short (1.5kms) hilltop finish.

Tour de la Provence, even if stages 1 and 3 have the same start and arrival towns as last year, routes are different. Stage 2 is completely different, with a big moutain top finish (will see if the weather allows it irl), so it changes the face of GC fight compared to last year.

If I have time, I might start to design the ones with available info this weekend.

Bessèges has an interesting profil with the short hilly ITT at the end. Quite short stages also, usually liked by many managers I'd remember ?
Also, some stages are similar to past years, so less design work there.

olmania wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:46 pm

Bessèges has an interesting profil with the short hilly ITT at the end. Quite short stages also, usually liked by many managers I'd remember ?
Also, some stages are similar to past years, so less design work there.

One edition of Bessèges would be nice maybe, but hard to tell with 2 tours parallel. Profiles are looking interesting

Is there any chance that we could have the 20h UAE moved to 22h or later?

Also isn't it NC's month?

Let's Go wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 14, 2026 10:32 am

Also isn't it NC's month?

could put NCs and Worldup on the same day then.

Hansa wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 14, 2026 10:46 am

Let's Go wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 14, 2026 10:32 am

Also isn't it NC's month?

could put NCs and Worldup on the same day then.

Dont think that is easily possible from a technical perspective. We already have issues with the WC and i.e. selling riders. (or are they solved already?)

Let's Go wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 14, 2026 10:32 am

Also isn't it NC's month?

Gipfelstuermer wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:15 pm

Possible dates for fantasy World Championships:

Tu, 3rd Feb (in that case, we could have cyclocross world championships as a national team event, too)
Th, 12th Feb
Tu, 24th Feb
We, 25th Feb

Depending on which date is preferred, we can have National Championships on one of the other available dates.

Otherwise, feel free to discuss stage races (always tricky in Feb) and one day races (less tricky), too.

I made the WC races in Uzebekistan as tribute to Murodbek, best rider of the year. Weather won'tbe the greatest but not so bad still.

The U23 races are not available yet?




a bit of a sprinter friendly profile but with the long distance and the 150ish km hilly circuit it will be difficult. There's only one 6% but plenty of orange parts in the circiuit. Final 100 are flat.

Didn't set a mintact yet, not sure what would make sense last 20 or more.

cataracs wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:07 pm

can we get one with 40+ kms to be within the UCi regulations for Road wc itt?

Hansa wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 15, 2026 10:22 am

cataracs wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:07 pm

can we get one with 40+ kms to be within the UCi regulations for Road wc itt?

Ok

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can we risk to go over 40+ and take 45 kms to be within/or without the UCi regulations for Road wc itt ... because its a fantasy race? no-I think. better no fantasy here

details about KOM/IS will probably need an update later




No info yet about KOM/IS, need to be added later if there are some.

Won't have time to do more this weekend and probably until next sunday.

cataracs wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:07 pm

The U23 races are not available yet?

Not possible, Gip Alk?

No fantasy WC early on the month. It shows other managers the form. Or introduce the option that teams don't allow riders to take part in a fantasy WC.

Or to say it in another way. 5 months after the last WC another one. No logic no sense, no thought, pure idiocy. Thank you for your time

Robyklebt wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 18, 2026 2:44 am

No fantasy WC early on the month. It shows other managers the form. Or introduce the option that teams don't allow riders to take part in a fantasy WC.

Or to say it in another way. 5 months after the last WC another one. No logic no sense, no thought, pure idiocy. Thank you for your time

Hiding the form should be the standard imo. It give give some more fun to the WC races too not knowing it (or just when you have good Connections to the team manager)

drei.zehn wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 14, 2026 8:44 am

olmania wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:46 pm

Bessèges has an interesting profil with the short hilly ITT at the end. Quite short stages also, usually liked by many managers I'd remember ?
Also, some stages are similar to past years, so less design work there.

One edition of Bessèges would be nice maybe, but hard to tell with 2 tours parallel. Profiles are looking interesting

+1 for Besseges in the calender

I'll start with designing Valenciana

CircleCycle wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 19, 2026 9:07 am

drei.zehn wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 14, 2026 8:44 am

olmania wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 13, 2026 11:46 pm

Bessèges has an interesting profil with the short hilly ITT at the end. Quite short stages also, usually liked by many managers I'd remember ?
Also, some stages are similar to past years, so less design work there.

One edition of Bessèges would be nice maybe, but hard to tell with 2 tours parallel. Profiles are looking interesting

+1 for Besseges in the calender

We'll have two horrible days for one day races but if the three of you can agree on a Time for Besseges, I am OK with adding one edition.