Best February
Tour du Haut-Var was a French professional road-cycling race based in the Var department and first held in 1969. Its early editions were one-day events, while later versions used a stage-race format and occupied a place in the European season's early calendar. The race was renamed Tour des Alpes-Mar...
The Grand Prix de l'Ouverture La Marseillaise is a French one-day road cycling race established in 1980. Traditionally held in February, it is associated with the opening of the European professional cycling calendar and is known as a men's race rather than a stage event. Its identity is tied to the...
Ruta Ciclista del Sol is part of the official name Vuelta a Andalucía-Ruta Ciclista del Sol, a Spanish professional road-cycling stage race in Andalusia. It is traditionally held in February and forms part of the early European road-racing calendar. The route changes from one edition to another, but...
Ruta del Sol is the short name for the Vuelta a Andalucía-Ruta Ciclista del Sol, a Spanish professional road-cycling stage race in Andalusia. It is traditionally held in February and uses several stages across southern Spain, making it an early-season test of climbing, time management, and team tact...
The Étoile de Bessèges, also called the Tour du Gard, is a French professional road cycling stage race held around Bessèges and other towns in the Gard department. Roland Fangille created it in 1971 as a one-day event, and it became a multi-stage race in 1974. Its early-February position in the cale...
French stage race held in the Provence region since 2017, an early-season WorldTour event attracting top teams to the south of France.
The women's edition of the Clásica de Almería, a one-day road race held in the province of Almería in southeastern Spain on the UCI Women's WorldTour.
A cycling event held on the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote, widely known as a popular long-distance sportive attracting amateur riders internationally.
French stage race held in the Var department and neighboring areas of southern France, an early-season event formerly known as the Tour Méditerranéen.
French one-day race held in the Marseille area since 1980, traditionally considered the first major one-day race of the European cycling season.
UAE stage race held from 2015 to 2019, attracting top WorldTour teams before being succeeded by the broader UAE Tour starting in 2019.
French one-day UCI race held in the rugged Ardèche department, typically contested in winter as an early-season test for punchy climbers.
Saudi Arabian stage race launched in 2020 as part of the UCI ProSeries, held annually in the Riyadh region of the Arabian Peninsula.
