2017 cycling calendar

Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador will resume their rivalry in 2017

Here is the calendar of men's and women's professional road races in 2017...

Men

January
Jan 17-22: Tour Down Under
January 29: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
Jan 31-Feb 4: Dubai Tour

February
Jan 31-Feb 4: Dubai Tour
Feb 1-5: Herald Sun Tour
Feb 6-10: Tour of Qatar
Feb 14-19: Tour of Oman
Feb 15-19: Ruta del Sol
Feb 15-19: Volta ao Algarve
Feb 23-26: Abu Dhabi Tour
Feb 25: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Feb 26: Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

March
Mar 4: Strade Bianche
Mar 5-12: Paris-Nice
Mar 8-14: Tirreno-Adriatico
Mar 18: Milan-San Remo
Mar 20-26: Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Mar 22: Dwars Door Vlaanderen
Mar 24: E3 Harelbeke
Mar 26: Gent-Wevelgem

April
Apr 2: Tour of Flanders
Apr 3-8: Tour of the Basque Country
Apr 5: Scheldeprijs
Apr 9: Paris-Roubaix
Apr 16: Amstel Gold Race
Apr 18-21: Giro del Trentino
Apr 18-23: Tour of Turkey
Apr 19: La Fleche Wallonne
Apr 23: Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Apr 25-30: Tour de Romandie
Apr 28-30: Tour de Yorkshire

May
May 1: Eschborn-Frankfurt
May 5-28: Giro d'Italia
May 14-21: Tour of California
May 17-21: Tour of Norway

June
Jun 4-11: Criterium du Dauphine
Jun 10-18: Tour de Suisse

July
Jul 1-23: Tour de France
Jul 29: Clasica San Sebastian
Jul 29-Aug 4: Tour of Poland
Jul 30: RideLondon-Surrey Classic

August
Jul 29-Aug 4: Tour of Poland
Aug 7-13: Eneco Tour
Aug 19-Sep 10: Vuelta a Espana
Aug 20: Cyclassics Hamburg
Aug 27: Bretagne Classic-Ouest France

September
Aug 19-Sep 10: Vuelta a Espana
Sep 3-10: Tour of Britain
Sep 8: Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec
Sep 10: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal
Sep 30: Il Lombardia

Lizzie Deignan will target the spring Classics in 2017

Women

March
Mar 4: Strade Bianche
Mar 11: Ronde van Drenthe
Mar 19: Trofeo Alfredo Binda
Mar 26: Gent-Wevelgem

April
Apr 2: Tour of Flanders
Apr 16: Amstel Gold Race
Apr 19: La Fleche Wallonne
Apr 23: Liege-Bastogne-Liege

May
May 5-7: Tour of Chongming Island
May 11-14: Tour of California

June
Jun 4: Philadelphia Classic
Jun 7-11: Women's Tour
Jun 30-Jul 9: Giro d'Italia

July
Jul 20: La Course by Le Tour de France
Jul 29: RideLondon

August
Aug 11: Vargada team time trial
Aug 13: Vargada road race
Aug 17-20: Ladies' Tour of Norway
Aug 26: GP Plouay
Aug 29-Sep 3: Boels Rental Ladies' Tour

September
Aug 29-Sep 3: Boels Rental Ladies' Tour
Sep 10: Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta