CYCLYSM SCHEDULE

(Times Subject To Change)
 

May 11th @ 4PM ET, May 18th @ 4PM ET
May 25th @ 4PM & June 1st @ 3PM ET

The 2008 Giro d'Italia will be noted for its number of time trials – four – as it ends and begins with timed tests. RCS Sport unveiled this year's Italian Grand Tour, which starts in Palermo on May 10 and ends in Milano on June 1, and totals 3423.8 kilometres.

June 8th @ 5PM ET & June 15th @ 5PM ET

The week-long Dauphiné Libéré comes at a strategic moment in the season as the leading stage race riders begin to fine tune for the summer stage races. The route of the Dauphiné Libéré always includes some of the legendary Alpine climbs as well mountain stages, time trials and flat stages. It all makes for a thrilling race.

June 25th-28th @ 6PM ET & June 29th @ 5:30PM ET

The very first Tour de France-style “espoir” race in the United States (“Espoir,” French for “hope,” denotes the race is for up-and-coming riders under the age of 25).  Six-day stage race televised around the world and covering more than 450 miles of Pennsylvania’s rolling hills and city streets.  A total of $150,000 will be awarded in stage prizes, overall general classification and special competitions -- the world's largest-ever prize list for U25 riders. Comprised of at least 20 teams of six riders each from the United States and around the world. Racers of 15 nationalities will compete including at least one Pennsylvania-based team, the PA Lightning.

July 5th-27th (Complete TV Schedule Coming Soon)

The Tour de France is the most prestigious bicycle race in the world. First held in 1903, the race takes a three-week route through France. The Tour de France is considered the most difficult race on the calendar due to the extreme terrain and the top level of competition. The winner of the race is generally regarded as the top cyclist that year regardless of other race results. The race leader wears a yellow jersey, or "Maillot Jaune" in French, the color of a French newspaper, L'Auto, the race's original sponsor. The yellow jersey allows the public to more easily identify the race leader. The King of the Mountains jersey, which signifies the best climber, is a white jersey with big red polka dots on it. The Points jersey, which signifies the rider with the most consistent finishes and intermediate sprints, is a green jersey. Winners of the green jersey are usually the best sprinters in the race that year.

September 7th @ 5:30PM ET

After being held in Philadelphia for the past 21 years, this year the USA Cycling Professional Championships will take place in Greenville, South Carolina for the first time in the race history there will be two different champions as over 165 of America's top riders compete in two events - the individual time trial race against the clock for 30 miles and a 145 mile road race.  Also for the first time the event will showcase an exclusive all American field to battle it out for the coveted stars and stripes national champion jersey.

September 21st @ 5PM ET

The climbers can celebrate. A return to the gruelling Angliru, a very tough day in the Pyrenees, an uphill time trial, a total of five summit finishes and just 40 kilometres of flat time trial for the specialists against the clock; this is, in truth, a Vuelta tailor-made for those who shine when it comes to battling with gravity. Starting in Granada on August 30th and concluding in Madrid 23 days and 3169 kilometres later, the Grand Tour will be fought on uphill terrain and should see some epic tussles by the mountain riders in the battle for the final maillot oro.

September 28th @ 5PM ET

Twelve cities around the Show Me State have been selected as Start or Finish cities for the second edition of the Tour of Missouri, an elite, point-to-point cycling stage race to be held September 8-14, 2008.
The second Tour of Missouri has been extended from six to seven days after an extremely successful inaugural event in 2007, and will showcase some of the state’s most beautiful roads and rolling terrain, rich history, and diverse scenery, from the start in St. Joseph, site of the Pony Express, to Kansas City, to the Ozarks, to the bourgeoning wine country, culminating with a blockbuster weekend again with stops in historic St. Charles and the ultimate finish in St. Louis with the Gateway Arch as a backdrop.

October 12th @ 4PM ET

Paris-Tours, a race which covers over 250 k in one day,is the last prestigious race on the cycling calendar.

October 19th @ 4PM ET

The last classic of the season and the final race of the UCI Pro Tour, the Giro di Lombardia, "the race of the falling leaves" will take place for the one hundredth time this year in Italy.  With some moderate climbing, it is no surprise that a climber can find success in this one day race, but the rest of the peleton cannot be counted out, because anything can happen on the way to the finish at Como.

November 9th @ 4PM ET

In less than 20 years, the Tour du Faso has become the greatest professional race in Africa, reflecting the vitality of its creators. Debuting in 1987, the event features 11 race stages, one rest day 1305.5km and six riders per team. The Tour is widening its horizons and innovating, a proof of its vitality.