UCI .HC road races explained

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

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

Race	Country	UCI Tour	Years
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race^↑			2016
			2011–2019
			2018–2019
			2005–2019
Dwars door Vlaanderen^↑			2013–2016
E3 Harelbeke^↑			2005–2011
			2016–2019
			2016–2019
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad^↑			2005–2016
			2015–2019
			2005–2019
			2017–2019
			2016–2019
			2005–2019
			2008–2019
			2010–2013
Eschborn–Frankfurt^↑			2005–2014, 2016
			2007
			2015–2019
London–Surrey Classic^↑			2014–2016
			2005–2008
			2005–2008
			2005–2009
			2005–2019
			2014–2019
			2017–2019
			2015
			2005–2006, 2008–2012, 2015–2016, 2018–2019
			2005–2007, 2012–2019
Strade Bianche^↑			2015–2016
			2005–2019
			2015–2019
			2008–2019
			2018–2019
			2005–2010
			2012–2013, 2018–2019
			2007–2012
			2015–2017
			2005–2010, 2014–2019
			2005–2012
			2005

^↑
Race was promoted to the UCI World Tour.

List of 2.HC events

Race	Country	UCI Tour	Years
Tour Down Under^↑			2005–2007
			2006–2015
			2009–2019
Three Days of De Panne^↑			2005–2018
			2005–2019
			2009–2018
			2005–2019
			2018
			2006
			2005–2019
			2005–2016
			2005–2019
			2011–2012
			2005–2015
			2019
			2014–2019
			2019
			2011–2019
			2005–2019
			2012–2019
			2015–2019
			2018
			2014–2019
			2005–2019
			2017–2019
			2005–2009
			2012–2016
			2019
			2005–2008
			2005
			2017–2019
			2005–2019
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey^↑			2010–2016
Abu Dhabi Tour^↑			2016
			2015–2018
			2017–2018
Tour of California^↑			2007–2016
			2006–2008
			2009
			2015–2019
			2012–2015

^↑
Race was promoted to the UCI World Tour.

Winners by race

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

2005–2013

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad									Paolini
Clásica de Almería	colspan=7 style=background-color:lightblue			Renshaw
Milano–Torino				colspan=4 style=background-color:#999999			Ulissi
Dwars door Vlaanderen	colspan=8 style=background-color:lightblue		Gatto
E3 Harelbeke								colspan=2 style=background-color:gold
GP Miguel Induráin	colspan=2 style=background-color:lightblue								style=background-color:lightblue
Rund um Köln	colspan=2 style=background-color:lightblue			style=background-color:#999999		colspan=5 style=background-color:lightblue
Scheldeprijs									Kittel
Veenendaal–Veenendaal							colspan=3 style=background-color:lightblue
Brabantse Pijl	colspan=6 style=background-color:lightblue				Sagan
Rund um den Henniger Turm									Špilak
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton							colspan=3 style=background-color:lightblue
Philadelphia International Cycling Classic									style=background-color:lightblue
Giro del Lazio						style=background-color:lightblue
Tre Valli Varesine									Đurasek
Giro del Veneto						style=background-color:lightblue		style=background-color:#999999		style=background-color:lightblue	style=background-color:#999999
Coppa Placci					colspan=2 style=background-color:lightblue		colspan=3 style=background-color:#999999
San Francisco Grand Prix		colspan=8 style=background-color:#999999
Paris-Brussels									Greipel
Grand Prix de Fourmies									Bouhanni
Tour de Vendée	colspan=5 style=background-color:lightblue				Kreder	Bouhanni
Giro dell'Emilia								Quintana	Ulissi
Paris–Tours	colspan=3 style=background-color:gold						Marcato	Degenkolb
Giro del Piemonte			style=background-color:#999999							style=background-color:#999999
Japan Cup	colspan=3 style=background-color:lightblue							Rogers

2014–2019

Year	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Trofeo Laigueglia	style=background-color:lightblue						Velasco
Clásica de Almería	colspan=4 style=background-color:lightblue			Ackermann
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne	colspan=2 style=background-color:lightblue					Jungels
GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano	style=background-color:lightblue		style=background-color:#999999		style=background-color:lightblue			Schachmann
Ronde van Drenthe	colspan=4 style=background-color:lightblue			Ligthart
Nokere Koerse	colspan=2 style=background-color:lightblue					Bol
Bredene Koksijde Classic	colspan=4 style=background-color:lightblue			Ackermann
Grand Prix de Denain	colspan=2 style=background-color:lightblue					van der Poel
Scheldeprijs						Jakobsen
Brabantse Pijl						van der Poel
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
Brussels Cycling Classic						Ewan
Grand Prix de Fourmies						Ackermann
Primus Classic	style=background-color:lightblue						Theuns
Münsterland Giro	style=background-color:lightblue
Tour de l'Eurométropole	colspan=3 style=background-color:lightblue				Allegaert
Giro dell'Emilia						Roglič
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli						Colbrelli
Tre Valli Varesine						Roglič
Milano–Torino						Woods
Gran Piemonte	style=background-color:#999999				style=background-color:#999999
Paris–Tours						Wallays
Japan Cup
Gran Premio di Lugano	style=background-color:lightblue					colspan=2 style=background-color:lightblue
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race	style=background-color:#999999		style=background-color:lightblue			colspan=3 style=background-color:gold
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad				colspan=3 style=background-color:gold
Strade Bianche	style=background-color:lightblue				colspan=3 style=background-color:gold
Dwars door Vlaanderen				colspan=3 style=background-color:gold
Eschborn–Frankfurt		style=background-color:#999999			colspan=3 style=background-color:gold
London–Surrey Classic				colspan=3 style=background-color:gold
Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie	style=background-color:lightblue			colspan=4 style=background-color:#999999

2.HC Winners

2005–2013

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2013
Tour Down Under				colspan=6 style=background-color:gold
Tour of Qatar	colspan=7 style=background-color:lightblue			Cavendish
Tour of Oman	colspan=5 style=background-color:#999999		colspan=2 style=background-color:lightblue			Froome
Tour de Langkawi								Arredondo
Tour of California	style=background-color:#999999		style=background-color:lightblue							Van Garderen
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme		colspan=8 style=background-color:#999999
Critérium International								Froome
Three Days of De Panne								Chavanel
Giro del Trentino	colspan=6 style=background-color:lightblue				Nibali
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey	colspan=5 style=background-color:lightblue					Berhane
Tour de Georgia	style=background-color:lightblue					colspan=5 style=background-color:#999999
Four Days of Dunkirk								Démare
Peace Race	style=background-color:lightblue			colspan=7 style=background-color:#999999
Tour of Belgium	colspan=4 style=background-color:lightblue						T Martin
Bayern Rundfahrt								Malori
Euskal Bizikleta					colspan=5 style=background-color:#999999
Tour de Luxembourg								Martens
Tour of Austria	style=background-color:lightblue								Zoidl
Tour of Qinghai Lake								Pourseyedi
Tour de Wallonie								Van Avermaet
Danmark Rundt								Kelderman
Volta a Portugal						colspan=4 style=background-color:lightblue
Vuelta a Burgos								Quintana
Tour du Limousin	colspan=6 style=background-color:lightblue				style=background-color:lightblue
USA Pro Cycling Challenge	colspan=6 style=background-color:#999999		style=background-color:lightblue			Van Garderen
Tour of Missouri	colspan=2 style=background-color:#999999		colspan=2 style=background-color:lightblue			colspan=4 style=background-color:#999999
Tour of Hainan	style=background-color:#999999		colspan=3 style=background-color:lightblue					Hofland

2014–2019

Year	2014	2016	2017	2018	2019
Tour of Oman					Lutsenko
Volta ao Algarve	colspan=3 style=background-color:lightblue			Pogačar
Vuelta a Andalucía	colspan=3 style=background-color:lightblue			Fuglsang
Tour de Langkawi					Dyball
Tour of the Alps					Sivakov
Tour de Yorkshire	style=background-color:#999999	colspan=4 style=background-color:lightblue		Lawless
Four Days of Dunkirk					Teunissen
Tour of Norway					Kristoff
Tour de Luxembourg					Herrada
Tour of Belgium					Evenepoel
Tour of Slovenia	colspan=5 style=background-color:lightblue	Ulissi
Tour of Qinghai Lake					Chalapud
Tour de Wallonie
Vuelta a Burgos					Sosa
Tour of Utah	style=background-color:lightblue					Hermans
Arctic Race of Norway	style=background-color:lightblue					Lutsenko
Danmark Rundt					Larsen
Deutschland Tour	colspan=4 style=background-color:#999999	style=background-color:lightblue		Stuyven
Tour of Britain					van der Poel
Three Days of De Panne					style=background-color:gold
Tour of Croatia	style=background-color:#999999	colspan=3 style=background-color:lightblue			style=background-color:lightblue
Dubai Tour	style=background-color:lightblue					style=background-color:#999999
Tour des Fjords	colspan=4 style=background-color:lightblue		style=background-color:#999999
Colorado Classic	colspan=3 style=background-color:#999999			style=background-color:#999999
Tour of Hainan					style=background-color:#999999
Abu Dhabi Tour	style=background-color:#999999	style=background-color:lightblue			colspan=3 style=background-color:gold
Tour of California			colspan=3 style=background-color:gold
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey			colspan=3 style=background-color:gold
Tour of Qatar			colspan=3 style=background-color:#999999
Critérium International			colspan=3 style=background-color:#999999
Tour of Austria		colspan=4 style=background-color:lightblue
Bayern Rundfahrt		colspan=4 style=background-color:#999999
USA Pro Cycling Challenge		colspan=4 style=background-color:#999999

Most race wins

Rank	1.HC	2.HC	Total
1.	9	2	11
2.	9	1	10
3.	6	2	8
3.	6	2	8
5.	3	3	6
	6	0	6
	0	6	6
	2	4	6
9.	5	0	5
9.	5	0	5

Notes and References

Web site: Men's professional road cycling: Changes for 2020 . www.uci.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191011152615/https://www.uci.org/inside-uci/press-releases/men%27s-professional-road-cycling-changes-for-2020 . 2019-10-11.
http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/17/42/14/2-ROA-20160101-E_English.pdf UCI Cycling Regulations, Part 2 Road Races