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Famous road bicycle races
The most famous cycling race is the Tour de France, a multi-stage tour
over three weeks through France, traditionally ending in Paris. Similar long
multi-stage tours are held in Italy (the Giro d'Italia) and Spain (the Vuelta
a Espaņa). These three races make up the "Grand Tours".
Professional racing is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale. In 2005
a new series UCI ProTour was unveiled to replace the UCI World Cup series
which contained only one-day races. In contrast, the new UCI ProTour includes
stage races such as the grand tours Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta
a Espaņa, and smaller stage races such as Paris-Nice and the Dauphine Libere.
The most important one-day races are part of this new ProTour: Milan-San Remo
(Italy), Tour of Flanders (Belgium), Paris-Roubaix (France),
Ličge-Bastogne-Ličge (Belgium) and Amstel Gold Race (Netherlands) in spring,
Clasica San Sebastian (Spain), HEW-Cyclassics Cup (Germany), Championship of
Zürich (Switzerland), Paris-Tours (France) and Giro di Lombardia (Italy) in
autumn.
The Race Across America, or RAAM is an ultra marathon road race. It is a
single stage race without designated rest periods about 3,000 miles or 4,830
kilometers long over 9 days with cyclists racing approximately 22 hours a day
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