In road bicycle racing, the major one-week stage races or big seven stage races are a group of seven elite men's stage races held as part of the UCI WorldTour: ParisâÂÂNice, TirrenoâÂÂAdriatico, Volta a Catalunya, Tour of the Basque Country, Tour de Romandie, Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Tour de Suisse. All the races are held in the spring between March and June (with ParisâÂÂNice and TirrenoâÂÂAdriatico held simultaneously) and include between 6 and 8 stages. The races are grouped together due to their historic prestige and strength of competition, although they exist a tier below the Grand Tours in prominence and UCI ranking points.
Sean Kelly won a record 14 majors from 1982 to 1990. Primoà ¾ Rogliàis second with 11 wins, and is the only rider to win six different major one-week races (only missing the Tour de Suisse). Eddy Merckx and Richie Porte are second with five different wins (both missing TirrenoâÂÂAdriatico and Tour of the Basque Country). In 2025, João Almeida became the most recent cyclist to win three major races in a single season.
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