Major one week stage races (cycling)
Group of seven prestigious cycling stage races
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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: Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, 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 Paris–Nice and Tirreno–Adriatico 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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Sean Kelly won a record 14 majors from 1982 to 1990. Primož Roglič is second with 11 wins, and is one of two riders to win six different major one-week races alongside Tadej Pogačar.[7] Eddy Merckx, Richie Porte and Jonas Vingegaard are third with five different wins.
In 2025, João Almeida became the most recent cyclist to win three major races in a single season (fourth in history with this achievement).[8]
Full list
7 major one week stage races
| Since | Race | Date | Stages | Most wins | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 |  Paris–Nice |
March | 8 |  Sean Kelly (7x) |
84 |
| 1966 |  Tirreno–Adriatico |
7 |  Roger De Vlaeminck (6x) |
61 | |
| 1911 |  Volta a Catalunya |
7 |   Mariano Cañardo (7x) |
105 | |
| 1924 | Tour of the Basque Country |
April | 6 |  José Antonio González (4x) Alberto Contador (4x) |
65 |
| 1947 |  Tour de Romandie |
April–May | 5 + prologue | Stephen Roche (3x) |
79 |
| 1947 | Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes[a] |
June | 8 | Nello Lauredi (3x) Luis Ocaña (3x) Bernard Hinault (3x) Charly Mottet (3x) Chris Froome (3x) |
78 |
| 1933 | Tour de Suisse |
8 | Pasquale Fornara (4x) |
89 |
- Between Volta a Catalunya (1911) and Tour de Suisse (2026) there have been total 561 major one week stage races held.
Jersey colors
| Race | General | Points | Mountains | Young rider | Team | Combativity |
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| Paris–Nice |
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| Tirreno–Adriatico |
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no jersey | N/A |
| Volta a Catalunya |
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| Tour of the Basque Country |
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| Tour de Romandie |
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| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
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| Tour de Suisse |
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All winners by years
Three wins in a single season
| Rider | Year | Pa–Nice | Tirr–Adr | Catalunya | Basque | Romandie | A-R-A[a] | Suisse |
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| Sean Kelly |
1984 |  |
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| Sean Kelly |
1986 | |
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| Bradley Wiggins |
2012 | |
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 João Almeida |
2025 | |
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Statistics
Different wins
Multiple winners by year
| Wins | Rider | Editions |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Sean Kelly | 1982, 1983 (2x), 1984 (3x), 1985, 1986 (3x), 1987 (2x), 1988, 1990 |
| 11 |  Primož Roglič | 2018 (2x), 2019 (2x), 2021, 2022 (2x), 2023 (2x), 2024, 2025 |
| 9 | Jacques Anquetil | 1957, 1961, 1963 (2x), 1965 (2x), 1966, 1967, 1969 |
| Tony Rominger | 1989, 1990, 1991 (2x), 1992, 1993, 1994 (2x), 1995 | |
| 8 | Mariano Cañardo | 1928, 1929, 1930 (2x), 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939 |
| 7 | Eddy Merckx | 1968 (2x), 1969, 1970, 1971 (2x), 1974 |
| Roger De Vlaeminck | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 (2x), 1976, 1977 | |
| Miguel Induráin | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996 | |
| Alberto Contador | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014 (2x), 2016 | |
| Tadej Pogačar | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 (2x) | |
| 6 | Luis Ocaña | 1970, 1971 (2x), 1972, 1973 (2x) |
| Laurent Jalabert | 1995 (2x), 1996, 1997, 1999 (2x) | |
 Richie Porte | 2013, 2015 (2x), 2017, 2018, 2021 | |
| Alejandro Valverde | 2008, 2009 (2x), 2017 (2x), 2018 | |
| 5 | Ferdinand Kübler | 1942, 1948 (2x), 1951 (2x) |
| Pasquale Fornara | 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958 | |
 Joop Zoetemelk | 1974 (2x), 1975, 1979, 1985 | |
| Stephen Roche | 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989 | |
| Alex Zülle | 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002 | |
 Andreas Klöden | 2000 (2x), 2007, 2008, 2011 | |
| Chris Froome | 2013 (2x), 2014, 2015, 2016 | |
 Nairo Quintana | 2013, 2015, 2016 (2x), 2017 | |
 Jonas Vingegaard | 2023 (2x), 2024, 2026 (2x) | |
| 4 |  Gino Bartali | 1935, 1946, 1947, 1949 |
| Hugo Koblet | 1950, 1953 (2x), 1955 | |
| Raymond Poulidor | 1966, 1969, 1972, 1973 | |
| Bernard Thévenet | 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976 | |
| José Antonio González | 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978 | |
| Bernard Hinault | 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981 | |
| Giuseppe Saronni | 1978, 1979, 1982 (2x) | |
| Charly Mottet | 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992 | |
 Alexander Vinokourov | 1999, 2002, 2003 (2x) | |
| Bradley Wiggins | 2011, 2012 (3x) | |
| Geraint Thomas | 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022 | |
| 3 | Nello Lauredi | 1950, 1951, 1954 |
| Louis Rostollan | 1958, 1960, 1961 | |
| Vittorio Adorni | 1965, 1967, 1969 | |
| Franco Bitossi | 1965, 1967, 1970 | |
| Gianni Motta | 1966, 1967, 1971 | |
| Francesco Moser | 1978, 1980, 1981 | |
| Phil Anderson | 1985 (2x), 1989 | |
 Andrew Hampsten | 1986, 1987, 1992 | |
| Pascal Richard | 1993, 1994 (2x) | |
| Laurent Dufaux | 1993, 1994, 1998 | |
| Tyler Hamilton | 2000, 2003, 2004 | |
| Dario Frigo | 2001 (2x), 2002 | |
| Cadel Evans | 2006, 2011 (2x) | |
| Joaquim Rodríguez | 2010, 2014, 2015 | |
| Simon Špilak | 2010, 2015, 2017 | |
| Rui Costa | 2012, 2013, 2014 | |
| Adam Yates | 2021, 2023, 2024 | |
| Joao Almeida | 2025 (3x) | |
| 2 | Mució Miquel | 1924, 1925 |
| Maurice De Waele | 1928, 1929 | |
| Maurice Archambaud | 1936, 1939 | |
| Julián Berrendero | 1943, 1946 | |
| Emilio Rodríguez | 1947, 1948 | |
| Édouard Fachleitner | 1948, 1950 | |
| Louison Bobet | 1952, 1955 | |
| Miguel Poblet | 1952, 1960 | |
| Jean Dotto | 1952, 1960 | |
| Salvador Botella | 1953, 1959 | |
| Raymond Impanis | 1954, 1960 | |
| Fred De Bruyne | 1956, 1958 | |
| Hans Junkermann | 1959, 1962 | |
| Rolf Maurer | 1964 (2x) | |
| Louis Pfenninger | 1968, 1972 | |
| Freddy Maertens | 1977 (2x) | |
| Michel Pollentier | 1977, 1978 | |
| Johan van der Velde | 1978, 1980 | |
| Alberto Fernández | 1980, 1982 | |
 Tommy Prim | 1981, 1984 | |
| Beat Breu | 1981, 1989 | |
| Julián Gorospe | 1983, 1990 | |
| Urs Zimmermann | 1984, 1986 | |
| Robert Millar | 1985, 1990 | |
| Rolf Sørensen | 1987, 1992 | |
| Luis Herrera | 1988, 1991 | |
| Claudio Chiappucci | 1991, 1994 | |
| Giorgio Furlan | 1992, 1994 | |
 Pavel Tonkov | 1995, 1997 | |
| Davide Rebellin | 2001, 2008 | |
| Iban Mayo | 2003, 2004 | |
| Thomas Dekker | 2006, 2007 | |
 Roman Kreuziger | 2008, 2009 | |
| Michele Scarponi | 2009, 2011 | |
| Miguel Ángel López | 2016, 2019 | |
| Jakob Fuglsang | 2017, 2019 | |
| Egan Bernal | 2019 (2x) | |
| Max Schachmann | 2020, 2021 | |
| Daniel Martínez | 2020, 2022 | |
| Matteo Jorgenson | 2024, 2025 | |
| Juan Ayuso | 2024, 2025 | |
 Isaac del Toro | 2026 (2x) |
Multiply winners by race
| † | Rider won all seven major one week stage races |
| ‡ | Rider won six different major one week stage races |
| X (bold) | Record number of wins for a single major one week stage race |
| Rider (bold) | Rider is active |
| # | Cyclist | First | Last | Pa–Ni | Ti–Ad | Catal | Basq | Roman | ARA[a] | Suisse | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Kelly |
1982 | 1990 | 7 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Primož Roglič‡ |
2018 | 2025 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 11 |
| 3 | Jacques Anquetil |
1957 | 1969 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 9 |
| Tony Rominger |
1989 | 1995 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 9 | |
| 5 | Mariano Cañardo |
1928 | 1939 | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 6 | Eddy Merckx |
1968 | 1974 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Roger De Vlaeminck |
1972 | 1977 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | |
| Miguel Induráin |
1988 | 1996 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 7 | |
| Alberto Contador |
2007 | 2016 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 7 | |
| Tadej Pogačar‡ |
2021 | 2026 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 11 | Luis Ocaña |
1970 | 1973 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 6 |
| Laurent Jalabert |
1995 | 1999 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 6 | |
| Richie Porte |
2013 | 2021 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Alejandro Valverde |
2008 | 2018 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6 | |
| 15 | Ferdinand Kübler |
1942 | 1951 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 5 |
| Pasquale Fornara |
1952 | 1958 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 5 | |
| Joop Zoetemelk |
1974 | 1985 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | |
| Stephen Roche |
1981 | 1987 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 5 | |
| Alex Zülle |
1993 | 2002 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 5 | |
| Andreas Klöden |
2000 | 2011 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 5 | |
| Chris Froome |
2013 | 2016 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 5 | |
| Nairo Quintana |
2013 | 2017 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | |
| Jonas Vingegaard |
2023 | 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | |
| 24 | Gino Bartali |
1935 | 1949 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Hugo Koblet |
1950 | 1955 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | |
| Raymond Poulidor |
1966 | 1973 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | |
| Bernard Thévenet |
1972 | 1976 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | |
| José Antonio González |
1972 | 1978 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | |
| Bernard Hinault |
1977 | 1981 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | |
| Giuseppe Saronni |
1978 | 1982 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | |
| Charly Mottet |
1987 | 1992 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | |
| Alexander Vinokourov |
1999 | 2003 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Bradley Wiggins |
2011 | 2012 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | |
| Geraint Thomas |
2016 | 2022 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 35 | Nello Lauredi |
1950 | 1954 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Louis Rostollan |
1958 | 1961 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | |
| Vittorio Adorni |
1965 | 1969 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Franco Bitossi |
1965 | 1970 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Gianni Motta |
1966 | 1971 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Francesco Moser |
1978 | 1981 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Phil Anderson |
1985 | 1989 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Andrew Hampsten |
1986 | 1992 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | |
| Pascal Richard |
1993 | 1994 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Laurent Dufaux |
1993 | 1998 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | |
| Tyler Hamilton |
2000 | 2004 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | |
| Dario Frigo |
2001 | 2002 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | |
| Cadel Evans |
2006 | 2011 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | |
| Joaquim Rodríguez |
2010 | 2015 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Simon Špilak |
2010 | 2017 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | |
| Rui Costa |
2012 | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | |
| Adam Yates |
2021 | 2024 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Joao Almeida |
2025 | 2025 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | |
Wins by country
| Wins | Country |
|---|---|
| 115 | Spain |
| 79 | France |
| 77 | Italy |
| 53 | Switzerland |
| 45 | Belgium |
| 22 | Slovenia |
| 21 | Great Britain |
| 20 | Ireland |
| Colombia | |
| 18 | Netherlands |
| 14 | United States |
| 12 | Australia |
| 11 | Germany |
| 10 | Denmark |
| 6 | Russia |
| Portugal | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan |
| 3 | West Germany |
 Austria | |
| Sweden | |
 Luxembourg | |
| no winners[i] | |
| 2 |  Poland |
 Norway | |
| Czech Republic | |
| Mexico | |
| 1 |  Third Reich |
 Ukraine | |
 Lithuania | |
 Ecuador | |
| win without flag[h] |
Notes
- Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes was known as Critérium du Dauphiné until the end of 2025 edition and renamed right the next day.
- In 2012, to Lance Armstrong was taken away his Tour de Suisse 2001 win, due to doping and given to Gilberto Simoni.[9]
- In 2012, to Lance Armstrong was subsequently taken away his Critérium du Dauphiné win from 2002, due to doping. First placed stayed empty.[9]
- In 2012, to Lance Armstrong was subsequently taken away his Critérium du Dauphiné win from 2003, due to doping. First placed stayed empty.[9]
- In 2012, to Lance Armstrong was subsequently taken away his Critérium du Dauphiné win from 2006, due to doping. First placed stayed empty.[9]
- In 2012, to Jan Ullrich was subsequently taken away his Tour de Suisse win from 2006 and given to Koldo Gil.[10]
- In 2012, to Alberto Contador was subsequently taken away his Volta a Catalunya win from 2011 and given to Michele Scarponi.[11]
- In 2022 Russian cyclist Aleksandr Vlasov competed and won Tour de Romandie under empty flag due to sanctions against his country.
- Critérium du Dauphiné race didn't have winners for 3-times as being taken away from Lance Armstrong due to doping and left three empty spots.