2017 calendar brainstorming

[Garfield]

UCI WorldTour

Some people suggest I should include all HC. To me, that's a horrible idea. In the likes of Hainan or Langkawi - apart from your usual Palini&Guardini's - exactly one COMPLETELY RANDOM decent rider usually goes there and wins 5 stages. That's Walscheid in Hainan 2016, or that one time Rabo needed an ego boost: http://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/tour.asp?tourid=2503

So the question is where to draw the line. Thus this thread.

Current 2017 calendar:

• all WT races, WC, EC
• all European HC
• select other HC races (which ones?)
• no .1 races

RC,CR,WSC - WT+WC+EC only


QF - like this year


FYC



Thoughts?

[Joelsim]

Personally I don't have anything against all th HC races. Often youth is given a chance in the Asian ones.

Plus Andalusia and Algarve, although these may be HC next year anyway.

Edit: yes they are and a couple of others too, details here, so these should be added.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-tour-of-california-one-day-shorter-in-2017/

[glomser]

I think European HC races are OK. Perhaps together wih Dubai and Oman. Not sure if the American races are interesting enough. No .1 races

[derrudi]

I think it is fine as it is.

[Teton]

Please keep California and Utah on the list! It's a big deal here in the States!

[Joelsim]

Happy just to add those 4 new European HCs then. Leave the Asian ones and keep the US races. Cool by me.

[Garfield]

Here is my official proposal, please please please PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR ON TOP check for bugs ASAP:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x0SOLrswTiG7pjiEkLXtdzj5MpknRSvDgXhUx60pjnc/edit#gid=1796025982

New WT races in, 3 new European HC races in, EC ITT&RR in, Utah still in, Langkawi & Hainan & Qinghai still out, Colorado still in but will not count if it returns as .1, Nobili out, PT shockingly out, Eurométropole out, Münsterland out, Bayern still in as a place-holder - to be replaced with that-one-stupid-race-I-forgot if needed, Austria still in since those dudes say it's HC again: http://www.velowire.com/UCIcyclingcalendar/class/3/2-hc.html

Can anybody remember any of those races people complained during this season for being excluded-but-already-HC or included-but-already-.1?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-tour-of-california-one-day-shorter-in-2017/

Good link, thanks!

Please keep California and Utah on the list! It's a big deal here in the States!

Happy to oblige

I think it is fine as it is.

I wish. Unfortunately, there is no such thing. The calendar keeps changing violently IRL.
Problem is, I hate editing the calendar after November 1, and pretty much always refuse to do so after January 1.

[Joelsim]

Looking good Daniel.

Just changed the date of Lugano and KBK to 26th.

[Joelsim]

The VC was in red too instead of the VaA. Changed.

[Joelsim]

Would it be worth highlighting the WT races given there are a load of new ones?