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I believe that, in general, only results in fully professional races or results achieved on the highest amateur level should be listed in palmares, similar to the criteria for athlete notability in WP:ATHLETE . To make clear which races these are, I try to make a sourced list of professional races for men's road racing. A similar list could be made for other disciplines (mountain bike, track cycling, ...). For women's road racing, less sources are available, so it becomes more complicated.
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the highest organisation with respect to road cycling, so they are the main standard.
At this moment, I have added the years 1959 to 1963, 1987 and 1989 to now. The criteria that I have used so far are:
These were the highest season-long cycling competitions. Others exist or existed, for example the UCI Continental Circuits , but I have no proof of them being fully professional, and, as far as I know, a major part of the competitors there could be semi-professional.
If a race is not in the list, it does not mean that it is not professional, just that I have no source yet for it to be professional. The Tour, Giro and Vuelta from 2008 to 2009 on were still fully professional, even though they were not in the ProTour, for example.
Race
Professional in
Reason
Milan-Sanremo
1960-1963,1987 1989–2007
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Tour of Flanders
1960-1963,1987 1989–2009
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Paris-Roubaix
1959-1963,1987 1989–2007
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 27] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Liège-Bastogne-Liège
1960,1987 1989–2007
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 1] [ 5] Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Amstel Gold Race
1987 1989–2009
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5] Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Wincanton Classic Aka Leeds International classic Aka Rochester classic
1989–1997
Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
Grand Prix des Amériques
1987 1989–1992
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5] Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Clásica de San Sebastián Aka San Sebastian - San Sebastian
1987 1989–2009
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5] Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Zürich-Metzgete Aka Grand Prix de Zurich Aka Grand Prix Suisse Aka Meisterschaft von Zürich
1987 1989–2006
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5] Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23]
G.P. de la Liberation (the same as Eindhoven Team Time Trial ?)
1989–1991
Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Paris-Tours
1959-1963 1989–2007
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 27] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Giro di Lombardia
1960-1963,1987 1989–2007
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Included in UCI World Cup [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Time trial in Lunel
1990
Included in UCI World Cup [ 7]
Grand Prix des Nations
1959-1963 1991–1993
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 27] [ 1] [ 2] [ 4] > Included in UCI World Cup [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Rund um den Henninger-Turm
1987 1995
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5] Included in UCI World Cup [ 12]
Japan Cup
1996
Included in UCI World Cup [ 13]
HEW Cyclassics Aka Vattenfall Cyclassics
1998–2009
Included in UCI World Cup [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Paris-Nice Aka Paris-Nice-Rome
1959-1960, 1962-1963,1987 2005–2007
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 27] [ 1] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Tirreno-Adriatico
1987 2005–2007
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
2005–2009
Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Gent-Wevelgem
1987 2005–2009
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
La Flèche Wallonne
1961-1963,1987 2005–2007
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Tour de Romandie
1961-1962,1987 2005–2009
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 2] [ 3] [ 5] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Giro d'Italia
1961-1962,1987 2005–2007
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 2] [ 3] [ 5] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
1987 2005–2009
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1959-1963,1987 2005–2009
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 27] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Tour de Suisse
1987 2005–2009
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Eindhoven Team Time Trial
2005–2007
Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Tour de France
1959-1963,1987 2005–2007
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 27] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
ENECO Tour
2005–2009
Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Deutschland Tour
2005–2008
Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25]
Vuelta a España
1961-1963,1987 2005–2007
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
GP Ouest France-Plouay
2005–2009
Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Tour de Pologne
2005–2009
Included in UCI ProTour [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Tour Down Under
2008–2009
Included in UCI ProTour [ 25] [ 26]
Tour of the EEG
1987
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5]
Four Days of Dunkirk
1961,1987
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 2] [ 5]
Coors Classic
1987
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5]
Vuelta a Colombia
1987
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5]
Tour of Ireland
1987
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5]
Clásico RCN
1987
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5]
Midi Libre
1961,1987
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 2] [ 5]
World Road Race Championship
1959-1963,1987
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 27] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Paris-Brussels
1959-1963,1987
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 27] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Omloop Het Volk
1987
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 5]
Gran Prix Ockers
1959-1963
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 27] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Bordeaux-Paris
1959-1963
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 27] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Tour de l'Ouest
1959-1960
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 27] [ 1]
Geneva-Nice
1961-1962
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 2] [ 3]
3 Valle Varesine
1961
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 2]
Giro Campania
1962
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 3]
GP Parisien
1963
Included in Super Prestige Pernod International [ 4]
There should be 33 entries for 1987, currently I have 32 entries.[ 5]