That's why I've decided to offer you the interactive UCI cycling calendar (in its 2011 version for the time being, but of course I plan to keep it up to date in the years to come!).
Some of the functions of the interactive cycling calendar ...
But what kind of information can you find in the interactive UCI cycling calendar which you can't find in the official version? Some additional information but most importantly it's much easier to use ...
First of all, on the home page of the interactive UCI cycling calendar you'll directly find the list of currently ongoing races, the races to come (races which start up till 2 weeks later ... or the 5 next races if less than 5 races will take place in the 2 upcoming weeks), the races which just finished (in the past two weeks) and finally ... a multi criteria search engine and a search engine based on keyword search (which allows to search among the names of the races).
The multi criteria search engine
This search engine allows you to find all races which correspond to a combination of one or more criteria which you define among calendar, country, class or the date on which a race will take place (the day of the race for one day races or one of the race days for a stage race).
You can for example find all races which take place in France and which have been ranked in the 2.HC class, but also all races which take place in Belgium.
And to simplify your basic search requests, you'll find direct links to the different calendars and different countries directly in the right hand column. The multi criteria search engine is also available on each of the pages in the right hand column so you can use it from whichever page of this new section of my web site. The date selection has not been included in this direct access version of the search engine since there's limited space available in this column!
However, the right hand column also contains a calendar which allows you to directly see the races which take place on a particular day you can choose (the stage races which are ongoing on that date and the one day races which take place that day).
Sharing on Facebook and Twitter and the reminder service
Finally, at the top of the right hand column you'll find two logo's which will probably look familiar to you: when you click on them you'll directly be able to share no matter which page of the interactive calendar on Facebook or on Twitter! You can also share the access to the interactive cycling calendar directly from the home page or for example the list of all races in a specific country which you can find by clicking on a country name or flag in the right hand column or even the detail page of a specific race ...
And if you want to be sure you won't miss out on any of your prefered races, you can subscribe to the reminder service which allows you to receive a reminder in between 1 and 7 days before the start of the races which correspond to your criteria. Indeed, you can choose to receive a reminder for all races or only for the race which correspond to the calendar, country and class information you've chosen and you can also choose the day on which you want to receive it.
The detail page of a race ... and the results!
From the tables which show the races on the different pages of the interactive UCI cycling calendar, you can access the detail page of a specific race by clicking on the corresponding line.
On this detail page, you'll find all detailed information about the race such as its date(s), in how many days it will start, in which country, which calendar and which class the race has been registered, a link to the officialy web site if available (in this version the links have all been verified and you thus won't take the risk to access pages which are not related to the race your looking for), etcetera. For the stage races you'll find, as soon as possible the information about the stages of the race and for each race for which the results are available, you'll also find them directly on the detail page.
Something's missing? You want to suggest anything new?
This interactive UCI cycling calendar has been developed with its users, like you and me, in mind. That's why it has been developed as user friendly as possible and should respond to most of your needs.
You note anything which is not completely satisfying for your use or your specific situation or you think something's missing anyway? Or you simply have some suggestions to improve the calendar even more? Please don't hesitate to leave your comments below to communicate this kind of information to me (you could also contact me directly by using my contact details available on the home page of this website) if you prefer!
The interactive UCI cycling calendar on your web site?
You're responsible for a web site which is related to cycling? Of the web site of a UCI cycling race? Or simply of any other web site on which such a calendar could be useful?
Please note that this calendar is available as a White Label product so you can integrate it in your web site, if you want to even with your own colours! If you want more information about this, please check out the page the interactive UCI cycling calendar as a White Label product! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you want to explore this possibility together with me ... by Thomas Vergouwen
Did you like this article? Tell your friends on Facebook by clicking the buttons below!
Een duidelijke uitleg bij deze prima kalender. Gek eigenlijk dat ze bij de UCI zelf niet op zo'n idee zijn gekomen.
Voor informatie over wielerwedstrijden ga ik de site van de Internationale Wielerunie niet meer raadplegen. Het alternatief is er nu!!!
Goed gedaan Thomas.
| Tonn Vergouwen | friday 03 December 2010 at 11:37:00