1996 Elite Calendar Part 2,  May--July

Major Events

May
18-June 9 Giro d'Italia

June
29-July 21 Tour de France

July 
31 Olympic road race, Atlanta, GA, USA
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European Calendar

May
1 Rund um den Henninger Turm (Ger) 1.1
1 Tour of Friulia (It) 1.3
1 Rund um den Flughafen Koln/Bonn (Ger) 1.5
2-5 Tour of the Mining Valleys (Sp) 2.3
4 GP Industria & Artigianato (It) 1.2
4 Tour of Mid-Zeeland (Neth) 1.2
5 GP Gippingen (Sw) 1.1
5 Trophee des Grimpeurs (F) 1.3
5 Tour of Tuscany (It) 1.3
5 Airport Langenhagen--Hannover--Airport Tempelhof-Berlin (Ger) 1.5
6-12 Tour de Romandie (Swi) 2.1
6-12 Tour of Slovenia (2.5
6-12 Giro Ciclistico della Campania (It) 2.6
7-12 Quatre Jours de Dunkerque (F) 2.1
8 Colmar--Strasbourg (F) 1.5
8-12 Tour du Roussillon (F) 2.6
10-19 Peace Race (Czech) 2.5
11 Clasica Bayona--Pamplona (Sp) 1.6
12 Clasica Alcobendas (Sp) 1.6
12. Paris--Mantes (F) 1.5
12 Circuito del Porto (It) 1.5
12. GP Industrie del Marmo (It) 1.5
12. Tour du Finistere (F) 1.6
12. GP de Lys lez Lannoy (F) 1.6
14-19 Tour of Asturias (Sp) 2.2 
14-19 Giro d'Abruzzo (It) 2.6
16 Tour de Wallonie (B) 1.2
16 Hasselt--Spa--Hasselt (B) 1.5
16-26 Olympia Tour (Neth) 2.5
16 Rund um die Hainleite (Ger) 1.6
16-19 Fleche du Sud (Lux) 2.6
16-19 4-Etappen Fahrt von Berlin (Ger) 2.6
17-19 Tour de l'Oise (F) 2.2
17-19 Triptyque Ardennais (B) 2.6
17-26 Tour of Croatia 2.6
18 Internationale Hennesee-Rundfahrt (Ger) 1.5
18 Trofeo Citta di Trento (It) 1.6
18 Coppa Calvano (It) 1.6
19 Amsterdam RAI Derny Criterium (Neth) 1.4
19 Trofeo de Gasperi (It) 1.5
21-26 GP du Midi Libre (F) 2.1
21-26 Vuelta Ciclista Sedavi-Comunidad Valenciana (Sp) 2.6
22-26 Bicicleta Vasca (Sp) 2.2
22. Binche--Tournai--Binche (B) 1.4
22-26 Tre Giorni Ciclistica di Cosenza (It) 2.6
22-26 Tour de Gironde (F) 2.6
24-26 GP Zts Dubnica (Slovakia) 2.6
25 Targa del Centenario (It) 2.6
26 Rund um Koln (Ger) 1.3
26 Trofeo Matteotti (It) 2.6
28-2 June Course Cycliste de la Solidarite (Pol) 2.5
28-2 June Internationale Bayern-Rundfahrt (Ger) 2.5
30-2 June Budapest--Belgrade (Yug) 2.4
30-2 June Wien--Rabenstein--Gresten--Wien (Austria) 2.5

June
1 Classique des Alpes (F) 1.2
1 Trofeo Citta di Castelfidardo (It) 1.5
1 GP Theo Mulheims (Lux) 1.6
2-9 Dauphine Libere (F) 2.1
2 GP 3, Rila (It) 1.5
2 GP Soluver (Lux) 1.6
2 Vaux--Eupen--Vaux (B) 1.6
4-9 Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra (Sp) 2.5
4-8 Giro Friuli Venezia Giulia (It) 2.6
5-9 Quatre Jours de l'Aisne-Trophee Clovis (F) 2.5
6-9 Tour of Luxembourg (Lux) 2.2
6-15 Osterreich-Rundfahrt (Austria) 2.5
6-9 Lidice (Czech) 2.6
7-9 Giro del Ticino (Swi) 2.5
8 Fleche Ardennaise (B) 1.5
8-16 Circuito Montanes (Sp) 2.5
9 Trofeo d'Oro Citta di Varese (It) 1.5
9 Memorial Philippe van Coningsloo (B) 1.6
9 Preis der Signal Versicherungen (Ger) 1.6
9 Trofeo Citta di Empoli (It) 1.6
10-16 Volta Ciclista Internacional a Lleida (Sp) 2.6
11-20 Tour of Switzerland (Swi) 2.1
12-17 Tour of Sweden (Sweden) 2.5
13-20 Tour of Catalonia (Sp) 2.1
13-16 Internationale Ernst-Sachs-Tour (Ger) 2.6
15 Clasica el Corte Ingles (Sp) 1.6
16 GP du President (B) 1.5
16 Giro del Piave (It) 1.5
16 Fyn Rundt (Den) 1.5
17-20 Route du Sud (F) 2.4
19 Manx International (GB) 1.4
19 Omloop van de Westkust (B) 1.5
22-28 Tour of Serbia 2.4
25-29 Karnten-Tour (Austria) 2.5
25 Trofeo Amedeo Giuzzi (It) 1.6
25-30 Tour Aragon-Bearn-Bigorre (F) 2.6
26-30 Ostschweizer-Rundfahrt (Swi) 2.5
26 Internationale Wielertrofee Blondel (B) 1.6
26-30 Volta Ciclista Provincia de Tarragona (Sp) 2.6
28-30 Hlas Ludu- Voix du Peuple (Slovakia) 2.6
29 Trofeo del Sannio (It) 1.6
29 GP Krka (Slovenia) 2.6
30 Grosser Ritter Preis (Ger) 1.5
30 Giro Tre Provinci Toscane (it) 1.6
30 GP de France (F) 1.6
30 Coppa Papa'Espedito (It) 1.6
30 Sorgenfrilobet (Den 1.6

July
3-12 Internationale Rheinland-Pfalz-Rundfahrt (Ger) 2.5
3-7 Bohemia Crystal Tour (Czech) 2.6
3-7 Bira 96 - Vuelta a Bizkaia (Sp) 2.6
4-9 Trofeu Joaquim Agosthino/GP Torre Vedras (Por) 2.5
5-14 Tour de la Martinique (F) 2.6
6 GP Ind. Com. Artigianato Carnagese (It) 1.5
7 Giro d'Oro (It) 1.5
7 Trofeo Morucci (It) 1.6
7 GP Kranj (Slovenia) 1.6
13 Cronoscalata (It) 1.5
13-14 GP Puch Ptuj (Slovenia) 2.6
14 Freccia dei Vini (It) 1.5
14 GP du-Nord-Pas-de-Calais (F) 1.5
14 De Drie Zustersteden (B) 1.6
16-21 Tour de Liege (B) 2.6
17-21 Hofbrau Cup -- Region Stuttgart (Ger) 2.4
20 Hemiksem (B) 1.5
21 Valli Aretine (It) 1.5
21 GP Imprimerie Centrale Luxembourg (Lux) 1.6
21 Bassano Montegrappa (It) 1.6
21 Stuttgart-Strassburg (Ger) 1.5
22-28 Inernationale Sachsen-Tour (Ger) 1.5
22-28 Karkonosze Tour (Pol) 2.5
23-28 Circuit Franco-Belge (B) 2.5
24 Acht van Chaam (Neth) 1.4
24 GP Roger de Vlaeminck (B) 1.6
25 GP Villafranca de Ordizia (Sp) 1.2
27 Clasica de Sabinanigo (Sp) 1.4
27 Giro delle Due Provincie (It) 1.6
28 GP Industria & Commercio (It) 1.2
28 Internationale Wartenberg-Rundfahrt (Swi) 1.5
28 Firenze--San Patrignano (It) 1.6
28 Trofeo Coli Briantel (It) 1.6
28 GP de la Ville de Pernchies (It) 1.6
31 Circuito de Getzo (Sp) 1.4
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American Calendar

May
2-12 Tour DuPont (USA) 2.2

June
4 CoreStates Hamilton Classic (USA) 1.3
6 CoreStates NJNB Classic (USA) 1.2
9 CoreStates USPRO Champ. Philadelphia (USA) 1.2
12-16  Tour du Saguenay Lac Saint-Jean (Can) 2.5
16 Norwest Cycling Cup (USA) 1.4
18-21 GP Cycliste de Beauce (Can) 2.5

July
7-14 PanAmerican Championships (Ven)
31-4 Aug Vuelta Int a Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) 2.6
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Asian Calendar

May
11-19 Tour of Japan 2.5
15-21 Tour du Moyen-Orient (Lebanon) 2.5
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African Calendar

May
17-26 Tour de Tunisie Cycliste International (Tunisia) 2.6