2020 UCI World Tour

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2020 UCI WorldTour
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The 2020 UCI World Tour was a series of races that was scheduled to include thirty-six road cycling events throughout the 2020 cycling season. [1] However, some of races were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] The tour started with the opening stage of the Tour Down Under on 21 January, [1] and concluded with the final stage of the Vuelta a España on 8 November. [3] [4]

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Events

The 2020 calendar was initially announced in June 2019. [1] In October 2019, the calendar was officially presented by the UCI.

There were two races fewer in the original schedule than in the 2019 UCI World Tour:

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that commenced in the spring, numerous races were postponed, including all three Grand Tours and four of the five annual 'monuments'. As a result, race organisers requested new date allocations with the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for many of these events. On 5 May 2020, a revised calendar was announced by the UCI, with 25 races to be held between 1 August and 8 November; several races are scheduled to overlap, including the Giro d'Italia, the Vuelta a España and Paris–Roubaix. [7] Of the 25, Eschborn–Frankfurt and the EuroEyes Cyclassics had dates still to be confirmed at the time of the calendar's publication. [8] Further amendments were made to the calendar in June, with two more races being cancelled, several others moving dates and the EuroEyes Cyclassics was scheduled for October. [3]

Races in the 2020 UCI World Tour [1] [3] [8]
RaceDateWinnerSecondThird
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tour Down Under 21–26 JanuaryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Richie Porte  (AUS)Flag of Italy.svg  Diego Ulissi  (ITA)Flag of Germany.svg  Simon Geschke  (GER)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Great Ocean Road Race 2 FebruaryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Dries Devenyns  (BEL)Flag of Russia.svg  Pavel Sivakov  (RUS)Flag of South Africa.svg  Daryl Impey  (RSA)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE Tour 23–27 February [lower-alpha 1] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Adam Yates  (GBR)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Tadej Pogačar  (SLO)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 29 FebruaryFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jasper Stuyven  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Yves Lampaert  (BEL)Flag of Denmark.svg  Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN)
Flag of France.svg Paris–Nice 8–14 March [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Germany.svg  Maximilian Schachmann  (GER)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tiesj Benoot  (BEL)Flag of Colombia.svg  Sergio Higuita  (COL)
Flag of Italy.svg Strade Bianche 1 August [lower-alpha 3] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL)Flag of Italy.svg  Davide Formolo  (ITA)Flag of Germany.svg  Maximilian Schachmann  (GER)
Flag of Poland.svg Tour de Pologne 5–9 August [lower-alpha 4] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Remco Evenepoel  (BEL)Flag of Denmark.svg  Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Simon Yates  (GBR)
Flag of Italy.svg Milan–San Remo 8 August [lower-alpha 5] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL)Flag of France.svg  Julian Alaphilippe  (FRA)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Matthews  (AUS)
Flag of France.svg Critérium du Dauphiné 12–16 August [lower-alpha 6] Flag of Colombia.svg  Daniel Martínez  (COL)Flag of France.svg  Thibaut Pinot  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Guillaume Martin  (FRA)
Flag of Italy.svg Il Lombardia 15 August [lower-alpha 7] Flag of Denmark.svg  Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)Flag of New Zealand.svg  George Bennett  (NZL)Flag of Russia.svg  Aleksandr Vlasov  (RUS)
Flag of France.svg Bretagne Classic Ouest–France 25 August [lower-alpha 8] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Matthews  (AUS)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Luka Mezgec  (SLO)Flag of France.svg  Florian Sénéchal  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg Tour de France 29 August – 20 September [lower-alpha 9] Flag of Slovenia.svg  Tadej Pogačar  (SLO)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Primož Roglič  (SLO)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Richie Porte  (AUS)
Flag of Italy.svg Tirreno–Adriatico 7–14 September [lower-alpha 10] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Simon Yates  (GBR)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Geraint Thomas  (GBR)Flag of Poland.svg  Rafał Majka  (POL)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg [lower-alpha 11] BinckBank Tour 29 September – 3 October [lower-alpha 12] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of Denmark.svg  Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN)Flag of Switzerland.svg  Stefan Küng  (SUI)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg La Flèche Wallonne 30 September [lower-alpha 13] Flag of Switzerland.svg  Marc Hirschi  (SUI)Flag of France.svg  Benoît Cosnefroy  (FRA)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Michael Woods  (CAN)
Flag of Italy.svg Giro d'Italia 3–25 October [lower-alpha 14] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tao Geoghegan Hart  (GBR)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jai Hindley  (AUS)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wilco Kelderman  (NED)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Liège–Bastogne–Liège 4 October [lower-alpha 13] Flag of Slovenia.svg  Primož Roglič  (SLO)Flag of Switzerland.svg  Marc Hirschi  (SUI)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Tadej Pogačar  (SLO)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gent–Wevelgem 11 October [lower-alpha 15] Flag of Denmark.svg  Mads Pedersen  (DEN)Flag of France.svg  Florian Sénéchal  (FRA)Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Trentin  (ITA)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tour of Flanders 18 October [lower-alpha 15] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wout van Aert  (BEL)Flag of Norway.svg  Alexander Kristoff  (NOR)
Flag of Spain.svg Vuelta a España 20 October – 8 November [lower-alpha 16] Flag of Slovenia.svg  Primož Roglič  (SLO)Flag of Ecuador.svg  Richard Carapaz  (ECU)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hugh Carthy  (GBR)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Three Days of Bruges–De Panne 21 October [lower-alpha 17] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Yves Lampaert  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tim Declercq  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tim Merlier  (BEL)

Cancelled events

A total of fifteen events were not able to be rescheduled, or were definitively cancelled during the 2020 season. The centennial Volta a Catalunya (23–29 March), [14] the Tour of the Basque Country (6–11 April), [15] the Tour de Romandie (28 April to 3 May), [16] the Tour de Suisse (7–14 June), [17] and the Clásica de San Sebastián (25 July) were all cancelled prior to any updated calendars being released by the UCI. [15] Following the May calendar update, the E3 BinckBank Classic (27 March), [8] and the RideLondon–Surrey Classic (16 August) were both cancelled; [18] in the June calendar update, Eschborn–Frankfurt (initially scheduled for 1 May), and Dwars door Vlaanderen (having been rescheduled for 14 October) were also cancelled. [3] In July, the EuroEyes Cyclassics (initially scheduled for 16 August, and then rescheduled to 3 October), [19] and the two Canadian races in Québec City and Montréal (scheduled for 11 and 13 September) were cancelled. [20]

Following the recommencement of racing on 1 August, the season-ending Tour of Guangxi (initially scheduled for 15–20 October, and then rescheduled to 5–10 November) was cancelled on 10 August. [4] On 30 September, the day after Dutch stages were removed from the BinckBank Tour, the Amstel Gold Race (initially scheduled for 19 April, and then rescheduled to 10 October), was cancelled following a surge of cases attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. [12] [21] On 9 October, Paris–Roubaix (initially scheduled for 12 April, and then rescheduled to 25 October) was cancelled after a rise in cases attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. [22]

Notes

  1. ↑ The UAE Tour was scheduled to run until 29 February, but was abandoned following stage five after two support staff tested positive for COVID-19. [9]
  2. ↑ Paris–Nice was scheduled to run until 15 March, but the final stage was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. [10]
  3. ↑ Strade Bianche was scheduled for 7 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  4. ↑ The Tour de Pologne was initially scheduled to run from 5–11 July.
  5. ↑ Milan–San Remo was scheduled for 21 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  6. ↑ The Critérium du Dauphiné was scheduled to run from 31 May to 7 June, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
  7. ↑ Il Lombardia was initially scheduled for 10 October. The race was first rescheduled for 31 October with the May calendar update, and subsequently to 15 August with the June calendar update.
  8. ↑ The Bretagne Classic Ouest–France was initially scheduled for 23 August, but was moved after that date was designated for national road cycling championships events.
  9. ↑ The Tour de France was scheduled to run from 27 June to 19 July, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. [11]
  10. ↑ Tirreno–Adriatico was scheduled to run from 11–17 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  11. ↑ The Dutch stages for the BinckBank Tour were cancelled due to a surge of cases attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. [12]
  12. ↑ The BinckBank Tour was initially scheduled to run from 31 August to 6 September.
  13. 1 2 La Flèche Wallonne (22 April) and Liège–Bastogne–Liège (26 April) were rescheduled four days apart, after being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
  14. ↑ The Giro d'Italia was scheduled to run from 9–31 May, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  15. 1 2 Gent–Wevelgem (29 March), Dwars door Vlaanderen (1 April) and the Tour of Flanders (5 April) initially kept their race days upon rescheduling to October, after being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium. Dwars door Vlaanderen was ultimately cancelled in June.
  16. ↑ The Vuelta a España was initially scheduled to run from 14 August to 6 September. The race's opening three stages, due to be held in the Netherlands, were cancelled; reducing the race to 18 stages. [13]
  17. ↑ The Three Days of Bruges–De Panne was scheduled for 25 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.

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