2020 in men's road cycling is about the 2020 men's bicycle races governed by the UCI. The races are part of the UCI Road Calendar.[1]
World Championships edit
The World Road Championships took place in Imola, Italy from 20 to 27 September 2020. The competition was set to be held in Aigle and Martigny, Switzerland,[2] but was moved due to the Covid-19 crisis.[3]
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Time Trial | September 25 |  Filippo Ganna (ITA)
|
 Wout van Aert (BEL)
|
 Stefan Küng (SWI)
|
[4] |
| Road Race | September 27 |  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
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Wout van Aert (BEL)
|
Marc Hirschi (SWI)
|
[5] |
Grand Tours edit
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour de France
|
August 29 – September 20 |  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
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Primož Roglič (SLO)
|
 Richie Porte (AUS)
|
[6] |
| Giro d'Italia
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October 3 – October 25 |  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR)
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Jai Hindley (AUS)
|
 Wilco Kelderman (NED)
|
[7] |
 Vuelta a España
|
October 20 – November 8 | Primož Roglič (SLO)
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 Richard Carapaz (ECU)
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Hugh Carthy (GBR)
|
[8] |
UCI World Tour edit
For the 2020 season, the UCI World Tour calendar contains the same events as in 2019, with the exception of the Tour of California which has been placed on hiatus and the Presidential Tour of Turkey, which was demoted to the newly introduced ProSeries.
UCI tours edit
| Tour | Individual champion | Team champion | Nations champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Tour | No nation ranking | ||
| Africa Tour | |||
| America Tour | |||
| Asia Tour | |||
| Europe Tour | |||
| Oceania Tour |
2.Pro Category Races edit
1.Pro Category Races edit
Championships edit
Continental Championships edit
| Championships | Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
African Championships Mauritius
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Cancelled | |||||
Pan American Championships Argentina
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Cancelled | |||||
Asian Championships Malaysia
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Cancelled | |||||
| European Championships France
|
Road race | August 24–28 | Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)
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Arnaud Démare (FRA)
|
 Pascal Ackermann (GER)
|
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| Individual time trial | Stefan Küng (SUI)
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Rémi Cavagna (FRA)
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Victor Campenaerts (BEL)
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| Mixed team relay | Germany
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 Switzerland
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Italy
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Oceanian Championships Tasmania
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Cancelled | |||||
National Championships edit
UCI Teams edit
UCI WorldTeams edit
The UCI has granted a UCI WorldTour licence to the following nineteen teams:[17]
Mitchelton–Scott
Bahrain–McLaren
Lotto–Soudal- Deceuninck–Quick-Step
AG2R La Mondiale- Cofidis
- Groupama–FDJ
Bora–Hansgrohe- Team Sunweb
Ineos Grenadiers
Israel Start-Up Nation
Astana
Team Jumbo–Visma
CCC Team
NTT Pro Cycling
Movistar Team
UAE Team Emirates
EF Pro Cycling- Trek–Segafredo
UCI Professional Continental teams edit
Deaths edit
- July
- July 17 - Marian Więckowski, 86, Polish racing cyclist.[18]
- July 14 - Luis Orán Castañeda, 41, Colombian racing cyclist (2000 Giro d'Italia), work accident.[19]
- July 2 - Niels De Vriendt, 20, Belgian racing cyclist, heart attack.[20]
- June
- June 17 - Fabrice Philipot, 54, French racing cyclist.[21]
- June 17 - Ronny Van Sweevelt, 57, Belgian Olympic racing cyclist (1984), food poisoning.[22]
- June 17 - Pietro Zoppas, 86, Italian racing cyclist.[23]
- June 16 - Eusebio Vélez, 85, Spanish racing cyclist.[24]
- May
- May 30 - Roger Decock, 93, Belgian racing cyclist, Tour of Flanders winner (1952).[25]
- May 29 - Henk Steevens, 88, Dutch racing cyclist (1953 Tour de France), cancer.[26]
- May 28 - Gustaaf De Smet, 85, Belgian Olympic cyclist (1956).[27]
- April
- April 7 - Domingo Villanueva, 55, Filipino Olympic cyclist (1988, 1992).[28]
- March
- March 26 - Roger Baens, 86, Belgian racing cyclist.[29]
- March 26 - Daniel Yuste, 75, Spanish Olympic racing cyclist (1968), COVID-19.[30]
- March 25 - Danilo Barozzi, 92, Italian racing cyclist, complications from a broken femur.[31]
- March 19 - Edi Ziegler, 90, German road racing cyclist, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).[32]
- March 17 - Tadashi Kato, 85, Japanese Olympic cyclist (1952).[33]
- March 9 - Italo De Zan, 94, Italian racing cyclist, COVID-19.[34]
- March 3 - Nicolas Portal, 40, French racing cyclist, sporting director of Team Sky (since 2013), heart attack.[35]
- February
- February 29 - Andrei Vedernikov, 60, Russian racing cyclist, world champion (1981).[36]
- February 15 - Wilfried Thaler, 85, Austrian cyclist.[37]
- February 4 - Eugen Pleško, 71, Croatian Olympic cyclist (1972).[38]
- January
- January 30 - Nello Fabbri, 85, Italian racing cyclist.[39]
- January 30 - Miguel Arroyo, 53, Mexican road racing cyclist, National champion (2000), complications during surgery.[40]
- January 13 - Maurice Moucheraud, 86, French racing cyclist, Olympic champion (1956).[41]
- January 10 - Guido Messina, 89, Italian road and track cyclist, Olympic (1952) and world champion (1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956).[42]
Notes edit
- ^ The Strade Bianche was scheduled for 7 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
- ^ The Tour de Pologne was scheduled between 5 and 11 July, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.
- ^ The Milan–San Remo was scheduled for 21 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
- ^ The Critérium du Dauphiné was scheduled between 31 May and 7 June, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Tirreno–Adriatico was scheduled between 11 and 17 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
- ^ The La Flèche Wallonne was scheduled for 22 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
- ^ The Liège–Bastogne–Liège was scheduled for 26 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
- ^ The Amstel Gold Race was scheduled for 19 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. On 30 September the race was cancelled altogether.
- ^ The Gent–Wevelgem was scheduled for 29 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
- ^ The Dwars door Vlaanderen was scheduled for 1 April, but was postponed and later on cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
- ^ The Ronde van Vlaanderen was scheduled for 5 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
- ^ The Three Days of Bruges–De Panne was scheduled for 25 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
- ^ The Paris–Roubaix was scheduled for 12 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. On 9 October the race was cancelled altogether.
- ^ The Brabantse Pijl was scheduled for 15 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
- ^ The Scheldeprijs was scheduled for 8 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
References edit
- ^ "Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) - Home". uci.ch. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ "2020 UCI Road World Championships courses in Switzerland unveiled". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ "The UCI provides update on 2020 UCI Road World Championships". uci.org. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ^ "2020 87th World Championships - ITT (WC)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "2020 87th World Championships - Road Race (WC)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "2020 Rankings After The Stage 21". Tour de France. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "2020 103rd Giro d'Italia (2.UWT)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "2020 75th La Vuelta ciclista a España (2.UWT)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Santos Tour Down Under 2020". www.procyclingstats.com.
- ^ "Remco Evenepoel wins Vuelta a San Juan". www.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Valenciana: Pogacar secures overall victory". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel. "Arnaud Démare wins Tour de Wallonie". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "2020 Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg (2.Pro) General classification". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Dwars door het Hageland: Jonas Rickaert victorious in Diest". cyclingnews.com. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^ "Aleksandr Vlasov wins Giro dell'Emilia". cyclingnews.com. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ^ "68th Coppa Sabatini - Gran Premio città di Peccioli (1.Pro)". procyclingstats.com. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
- ^ "The UCI publishes the list of teams eligible for the award of 2020-2022 UCI WorldTour licences and the UCI ProTeams qualified for 2020 UCI WorldTour events". uci.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ Nie żyje Marian Więckowski (in Polish)
- ^ Ex-Giro-renner op 41-jarige leeftijd overleden na werkongeval (in Dutch)
- ^ Wielrenner Niels De Vriendt (20) overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Fabrice Philipot est mort (in French)
- ^ Van amfetamines tot zelfs politieachtervolging: voormalig wielrenner Ronny Van Sweevelt op 57-jarige leeftijd overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Ci ha lasciato Pietro Zoppas (in Italian)
- ^ Fallece Eusebio Vélez de Mendizábal (in Spanish)
- ^ Roger Decock, de oudste winnaar van de Ronde, is overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ In memoriam Henk Steevens (in Dutch)
- ^ Gustaaf De Smet overleden: “Ook na zijn wielercarrière heel gedreven” (in Dutch)
- ^ Domingo Villanueva, 55
- ^ Décès à 87 ans de l'ancien coureur Roger Baens, ex-équipier de Rik Van Looy (in French)
- ^ Falleció el exciclista madrileño Daniel Yuste (in Spanish)
- ^ Bagnolo, è morto l'ex ciclista Danilo Barozzi (in Italian)
- ^ Radsport: Olympia-Dritter Ziegler gestorben (in German)
- ^ 五輪自転車初代日本代表の加藤忠氏が死去 85歳 (in Japanese)
- ^ Coronavirus a Treviso, morto Italo De Zan: l'ex campione di ciclismo amico di Coppi e Bartali (in Italian)
- ^ Nicolas Portal dies of heart attack at 40
- ^ Погиб чемпион мира по велоспорту Андрей Ведерников (in Russian)
- ^ Wilfried Thaler, 1934–2020
- ^ Preminuo biciklistički olimpijac Eugen Pleško (in Croatian)
- ^ L'As Roma Ciclismo piange Nello Fabbri Archived 2020-02-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ^ Murió Miguel Arroyo, uno de los máximos exponentes del ciclismo en México (in Spanish)
- ^ Le champion olympique de Melbourne, Maurice Moucheraud, est décédé (in French)
- ^ Addio a Guido Messina, era la maglia rosa più anziana (in Italian)