2020 in men's road cycling

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]

2020 in road cycling
List of men's road bicycle races
List of women's road bicycle races
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 Men (2020) 
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2021 →
 Women (2020) 

World Championships
Main article: 2020 UCI Road World Championships

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]

Events at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships
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)  Wout van Aert (BEL)  Marc Hirschi  (SWI) [5]

Grand Tours
Grand Tours in the 2020 season
Race Date Winner Second Third Ref
France Tour de France August 29 – September 20  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Primož Roglič (SLO)  Richie Porte (AUS) [6]
Italy Giro d'Italia October 3 – October 25  Tao Geoghegan Hart  (GBR)  Jai Hindley (AUS)  Wilco Kelderman (NED) [7]
Spain Vuelta a España October 20 – November 8  Primož Roglič (SLO)  Richard Carapaz (ECU)  Hugh Carthy (GBR) [8]

UCI World Tour
Main article: 2020 UCI World Tour

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.

Race Date Winner Second Third Ref
Australia Santos Tour Down Under January 21–26  Richie Porte (AUS)  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Simon Geschke (GER) [9]
Australia Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race February 2  Dries Devenyns (BEL)  Pavel Sivakov (RUS)  Daryl Impey (RSA)
United Arab Emirates UAE Tour February 23–29  Adam Yates (GBR)  Tadej Pogačar (SVN)  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)
Belgium Omloop Het Nieuwsblad February 29  Jasper Stuyven (BEL)  Yves Lampaert (BEL)  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN)
France Paris–Nice March 8–15  Maximilian Schachmann (GER)  Tiesj Benoot (BEL)  Sergio Higuita (COL)
Spain Volta Ciclista a Catalunya March 23–29 Cancelled
Belgium Record Bank E3 Harelbeke March 27 Cancelled
Spain Vuelta al País Vasco April 6–11 Cancelled
Switzerland Tour de Romandie April 28 – May 3 Cancelled
Switzerland Tour de Suisse June 6–14 Cancelled
Spain Clásica Ciclista San Sebastián July 25 Cancelled
Italy Strade Bianche August 1[lower-alpha 1]  Wout van Aert (BEL)  Davide Formolo (ITA)  Maximilian Schachmann (GER)
Poland Tour de Pologne August 5–9[lower-alpha 2]  Remco Evenepoel (BEL)  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  Simon Yates (GBR)
Italy Milan–San Remo August 8[lower-alpha 3]  Wout van Aert (BEL)  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)  Michael Matthews (AUS)
France Critérium du Dauphiné August 12–16[lower-alpha 4]  Daniel Martínez (COL)  Thibaut Pinot (FRA)  Guillaume Martin (FRA)
Italy Il Lombardia August 15[lower-alpha 5]  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  George Bennett (NZL)  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)
United Kingdom Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic August 16 Cancelled
France Bretagne Classic Ouest-France August 25  Michael Matthews (AUS)  Luka Mezgec (SLO)  Florian Sénéchal (FRA)
Italy Tirreno–Adriatico September 7–14[lower-alpha 6]  Simon Yates (GBR)  Geraint Thomas (GBR)  Rafał Majka (POL)
Canada Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec September 11 Cancelled
Canada Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal September 13 Cancelled
BelgiumNetherlands BinckBank Tour September 29 – October 3  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN)  Stefan Küng (SUI)
Belgium La Flèche Wallonne September 30[lower-alpha 7]  Marc Hirschi (SUI)  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA)  Michael Woods (CAN)
Belgium Liège–Bastogne–Liège October 4[lower-alpha 8]  Primož Roglič (SLO)  Marc Hirschi (SUI)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
Netherlands Amstel Gold Race October 10[lower-alpha 9] Cancelled
Belgium Gent–Wevelgem October 11[lower-alpha 10]  Mads Pedersen (DEN)  Florian Sénéchal (FRA)  Matteo Trentin (ITA)
Belgium Dwars door Vlaanderen October 14[lower-alpha 11] Cancelled
China Gree-Tour of Guangxi October 15–20 Cancelled
Belgium Ronde van Vlaanderen October 18[lower-alpha 12]  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Wout Van Aert (BEL)  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
Belgium Three Days of Bruges–De Panne October 21[lower-alpha 13]  Yves Lampaert (BEL)  Tim Declercq (BEL)  Tim Merlier (BEL)
France Paris–Roubaix October 25[lower-alpha 14] Cancelled
Germany EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg TBC Cancelled
Germany Eschborn-Frankfurt TBC Cancelled

UCI tours
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
Main article: 2020 UCI ProSeries
Race Date Winner Second Third Ref
Argentina Vuelta a San Juan January 26 – February 2  Remco Evenepoel (BEL)  Filippo Ganna (ITA)  Óscar Sevilla (ESP) [10]
Spain Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana February 5 – 9  Tadej Pogačar (SVN)  Jack Haig (AUS)  Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) [11]
Malaysia Le Tour de Langkawi February 7 – 14  Danilo Celano (ITA)  Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ)  Artem Ovechkin (RUS)
France Tour de la Provence February 13 – 16  Nairo Quintana (COL)  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)
Spain Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta Ciclista del Sol February 19 – 23  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  Jack Haig (AUS)  Mikel Landa (ESP)
Portugal Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta February 19 – 23  Remco Evenepoel (BEL)  Maximilian Schachmann (GER)  Miguel Ángel López (COL)
China Tour of Hainan February 23 – March 1 Cancelled
Turkey Presidential Tour of Turkey April 12 – 19 Cancelled
Italy Tour of the Alps April 20 – 24 Cancelled
United Kingdom Tour de Yorkshire April 30 – May 3 Cancelled
France Four Days of Dunkirk May 5 – 10 Cancelled
Norway Tour of Norway May 26 – 31 Cancelled
France Boucles de la Mayenne May 28 – 31 Cancelled
Netherlands ZLM Tour June 3 – 7 Cancelled
Belgium Tour of Belgium June 10 – 14 Cancelled
Slovenia Tour of Slovenia June 24 – 28 Cancelled
Austria Tour of Austria June 27 – July 3 Cancelled
China Tour of Qinghai Lake July 7 – 14 Cancelled
Spain Vuelta a Burgos July 28 – August 1  Remco Evenepoel (BEL)  Mikel Landa (ESP)  João Almeida (POR)
Belgium VOO-Tour de Wallonie August 16 – 19  Arnaud Démare (FRA)  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)  Amaury Capiot (BEL) [12]
United States The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah August 3 – 9 Cancelled
Norway Arctic Race of Norway August 6 – 9 Cancelled
Denmark PostNord Danmark Rundt August 12 – 16 Cancelled
Germany Deutschland Tour August 20 – 23 Cancelled
United Kingdom Tour of Britain September 6 – 13 Cancelled
Luxembourg Tour de Luxembourg September 15 – 19  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR)  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) [13]

1.Pro Category Races
Main article: 2020 UCI ProSeries
Race Date Winner Second Third Ref
Spain Clásica de Almería February 16  Pascal Ackermann (GER)  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  Elia Viviani (ITA)
Italy Trofeo Laigueglia February 16  Giulio Ciccone (ITA)  Biniam Girmay (ERI)  Diego Rosa (ITA)
France Classic Sud-Ardèche February 29  Rémi Cavagna (FRA)  Tanel Kangert (EST)  Guillaume Martin (FRA)
France La Drôme Classic March 1  Simon Clarke (AUS)  Warren Barguil (FRA)  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
Belgium Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne March 1  Kasper Asgreen (DEN)  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
Italy GP Industria & Artigianato March 8 Cancelled
Belgium Nokere Koerse March 18 Cancelled
France GP de Denain March 19 Cancelled
Belgium Bredene Koksijde Classic March 20 Cancelled
Spain GP Miguel Induráin April 4 Cancelled
France Tro-Bro Léon April 19 Cancelled
France Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan May 16 Cancelled
Italy Gran Trittico Lombardo August 3  Gorka Izagirre (ESP)  Alex Aranburu (ESP)  Greg van Avermaet (BEL)
Italy Milano-Torino August 5  Arnaud Démare (FRA)  Caleb Ewan (AUS)  Wout van Aert (BEL)
Italy Gran Piemonte August 12  George Bennett (NZL)  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Mathieu Van der Poel (NED)
Belgium Dwars door het Hageland August 15  Jonas Rickaert (BEL)  Nils Eekhoff (NED)  Gianni Vermeersch (BEL) [14]
Italy Giro dell'Emilia August 18  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)  João Almeida (POR)  Diego Ulissi (ITA) [15]
Belgium Brussels Cycling Classic August 30  Tim Merlier (BEL)  Davide Ballerini (ITA)  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)
United States Maryland Cycling Classic September 6 Cancelled
BelgiumFrance Tour de l'Eurométropole September 12 Cancelled
France GP de Fourmies September 13 Cancelled
Belgium Grand Prix de Wallonie September 16 Cancelled
Italy Coppa Sabatini September 17  Dion Smith (NZL)  Andrea Pasqualon (ITA)  Alexandr Riabushenko  (BLR) [16]
Belgium Primus Classic September 19 Cancelled
Germany Sparkassen Münsterland Giro October 3 Cancelled
Italy Coppa Bernocchi October 5 Cancelled
Belgium Brabantse Pijl October 7[lower-alpha 15]  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA)
France Paris-Tours October 11  Casper Pedersen (DEN)  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA)  Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED)
Belgium Scheldeprijs October 14[lower-alpha 16]  Caleb Ewan (AUS)  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA)  Bryan Coquard (FRA)
Japan Japan Cup October 18 Cancelled

Championships

Continental Championships
Championships Race Date Winner Second Third Ref
African Championships
 Mauritius		 Cancelled
Pan American Championships
 Argentina		 Cancelled
Asian Championships
 Malaysia		 Cancelled
European Championships
 France		 Road race August 24–28  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)  Arnaud Démare (FRA)  Pascal Ackermann (GER)
Individual time trial  Stefan Küng (SUI)  Rémi Cavagna (FRA)  Victor Campenaerts (BEL)
Mixed team relay  Germany   Switzerland  Italy
Oceanian Championships
 Tasmania		 Cancelled

National Championships
Main article: 2020 national road cycling championships

UCI Teams

UCI WorldTeams

The UCI has granted a UCI WorldTour licence to the following nineteen teams:[17]

UCI Professional Continental teams
Main article: List of 2020 UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams

Deaths
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

Notes
  1. The Strade Bianche was scheduled for 7 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  2. The Tour de Pologne was scheduled between 5 and 11 July, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.
  3. The Milan–San Remo was scheduled for 21 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  4. The Critérium du Dauphiné was scheduled between 31 May and 7 June, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
  5. 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.
  6. The Tirreno–Adriatico was scheduled between 11 and 17 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  7. The La Flèche Wallonne was scheduled for 22 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
  8. The Liège–Bastogne–Liège was scheduled for 26 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
  9. 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.
  10. The Gent–Wevelgem was scheduled for 29 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
  11. The Dwars door Vlaanderen was scheduled for 1 April, but was postponed and later on cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
  12. The Ronde van Vlaanderen was scheduled for 5 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
  13. The Three Days of Bruges–De Panne was scheduled for 25 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
  14. 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.
  15. The Brabantse Pijl was scheduled for 15 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
  16. The Scheldeprijs was scheduled for 8 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.

References
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  18. Nie żyje Marian Więckowski (in Polish)
  19. Ex-Giro-renner op 41-jarige leeftijd overleden na werkongeval (in Dutch)
  20. Wielrenner Niels De Vriendt (20) overleden (in Dutch)
  21. Fabrice Philipot est mort (in French)
  22. Van amfetamines tot zelfs politieachtervolging: voormalig wielrenner Ronny Van Sweevelt op 57-jarige leeftijd overleden (in Dutch)
  23. Ci ha lasciato Pietro Zoppas (in Italian)
  24. Fallece Eusebio Vélez de Mendizábal (in Spanish)
  25. Roger Decock, de oudste winnaar van de Ronde, is overleden (in Dutch)
  26. In memoriam Henk Steevens (in Dutch)
  27. Gustaaf De Smet overleden: “Ook na zijn wielercarrière heel gedreven” (in Dutch)
  28. Domingo Villanueva, 55
  29. Décès à 87 ans de l'ancien coureur Roger Baens, ex-équipier de Rik Van Looy (in French)
  30. Falleció el exciclista madrileño Daniel Yuste (in Spanish)
  31. Bagnolo, è morto l'ex ciclista Danilo Barozzi (in Italian)
  32. Radsport: Olympia-Dritter Ziegler gestorben (in German)
  33. 五輪自転車初代日本代表の加藤忠氏が死去　85歳 (in Japanese)
  34. Coronavirus a Treviso, morto Italo De Zan: l'ex campione di ciclismo amico di Coppi e Bartali (in Italian)
  35. Nicolas Portal dies of heart attack at 40
  36. Погиб чемпион мира по велоспорту Андрей Ведерников (in Russian)
  37. Wilfried Thaler, 1934–2020
  38. Preminuo biciklistički olimpijac Eugen Pleško (in Croatian)
  39. L'As Roma Ciclismo piange Nello Fabbri Archived 2020-02-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
  40. Murió Miguel Arroyo, uno de los máximos exponentes del ciclismo en México (in Spanish)
  41. Le champion olympique de Melbourne, Maurice Moucheraud, est décédé (in French)
  42. Addio a Guido Messina, era la maglia rosa più anziana (in Italian)
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