The 2020 Giro d'Italia was a road cycling stage race that took place between 3 and 25 October, after initially being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was originally to have taken place from 9 to 31 May 2020, as the 103rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour. The start of the 2020 Giro (known as the Grande Partenza) had been planned to take place in Budapest, Hungary, which would have been the 14th time the Giro has started outside Italy, and the first time a Grand Tour has visited Hungary.

The event was jeopardised by the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, and in March 2020 it was postponed, as other early season races in Italy had been. When the government of Hungary announced they would not allow the Grande Partenza to take place, RCS Sport decided they would postpone the race to a later to-be-determined date. On 15 April, UCI announced that both Giro and Vuelta would take place in autumn after the 2020 UCI Road World Championships. On 5 May, UCI announced that the Giro would take place between 3 and 25 October, overlapping with the 2020 Vuelta a España .

The race was won by Tao Geoghegan Hart of Great Britain and Ineos Grenadiers, who finished 39 seconds ahead of Australia's Jai Hindley, having taken over leadership of his team after pre-race favourite and teammate Geraint Thomas had crashed out at an early stage. Geoghehan Hart also won the young riders' jersey, and became the first rider in Giro history to win the pink jersey outright on the final stage, having never worn it during the race – he entered the decisive final day time-trial level on time, but second on countback, to Hindley. The mountains jersey was won by Ruben Guerreiro and the sprinters' prize went to Simon Pellaud.

Teams

Twenty-two teams participated in the 2020 Giro d'Italia. All nineteen UCI WorldTeams are entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. Additionally, three second-tier UCI ProTeams were invited to participate in the event. The teams were announced on 16 January 2020. On 13 October 2020, ahead of the start of stage 10, Mitchelton-Scott and Jumbo-Visma withdrew all their remaining riders from the race following positive COVID-19 tests.

The teams participating in the race were:

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

Pre-race favourites

Geraint Thomas (), the 2018 Tour de France champion, was considered the pre-race favourite. Simon Yates () was seen as one of his main challengers after beating Thomas in the lead-up race Tirreno–Adriatico. Steven Kruijswijk (), a previous race leader in 2016, was another top contender, as was the only past champion in the field – two-time winner Vincenzo Nibali (). 's trio of Jakob Fuglsang, Miguel Ángel López and Aleksandr Vlasov were also seen as top contenders. Other riders considered as contenders included Rafał Majka () and Wilco Kelderman (). Remco Evenepoel () was earlier considered a favourite but did not enter the race due to injuries sustained in Il Lombardia.

Riders believed to be the main contenders for victories on the sprint stages were Arnaud Démare (), Fernando Gaviria (), Peter Sagan (), Elia Viviani () and Michael Matthews ().

Route and stages

+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 3 October Monreale to Palermo Individual time trial 2 4 October Alcamo to Agrigento Hilly stage 3 5 October Enna to Etna Mountain stage 4 6 October Catania to Villafranca Tirrena Flat stage 5 7 October Mileto to Camigliatello Silano Intermediate stage 6 8 October Castrovillari to Matera Flat stage 7 9 October Matera to Brindisi Flat stage 8 10 October Giovinazzo to Vieste Intermediate stage 9 11 October San Salvo to Roccaraso (Aremogna) Mountain stage 12 October Rest day 10 13 October Lanciano to Tortoreto Intermediate stage 11 14 October Porto Sant'Elpidio to Rimini Flat stage 12 15 October Cesenatico to Cesenatico Intermediate stage 13 16 October Cervia to Monselice Hilly stage 14 17 October Conegliano to Valdobbiadene Individual time trial 15 18 October Base Aerea Rivolto to Piancavallo Mountain stage 19 October Rest day 16 20 October Udine to San Daniele del Friuli Intermediate stage 17 21 October Bassano del Grappa to Madonna di Campiglio Mountain stage 18 22 October Pinzolo to Laghi di Cancano Mountain stage 19 23 October Morbegno Abbiategrasso to Asti Flat stage 20 24 October Alba to Sestriere Mountain stage 21 25 October Cernusco sul Naviglio to Milan Individual time trial Total

Classification leadership + Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification General Super Team Intermediate sprint classification Combativity classification Breakaway classification Fair play classification 1 Filippo Ganna Filippo Ganna Filippo Ganna Rick Zabel Filippo Ganna Not awarded Filippo Ganna Not awarded 2 Diego Ulissi Diego Ulissi Peter Sagan Thomas De Gendt Thomas De Gendt Ben Gastauer 3 Jonathan Caicedo João Almeida Jonathan Caicedo João Almeida Jonathan Caicedo Giovanni Visconti 4 Arnaud Démare Peter Sagan 5 Filippo Ganna Filippo Ganna Filippo Ganna 6 Arnaud Démare Arnaud Démare Mattia Bais Mattia Bais 7 Arnaud Démare Marco Frapporti Arnaud Démare 8 Alex Dowsett 9 Ruben Guerreiro Ruben Guerreiro Ruben Guerreiro Salvatore Puccio 10 Peter Sagan Peter Sagan 11 Arnaud Démare Mattia Bais 12 Jhonatan Narváez 13 Diego Ulissi Simon Pellaud Simon Pellaud 14 Filippo Ganna 15 Tao Geoghegan Hart Giovanni Visconti 16 Jan Tratnik 17 Ben O'Connor Ruben Guerreiro Thomas De Gendt 18 Jai Hindley Wilco Kelderman Jai Hindley 19 Josef Černý 20 Tao Geoghegan Hart Jai Hindley 21 Filippo Ganna Tao Geoghegan Hart Tao Geoghegan Hart Final Tao Geoghegan Hart Tao Geoghegan Hart Simon Pellaud Mattia Bais

On stage 2, João Almeida, who was second in the points classification, wore the cyclamen jersey, because first placed Filippo Ganna wore the pink jersey as the leader of the general classification. Because Ganna and Almeida were also the first two riders in the young rider classification, Mikkel Bjerg, who was third in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey. On stage 3, João Almeida, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Filippo Ganna wore the pink jersey as the leader of the general classification. On stages 4–10, Harm Vanhoucke, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed João Almeida wore the pink jersey as the leader of the general classification. On stages 11–14 and 16–18, Jai Hindley wore the white jersey for the same reason, as did Brandon McNulty on stage 15. On stage 21, Tao Geoghegan Hart, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Jai Hindley wore the pink jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification + Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 85h 40' 21" 2 + 39" 3 + 1' 29" 4 + 2' 57" 5 + 3' 09" 6 + 7' 02" 7 + 8' 15" 8 + 8' 42" 9 + 9' 57" 10 + 11' 05" Final general classification (11–133) Rank Rider Team Time 11 + 11' 52" 12 + 20' 31" 13 + 35' 29" 14 + 37' 41" 15 + 38' 10" 16 + 45' 04" 17 + 53' 25" 18 + 57' 36" 19 + 59' 36" 20 + 1h 02' 57" 21 + 1h 03' 46" 22 + 1h 06' 11" 23 + 1h 13' 49" 24 + 1h 16' 15" 25 + 1h 25' 14" 26 + 1h 25' 34" 27 + 1h 30' 13" 28 + 1h 30' 54" 29 + 1h 32' 26" 30 + 1h 34' 49" 31 + 1h 48' 45" 32 + 1h 55' 57" 33 + 1h 58' 58" 34 + 2h 00' 42" 35 + 2h 04' 26" 36 + 2h 05' 51" 37 + 2h 05' 56" 38 + 2h 06' 59" 39 + 2h 07' 36" 40 + 2h 10' 28" 41 + 2h 14' 51" 42 + 2h 20' 58" 43 + 2h 23' 09" 44 + 2h 27' 05" 45 + 2h 32' 17" 46 + 2h 32' 44" 47 + 2h 32' 48" 48 + 2h 37' 43" 49 + 2h 38' 53" 50 + 2h 39' 38" 51 + 2h 42' 25" 52 + 2h 43' 56" 53 + 2h 44' 59" 54 + 2h 47' 05" 55 + 2h 47' 38" 56 + 2h 50' 11" 57 + 2h 50' 15" 58 + 2h 51' 20" 59 + 2h 54' 22" 60 + 2h 55' 25" 61 + 3h 03' 16" 62 + 3h 05' 27" 63 + 3h 08' 54" 64 + 3h 10' 30" 65 + 3h 14' 47" 66 + 3h 21' 44" 67 + 3h 22' 39" 68 + 3h 23' 03" 69 + 3h 23' 06" 70 + 3h 25' 54" 71 + 3h 28' 32" 72 + 3h 30' 50" 73 + 3h 35' 23" 74 + 3h 38' 15" 75 + 3h 41' 04" 76 + 3h 41' 58" 77 + 3h 45' 21" 78 + 3h 49' 05" 79 + 3h 54' 39" 80 + 4h 00' 46" 81 + 4h 01' 45" 82 + 4h 02' 55" 83 + 4h 03' 03" 84 + 4h 03' 24" 85 + 4h 03' 58" 86 + 4h 04' 57" 87 + 4h 05' 17" 88 + 4h 07' 49" 89 + 4h 10' 07" 90 + 4h 15' 50" 91 + 4h 18' 52" 92 + 4h 21' 56" 93 + 4h 22' 59" 94 + 4h 23' 22" 95 + 4h 27' 30" 96 + 4h 30' 02" 97 + 4h 31' 02" 98 + 4h 33' 10" 99 + 4h 34' 38" 100 + 4h 45' 29" 101 + 4h 45' 35" 102 + 4h 49' 25" 103 + 4h 52' 03" 104 + 4h 56' 07" 105 + 4h 57' 54" 106 + 4h 59' 30" 107 + 5h 04' 10" 108 + 5h 05' 15" 109 + 5h 08' 17" 110 + 5h 08' 22" 111 + 5h 09' 44" 112 + 5h 10' 26" 113 + 5h 13' 09" 114 + 5h 13' 54" 115 + 5h 16' 07" 116 + 5h 16' 48" 117 + 5h 17' 02" 118 + 5h 19' 10" 119 + 5h 20' 50" 120 + 5h 23' 04" 121 + 5h 26' 45" 122 + 5h 32' 08" 123 + 5h 32' 22" 124 + 5h 36' 34" 125 + 5h 41' 00" 126 + 5h 42' 40" 127 + 5h 45' 25" 128 + 5h 46' 03" 129 + 5h 48' 10" 130 + 5h 51' 35" 131 + 5h 53' 47" 132 + 6h 12' 07" 133 + 6h 13' 59"

Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 233 2 184 3 108 4 87 5 78 6 78 7 77 8 70 9 66 10 61

Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 234 2 157 3 122 4 119 5 71 6 71 7 55 8 48 9 45 10 44

Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 85h 40' 21" 2 + 39" 3 + 2' 57" 4 + 35' 29" 5 + 37' 41" 6 + 38' 10" 7 + 45' 04" 8 + 1h 02' 57" 9 + 1h 03' 46" 10 + 1h 13' 49"

Team classification + Final team classification (1–10)RankTeamTime 1 2 + 22' 32" 3 + 28' 50" 4 + 32' 50" 5 + 1h 12' 34" 6 + 1h 49' 59" 7 + 2h 04' 38" 8 + 2h 08' 26" 9 + 2h 29' 44" 10 + 2h 42' 36"

Intermediate sprint classification

+ Final intermediate sprint classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 78 2 56 3 44 4 34 5 28 6 25 7 21 8 20 9 19 10 17

Combativity classification

+ Final combativity classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 55 2 52 3 45 4 45 5 40 6 39 7 37 8 36 9 35 10 33

Breakaway classification

+ Final breakaway classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Kilometers 1 458 2 428 3 352 4 336 5 320 6 307 7 304 8 304 9 263 10 237

Fair play classification

+ Final fair play classification (1–10) Rank Team Points 1 0 2 0.5 3 20 4 20 5 20 6 40 7 60 8 70 9 85 10 100

Notes

References

External links

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