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.
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, but was moved due to the Covid-19 crisis.
+ Events at the 2020 UCI Road World ChampionshipsRaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef Individual Time Trial September 25 Road Race September 27
Grand Tours + Grand Tours in the 2020 seasonRaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef Tour de FranceAugust 29 – September 20 Giro d'ItaliaOctober 3 – October 25 Vuelta a EspañaOctober 20 – November 8
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.
RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef Santos Tour Down UnderJanuary 21–26 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road RaceFebruary 2 UAE TourFebruary 23–29 Omloop Het NieuwsbladFebruary 29 Paris–NiceMarch 8–15 Volta Ciclista a CatalunyaMarch 23–29Cancelled Record Bank E3 HarelbekeMarch 27Cancelled Vuelta al País VascoApril 6–11Cancelled Tour de RomandieApril 28 – May 3Cancelled Tour de SuisseJune 6–14Cancelled Clásica Ciclista San SebastiánJuly 25Cancelled Strade BiancheAugust 1 Tour de PologneAugust 5–9 Milan–San RemoAugust 8 Critérium du DauphinéAugust 12–16 Il LombardiaAugust 15 Prudential RideLondon–Surrey ClassicAugust 16Cancelled Bretagne Classic Ouest-FranceAugust 25 Tirreno–AdriaticoSeptember 7–14 Grand Prix Cycliste de QuébecSeptember 11Cancelled Grand Prix Cycliste de MontréalSeptember 13Cancelled BinckBank TourSeptember 29 – October 3 La Flèche WallonneSeptember 30 Liège–Bastogne–LiègeOctober 4 Amstel Gold RaceOctober 10Cancelled Gent–WevelgemOctober 11 Dwars door VlaanderenOctober 14Cancelled Gree-Tour of GuangxiOctober 15–20Cancelled Ronde van VlaanderenOctober 18 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne October 21 Paris–RoubaixOctober 25Cancelled EuroEyes Cyclassics HamburgTBCCancelled Eschborn-FrankfurtTBCCancelled
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
RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef Vuelta a San JuanJanuary 26 – February 2 Volta a la Comunitat ValencianaFebruary 5 – 9 Le Tour de Langkawi February 7 – 14 Tour de la ProvenceFebruary 13 – 16 Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta Ciclista del SolFebruary 19 – 23 Volta ao Algarve em BicicletaFebruary 19 – 23 Tour of HainanFebruary 23 – March 1Cancelled Presidential Tour of TurkeyApril 12 – 19Cancelled Tour of the AlpsApril 20 – 24Cancelled Tour de YorkshireApril 30 – May 3Cancelled Four Days of DunkirkMay 5 – 10Cancelled Tour of NorwayMay 26 – 31Cancelled Boucles de la MayenneMay 28 – 31Cancelled ZLM TourJune 3 – 7Cancelled Tour of BelgiumJune 10 – 14Cancelled Tour of SloveniaJune 24 – 28Cancelled Tour of AustriaJune 27 – July 3Cancelled Tour of Qinghai LakeJuly 7 – 14Cancelled Vuelta a BurgosJuly 28 – August 1 VOO-Tour de WallonieAugust 16 – 19 The Larry H. Miller Tour of UtahAugust 3 – 9Cancelled Arctic Race of NorwayAugust 6 – 9Cancelled PostNord Danmark RundtAugust 12 – 16Cancelled Deutschland TourAugust 20 – 23Cancelled Tour of BritainSeptember 6 – 13Cancelled Tour de LuxembourgSeptember 15 – 19
1.Pro Category Races
RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRef Clásica de AlmeríaFebruary 16 Trofeo LaiguegliaFebruary 16 Classic Sud-ArdècheFebruary 29 La Drôme ClassicMarch 1 Kuurne–Brussels–KuurneMarch 1 GP Industria & ArtigianatoMarch 8Cancelled Nokere KoerseMarch 18Cancelled GP de DenainMarch 19Cancelled Bredene Koksijde ClassicMarch 20Cancelled GP Miguel InduráinApril 4Cancelled Tro-Bro LéonApril 19Cancelled Grand Prix de Plumelec-MorbihanMay 16Cancelled Gran Trittico LombardoAugust 3 Milano-TorinoAugust 5 Gran PiemonteAugust 12 Dwars door het HagelandAugust 15 Giro dell'EmiliaAugust 18 Brussels Cycling ClassicAugust 30 Maryland Cycling ClassicSeptember 6Cancelled Tour de l'EurométropoleSeptember 12Cancelled GP de FourmiesSeptember 13Cancelled Grand Prix de WallonieSeptember 16Cancelled Coppa SabatiniSeptember 17 Primus ClassicSeptember 19Cancelled Sparkassen Münsterland GiroOctober 3Cancelled Coppa BernocchiOctober 5Cancelled Brabantse PijlOctober 7 Paris-ToursOctober 11 ScheldeprijsOctober 14 Japan CupOctober 18Cancelled
Championships
Continental Championships ChampionshipsRaceDateWinnerSecondThirdRefAfrican ChampionshipsCancelledPan American ChampionshipsCancelledAsian ChampionshipsCancelledEuropean ChampionshipsRoad raceAugust 24–28 Individual time trial Mixed team relay Oceanian ChampionshipsCancelled
National Championships
UCI Teams
UCI WorldTeams The UCI has granted a UCI WorldTour licence to the following nineteen teams:
UCI Professional Continental teams
Deaths July July 17 - Marian Więckowski, 86, Polish racing cyclist.Nie żyje Marian Więckowski July 14 - Luis Orán Castañeda, 41, Colombian racing cyclist (2000 Giro d'Italia), work accident.Ex-Giro-renner op 41-jarige leeftijd overleden na werkongeval July 2 - Niels De Vriendt, 20, Belgian racing cyclist, heart attack.Wielrenner Niels De Vriendt (20) overleden June June 17 - Fabrice Philipot, 54, French racing cyclist.Fabrice Philipot est mort June 17 - Ronny Van Sweevelt, 57, Belgian Olympic racing cyclist (1984), food poisoning.Van amfetamines tot zelfs politieachtervolging: voormalig wielrenner Ronny Van Sweevelt op 57-jarige leeftijd overleden June 17 - Pietro Zoppas, 86, Italian racing cyclist.Ci ha lasciato Pietro Zoppas June 16 - Eusebio Vélez, 85, Spanish racing cyclist.Fallece Eusebio Vélez de Mendizábal May May 30 - Roger Decock, 93, Belgian racing cyclist, Tour of Flanders winner (1952).Roger Decock, de oudste winnaar van de Ronde, is overleden May 29 - Henk Steevens, 88, Dutch racing cyclist (1953 Tour de France), cancer.In memoriam Henk Steevens May 28 - Gustaaf De Smet, 85, Belgian Olympic cyclist (1956).Gustaaf De Smet overleden: “Ook na zijn wielercarrière heel gedreven” April April 7 - Domingo Villanueva, 55, Filipino Olympic cyclist (1988, 1992).Domingo Villanueva, 55 March March 26 - Roger Baens, 86, Belgian racing cyclist.Décès à 87 ans de l'ancien coureur Roger Baens, ex-équipier de Rik Van Looy March 26 - Daniel Yuste, 75, Spanish Olympic racing cyclist (1968), COVID-19.Falleció el exciclista madrileño Daniel Yuste March 25 - Danilo Barozzi, 92, Italian racing cyclist, complications from a broken femur.Bagnolo, è morto l'ex ciclista Danilo Barozzi March 19 - Edi Ziegler, 90, German road racing cyclist, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).Radsport: Olympia-Dritter Ziegler gestorben March 17 - Tadashi Kato, 85, Japanese Olympic cyclist (1952).五輪自転車初代日本代表の加藤忠氏が死去 85歳 March 9 - Italo De Zan, 94, Italian racing cyclist, COVID-19.Coronavirus a Treviso, morto Italo De Zan: l'ex campione di ciclismo amico di Coppi e Bartali March 3 - Nicolas Portal, 40, French racing cyclist, sporting director of Team Sky (since 2013), heart attack.Nicolas Portal dies of heart attack at 40 February February 29 - Andrei Vedernikov, 60, Russian racing cyclist, world champion (1981).Погиб чемпион мира по велоспорту Андрей Ведерников February 15 - Wilfried Thaler, 85, Austrian cyclist.Wilfried Thaler, 1934–2020 February 4 - Eugen Pleško, 71, Croatian Olympic cyclist (1972).Preminuo biciklistički olimpijac Eugen Pleško January January 30 - Nello Fabbri, 85, Italian racing cyclist.L'As Roma Ciclismo piange Nello Fabbri January 30 - Miguel Arroyo, 53, Mexican road racing cyclist, National champion (2000), complications during surgery.Murió Miguel Arroyo, uno de los máximos exponentes del ciclismo en México January 13 - Maurice Moucheraud, 86, French racing cyclist, Olympic champion (1956).Le champion olympique de Melbourne, Maurice Moucheraud, est décédé January 10 - Guido Messina, 89, Italian road and track cyclist, Olympic (1952) and world champion (1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956).Addio a Guido Messina, era la maglia rosa più anziana
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