2020 European Road Championships

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2020 European Road Championships
Venue Plouay, France
Date(s) (2020-08-24 - 2020-08-28)24–28 August 2020
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The 2020 European Road Cycling Championships was the 26th running of the European Road Cycling Championships that took place from 24 to 28 August 2020 in Plouay, France. The event consisted of a total of 6 road races and 7 time trials.

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Location

On 10 June 2019, it was announced that Trentino, Italy would host this event from 9 to 13 September 2020. [1] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the UEC and Trentino officials decided to postpone the city's hosting of the event to 2021. [2] It was later announced in July that Plouay, France would step up to host the event from 24 to 28 August 2020, with the city also hosting the French National Road Race and Time Trial Championships the week prior, as well as the Bretagne Classic and GP de Plouay – Bretagne on 25 and 26 August, respectively. [3]

Race Schedule

All times are in CEST (UTC+2). [4]

DateTimingsEventDistance
Individual time trial events
24 August9:0010:20Junior women25.6 km (15.9 mi)
10:2511:55Junior men25.6 km (15.9 mi)
12:0013:05Under-23 women25.6 km (15.9 mi)
13:1014:25Under-23 men25.6 km (15.9 mi)
14:3015:35Elite women25.6 km (15.9 mi)
16:1017:15Elite men25.6 km (15.9 mi)
Road race events
26 August9:0012:00Under-23 women81.9 km (50.9 mi)
13:4016:00Elite men177.45 km (110.26 mi)
27 August9:0012:00Under-23 men136 km (85 mi)
13:4015:55Elite women109.2 km (67.9 mi)
28 August11:2014:00Junior men109.25 km (67.88 mi)
9:0011:00Junior women68.25 km (42.41 mi)
Mixed Team Relay
28 August14:3017:15Mixed Team Relay54.6 km (33.9 mi)

Elite

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's Elite Events
Road race [5] Flag of Italy.svg  Giacomo Nizzolo  (ITA)4h 12' 23"Flag of France.svg  Arnaud Démare  (FRA)+ 0"Flag of Germany.svg  Pascal Ackermann  (GER)+ 0"
Time trial [6] Flag of Switzerland.svg  Stefan Küng  (SUI)30' 18"Flag of France.svg  Rémi Cavagna  (FRA)+ 17"Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Victor Campenaerts  (BEL)+ 21"
Women's Elite Events
Road race [7] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemiek van Vleuten  (NED)2h 50' 46"Flag of Italy.svg  Elisa Longo Borghini  (ITA)+ 0"Flag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Niewiadoma  (POL)+ 6"
Time trial [8] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED)34' 03"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ellen van Dijk  (NED)+ 31"Flag of Switzerland.svg  Marlen Reusser  (SUI)+ 59"

Under-23

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's Under-23 Events
Road race [9] Flag of Norway.svg  Jonas Hvideberg  (NOR)3h 11' 17"Flag of Denmark.svg  Anthon Charmig  (DEN)+ 0"Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vojtěch Řepa  (CZE)+ 2"
Time trial [10] Flag of Norway.svg  Andreas Leknessund  (NOR)30' 58"Flag of Switzerland.svg  Stefan Bissegger  (SUI)+ 23"Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL)+ 28"
Women's Under-23 Events
Road race [11] Flag of Italy.svg  Elisa Balsamo  (ITA)2h 15' 27"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lonneke Uneken  (NED)+ 0"Flag of Denmark.svg  Emma Cecilie Norsgaard  (DEN)+ 0"
Time trial [12] Flag of Germany.svg  Hannah Ludwig  (GER)35' 53"Flag of Germany.svg  Franziska Koch  (GER)+ 24"Flag of Poland.svg  Marta Jaskulska  (POL)+ 1' 18"

Junior

EventGoldSilverBronze
Road race [13] Flag of Denmark.svg  Kasper Andersen  (DEN)2h 38' 28"Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavel Bittner  (CZE)+ 0"Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Arnaud de Lie  (BEL)+ 0"
Time trial [14] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Mathias Vacek  (CZE)32' 39"Flag of Germany.svg  Marco Brenner  (GER)+ 3"Flag of Italy.svg  Lorenzo Milesi  (ITA)+ 17"
Women's Junior Events
Road race [15] Flag of Italy.svg  Eleonora Gasparrini  (ITA)1h 54' 22"Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Marith Vanhove  (BEL)+ 0"Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Katrijn De Clercq  (BEL)+ 0"
Time trial [16] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Elise Uijen  (NED)37' 24"Flag of France.svg  Maeva Squiban  (FRA)+ 1' 01"Flag of Italy.svg  Carlotta Cipressi  (ITA)+ 1' 28"

Mixed Team Relay

EventGoldSilverBronze
Time Trial [17] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1h 14' 14"Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland + 26"Flag of Italy.svg  Italy + 2' 35"
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Klein
Mieke Kröger
Miguel Heidemann
Michel Hessmann
Justin Wolf
Elise Chabbey
Marlen Reusser
Kathrin Stirnemann
Stefan Bissegger
Robin Froidevaux
Claudio Imhof
Vittoria Bussi
Elena Cecchini
Vittoria Guazzini
Edoardo Affini
Liam Bertazzo
Davide Plebani


Overall medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)3205
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)3137
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)2215
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)2002
5Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland  (SUI)1214
6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1113
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)1113
8Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)*0303
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0145
10Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0022
Totals (10 nations)13131339

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