Venue | Plouay, France |
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Date(s) | 24–28 August 2020 |
Events | 13 |
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.
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]
All times are in CEST (UTC+2). [4]
Date | Timings | Event | Distance | |
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Individual time trial events | ||||
24 August | 9:00 | 10:20 | Junior women | 25.6 km (15.9 mi) |
10:25 | 11:55 | Junior men | 25.6 km (15.9 mi) | |
12:00 | 13:05 | Under-23 women | 25.6 km (15.9 mi) | |
13:10 | 14:25 | Under-23 men | 25.6 km (15.9 mi) | |
14:30 | 15:35 | Elite women | 25.6 km (15.9 mi) | |
16:10 | 17:15 | Elite men | 25.6 km (15.9 mi) | |
Road race events | ||||
26 August | 9:00 | 12:00 | Under-23 women | 81.9 km (50.9 mi) |
13:40 | 16:00 | Elite men | 177.45 km (110.26 mi) | |
27 August | 9:00 | 12:00 | Under-23 men | 136 km (85 mi) |
13:40 | 15:55 | Elite women | 109.2 km (67.9 mi) | |
28 August | 11:20 | 14:00 | Junior men | 109.25 km (67.88 mi) |
9:00 | 11:00 | Junior women | 68.25 km (42.41 mi) | |
Mixed Team Relay | ||||
28 August | 14:30 | 17:15 | Mixed Team Relay | 54.6 km (33.9 mi) |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's Elite Events | ||||||
Road race [5] | Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) | 4h 12' 23" | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | + 0" | Pascal Ackermann (GER) | + 0" |
Time trial [6] | Stefan Küng (SUI) | 30' 18" | Rémi Cavagna (FRA) | + 17" | Victor Campenaerts (BEL) | + 21" |
Women's Elite Events | ||||||
Road race [7] | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | 2h 50' 46" | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | + 0" | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) | + 6" |
Time trial [8] | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | 34' 03" | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | + 31" | Marlen Reusser (SUI) | + 59" |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
Road race [9] | Jonas Hvideberg (NOR) | 3h 11' 17" | Anthon Charmig (DEN) | + 0" | Vojtěch Řepa (CZE) | + 2" |
Time trial [10] | Andreas Leknessund (NOR) | 30' 58" | Stefan Bissegger (SUI) | + 23" | Ilan Van Wilder (BEL) | + 28" |
Women's Under-23 Events | ||||||
Road race [11] | Elisa Balsamo (ITA) | 2h 15' 27" | Lonneke Uneken (NED) | + 0" | Emma Cecilie Norsgaard (DEN) | + 0" |
Time trial [12] | Hannah Ludwig (GER) | 35' 53" | Franziska Koch (GER) | + 24" | Marta Jaskulska (POL) | + 1' 18" |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Road race [13] | Kasper Andersen (DEN) | 2h 38' 28" | Pavel Bittner (CZE) | + 0" | Arnaud de Lie (BEL) | + 0" |
Time trial [14] | Mathias Vacek (CZE) | 32' 39" | Marco Brenner (GER) | + 3" | Lorenzo Milesi (ITA) | + 17" |
Women's Junior Events | ||||||
Road race [15] | Eleonora Gasparrini (ITA) | 1h 54' 22" | Marith Vanhove (BEL) | + 0" | Katrijn De Clercq (BEL) | + 0" |
Time trial [16] | Elise Uijen (NED) | 37' 24" | Maeva Squiban (FRA) | + 1' 01" | Carlotta Cipressi (ITA) | + 1' 28" |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Time Trial [17] | Germany | 1h 14' 14" | Switzerland | + 26" | 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 |
* Host nation (France)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
8 | France (FRA)* | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (10 nations) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
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