2020 French Road Cycling Cup

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The 2020 French Road Cycling Cup was the 29th edition of the French Road Cycling Cup. Compared to the previous season, the same 15 events were held. The cup was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in France, as originally 16 races were scheduled, but only 8 were eventually held, including some replacement events. [1] [2] The defending champion from the previous season was Marc Sarreau, he was succeeded by Nacer Bouhanni who managed to win two events.

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Events

The calendar was heavily disturbed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To obtain a reasonable number of events, replacement races were included in the calendar, such as the 1st stage of the Route d'Occitanie and the 4th stage of the Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine. A notable race added was also the sprinters' classic Paris–Tours.

DateEventWinnerTeamSeries leader(s)Leading Team
2 February Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Flag of France.svg  Benoît Cosnefroy  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale Flag of France.svg  Benoit Cosnefroy  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale
1 August Route d'Occitanie (1st stage)Flag of France.svg  Bryan Coquard  (FRA) B&B Hotels–Vital Concept Flag of France.svg  Benoit Cosnefroy  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  Bryan Coquard  (FRA)
29 August Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine (4th stage)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Černý  (CZE) Circus–Wanty Gobert Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Černý  (CZE)
6 September Tour du Doubs Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Loïc Vliegen  (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert
20 September Grand Prix d'Isbergues Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic
22 September Paris–Camembert Flag of France.svg  Dorian Godon  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA)
27 September Paris–Chauny Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic
11 October Paris–Tours Flag of Denmark.svg  Casper Pedersen  (DEN) Team Sunweb

Final Cup standings

Individual

All competing riders are eligible for this classification.

Pos.RiderTeamPoints
1Flag of France.svg  Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 125
2Flag of France.svg  Benoît Cosnefroy  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 85
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Černý  (CZE) Circus–Wanty Gobert 64
4Flag of Germany.svg  Alexander Krieger  (GER) Alpecin–Fenix 58
5Flag of France.svg  Valentin Madouas  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 55
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Casper Pedersen  (DEN) Team Sunweb 50
7Flag of France.svg  Bryan Coquard  (FRA) B&B Hotels–Vital Concept 50
8Flag of France.svg  Dorian Godon  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 50
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Loïc Vliegen  (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert 50
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Maurits Lammertink  (NED) Circus–Wanty Gobert 45

Young rider classification

All riders younger than 25 are eligible for this classification.

Pos.RiderTeamPoints
1Flag of France.svg  Benoît Cosnefroy  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 85
2Flag of France.svg  Valentin Madouas  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 55
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Casper Pedersen  (DEN) Team Sunweb 50
4Flag of France.svg  Dorian Godon  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 50
5Flag of Italy.svg  Luca Mozzato  (ITA) B&B Hotels–Vital Concept 36
6Flag of Eritrea.svg  Biniam Girmay  (ERI) Nippo–Delko–One Provence 35
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Joris Nieuwenhuis  (NED) Team Sunweb 25
8Flag of France.svg  Aurélien Paret-Peintre  (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 25
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Edward Planckaert  (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise 21
10Flag of France.svg  Jérémy Lecroq  (FRA) B&B Hotels–Vital Concept 20

Teams

Only French teams are eligible to be classified in the teams classification.

Pos.TeamPoints
1 AG2R La Mondiale 72
2 Arkéa–Samsic 59
3 Nippo–Delko–One Provence 53
4 Groupama–FDJ 51
5 Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole 50
6 B&B Hotels–Vital Concept 45
7 Cofidis 43
8 Total Direct Énergie 40
9 St. Michel–Auber93 35

Notes

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