2020 in men's road cycling

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. ^[1]

World Championships

Main article: 2020 UCI Road 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, ^[2] but was moved due to the Covid-19 crisis. ^[3]

Events at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Individual Time Trial	September 25	Filippo Ganna  (ITA)	Wout van Aert  (BEL)	Stefan Küng  (SWI)	[4]
Road Race	September 27	Julian Alaphilippe  (FRA)	Wout van Aert  (BEL)	Marc Hirschi  (SWI)	[5]

Grand Tours

Grand Tours in the 2020 season

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Tour de France	August 29 – September 20	Tadej Pogačar  (SLO)	Primož Roglič  (SLO)	Richie Porte  (AUS)	[6]
Giro d'Italia	October 3 – October 25	Tao Geoghegan Hart  (GBR)	Jai Hindley  (AUS)	Wilco Kelderman  (NED)	[7]
Vuelta a España	October 20 – November 8	Primož Roglič  (SLO)	Richard Carapaz  (ECU)	Hugh Carthy  (GBR)	[8]

UCI World Tour

Main article: 2020 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.

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Santos Tour Down Under	January 21–26	Richie Porte  (AUS)	Diego Ulissi  (ITA)	Simon Geschke  (GER)	[9]
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race	February 2	Dries Devenyns  (BEL)	Pavel Sivakov  (RUS)	Daryl Impey  (RSA)
UAE Tour	February 23–29	Adam Yates  (GBR)	Tadej Pogačar  (SVN)	Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	February 29	Jasper Stuyven  (BEL)	Yves Lampaert  (BEL)	Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN)
Paris–Nice	March 8–15	Maximilian Schachmann  (GER)	Tiesj Benoot  (BEL)	Sergio Higuita  (COL)
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya	March 23–29	Cancelled
Record Bank E3 Harelbeke	March 27	Cancelled
Vuelta al País Vasco	April 6–11	Cancelled
Tour de Romandie	April 28 – May 3	Cancelled
Tour de Suisse	June 6–14	Cancelled
Clásica Ciclista San Sebastián	July 25	Cancelled
Strade Bianche	August 1 [a]	Wout van Aert  (BEL)	Davide Formolo  (ITA)	Maximilian Schachmann  (GER)
Tour de Pologne	August 5–9 [b]	Remco Evenepoel  (BEL)	Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)	Simon Yates  (GBR)
Milan–San Remo	August 8 [c]	Wout van Aert  (BEL)	Julian Alaphilippe  (FRA)	Michael Matthews  (AUS)
Critérium du Dauphiné	August 12–16 [d]	Daniel Martínez  (COL)	Thibaut Pinot  (FRA)	Guillaume Martin  (FRA)
Il Lombardia	August 15 [e]	Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)	George Bennett  (NZL)	Aleksandr Vlasov  (RUS)
Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic	August 16	Cancelled
Bretagne Classic Ouest-France	August 25	Michael Matthews  (AUS)	Luka Mezgec  (SLO)	Florian Sénéchal  (FRA)
Tirreno–Adriatico	September 7–14 [f]	Simon Yates  (GBR)	Geraint Thomas  (GBR)	Rafał Majka  (POL)
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec	September 11	Cancelled
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal	September 13	Cancelled
BinckBank Tour	September 29 – October 3	Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)	Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN)	Stefan Küng  (SUI)
La Flèche Wallonne	September 30 [g]	Marc Hirschi  (SUI)	Benoît Cosnefroy  (FRA)	Michael Woods  (CAN)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	October 4 [h]	Primož Roglič  (SLO)	Marc Hirschi  (SUI)	Tadej Pogačar  (SLO)
Amstel Gold Race	October 10 [i]	Cancelled
Gent–Wevelgem	October 11 [j]	Mads Pedersen  (DEN)	Florian Sénéchal  (FRA)	Matteo Trentin  (ITA)
Dwars door Vlaanderen	October 14 [k]	Cancelled
Gree-Tour of Guangxi	October 15–20	Cancelled
Ronde van Vlaanderen	October 18 [l]	Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)	Wout Van Aert  (BEL)	Alexander Kristoff  (NOR)
Three Days of Bruges–De Panne	October 21 [m]	Yves Lampaert  (BEL)	Tim Declercq  (BEL)	Tim Merlier  (BEL)
Paris–Roubaix	October 25 [n]	Cancelled
EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg	TBC	Cancelled
Eschborn-Frankfurt	TBC	Cancelled

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

Main article: 2020 UCI ProSeries

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Vuelta a San Juan	January 26 – February 2	Remco Evenepoel  (BEL)	Filippo Ganna  (ITA)	Óscar Sevilla  (ESP)	[10]
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana	February 5 – 9	Tadej Pogačar  (SVN)	Jack Haig  (AUS)	Tao Geoghegan Hart  (GBR)	[11]
Le Tour de Langkawi	February 7 – 14	Danilo Celano  (ITA)	Yevgeniy Fedorov  (KAZ)	Artem Ovechkin  (RUS)
Tour de la Provence	February 13 – 16	Nairo Quintana  (COL)	Aleksandr Vlasov  (RUS)	Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)
Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta Ciclista del Sol	February 19 – 23	Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)	Jack Haig  (AUS)	Mikel Landa  (ESP)
Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta	February 19 – 23	Remco Evenepoel  (BEL)	Maximilian Schachmann  (GER)	Miguel Ángel López  (COL)
Tour of Hainan	February 23 – March 1	Cancelled
Presidential Tour of Turkey	April 12 – 19	Cancelled
Tour of the Alps	April 20 – 24	Cancelled
Tour de Yorkshire	April 30 – May 3	Cancelled
Four Days of Dunkirk	May 5 – 10	Cancelled
Tour of Norway	May 26 – 31	Cancelled
Boucles de la Mayenne	May 28 – 31	Cancelled
ZLM Tour	June 3 – 7	Cancelled
Tour of Belgium	June 10 – 14	Cancelled
Tour of Slovenia	June 24 – 28	Cancelled
Tour of Austria	June 27 – July 3	Cancelled
Tour of Qinghai Lake	July 7 – 14	Cancelled
Vuelta a Burgos	July 28 – August 1	Remco Evenepoel  (BEL)	Mikel Landa  (ESP)	João Almeida  (POR)
VOO-Tour de Wallonie	August 16 – 19	Arnaud Démare  (FRA)	Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL)	Amaury Capiot  (BEL)	[12]
The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah	August 3 – 9	Cancelled
Arctic Race of Norway	August 6 – 9	Cancelled
PostNord Danmark Rundt	August 12 – 16	Cancelled
Deutschland Tour	August 20 – 23	Cancelled
Tour of Britain	September 6 – 13	Cancelled
Tour de Luxembourg	September 15 – 19	Diego Ulissi  (ITA)	Markus Hoelgaard  (NOR)	Aimé De Gendt  (BEL)	[13]

1.Pro Category Races

Main article: 2020 UCI ProSeries

Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
Clásica de Almería	February 16	Pascal Ackermann  (GER)	Alexander Kristoff  (NOR)	Elia Viviani  (ITA)
Trofeo Laigueglia	February 16	Giulio Ciccone  (ITA)	Biniam Girmay  (ERI)	Diego Rosa  (ITA)
Classic Sud-Ardèche	February 29	Rémi Cavagna  (FRA)	Tanel Kangert  (EST)	Guillaume Martin  (FRA)
La Drôme Classic	March 1	Simon Clarke  (AUS)	Warren Barguil  (FRA)	Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA)
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne	March 1	Kasper Asgreen  (DEN)	Giacomo Nizzolo  (ITA)	Alexander Kristoff  (NOR)
GP Industria & Artigianato	March 8	Cancelled
Nokere Koerse	March 18	Cancelled
GP de Denain	March 19	Cancelled
Bredene Koksijde Classic	March 20	Cancelled
GP Miguel Induráin	April 4	Cancelled
Tro-Bro Léon	April 19	Cancelled
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan	May 16	Cancelled
Gran Trittico Lombardo	August 3	Gorka Izagirre  (ESP)	Alex Aranburu  (ESP)	Greg van Avermaet  (BEL)
Milano-Torino	August 5	Arnaud Démare  (FRA)	Caleb Ewan  (AUS)	Wout van Aert  (BEL)
Gran Piemonte	August 12	George Bennett  (NZL)	Diego Ulissi  (ITA)	Mathieu Van der Poel  (NED)
Dwars door het Hageland	August 15	Jonas Rickaert  (BEL)	Nils Eekhoff  (NED)	Gianni Vermeersch  (BEL)	[14]
Giro dell'Emilia	August 18	Aleksandr Vlasov  (RUS)	João Almeida  (POR)	Diego Ulissi  (ITA)	[15]
Brussels Cycling Classic	August 30	Tim Merlier  (BEL)	Davide Ballerini  (ITA)	Nacer Bouhanni  (FRA)
Maryland Cycling Classic	September 6	Cancelled
Tour de l'Eurométropole	September 12	Cancelled
GP de Fourmies	September 13	Cancelled
Grand Prix de Wallonie	September 16	Cancelled
Coppa Sabatini	September 17	Dion Smith  (NZL)	Andrea Pasqualon  (ITA)	Alexandr Riabushenko  (BLR)	[16]
Primus Classic	September 19	Cancelled
Sparkassen Münsterland Giro	October 3	Cancelled
Coppa Bernocchi	October 5	Cancelled
Brabantse Pijl	October 7 [o]	Julian Alaphilippe  (FRA)	Mathieu van der Poel  (NED)	Benoît Cosnefroy  (FRA)
Paris-Tours	October 11	Casper Pedersen  (DEN)	Benoît Cosnefroy  (FRA)	Joris Nieuwenhuis  (NED)
Scheldeprijs	October 14 [p]	Caleb Ewan  (AUS)	Niccolò Bonifazio  (ITA)	Bryan Coquard  (FRA)
Japan Cup	October 18	Cancelled

Championships

Continental Championships

Championships	Race	Date	Winner	Second	Third	Ref
African Championships   Mauritius	Cancelled
Pan American Championships   Argentina	Cancelled
Asian Championships   Malaysia	Cancelled
European Championships   France	Road race	August 24–28	Giacomo Nizzolo  (ITA)	Arnaud Démare  (FRA)	Pascal Ackermann  (GER)
	Individual time trial		Stefan Küng  (SUI)	Rémi Cavagna  (FRA)	Victor Campenaerts  (BEL)
	Mixed team relay		Germany	Switzerland	Italy
Oceanian Championships   Tasmania	Cancelled

National Championships

Main article: 2020 national road cycling championships

UCI Teams

UCI WorldTeams

The UCI has granted a UCI WorldTour licence to the following nineteen teams: ^[17]

• Mitchelton–Scott
• Bahrain–McLaren
• Lotto–Soudal
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• AG2R La Mondiale
• Cofidis
• Groupama–FDJ
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Team Sunweb
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Israel Start-Up Nation
• Astana
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• CCC Team
• NTT Pro Cycling
• Movistar Team
• UAE Team Emirates
• EF Pro Cycling
• Trek–Segafredo

UCI Professional Continental teams

Main article: List of 2020 UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams

Deaths

July

• July 17 - Marian Więckowski, 86, Polish racing cyclist. ^[18]
• July 14 - Luis Orán Castañeda, 41, Colombian racing cyclist (2000 Giro d'Italia), work accident. ^[19]
• July 2 - Niels De Vriendt, 20, Belgian racing cyclist, heart attack. ^[20]

June

• June 17 - Fabrice Philipot, 54, French racing cyclist. ^[21]
• June 17 - Ronny Van Sweevelt, 57, Belgian Olympic racing cyclist (1984), food poisoning. ^[22]
• June 17 - Pietro Zoppas, 86, Italian racing cyclist. ^[23]
• June 16 - Eusebio Vélez, 85, Spanish racing cyclist. ^[24]

May

• May 30 - Roger Decock, 93, Belgian racing cyclist, Tour of Flanders winner (1952). ^[25]
• May 29 - Henk Steevens, 88, Dutch racing cyclist (1953 Tour de France), cancer. ^[26]
• May 28 - Gustaaf De Smet, 85, Belgian Olympic cyclist (1956). ^[27]

April

• April 7 - Domingo Villanueva, 55, Filipino Olympic cyclist (1988, 1992). ^[28]

March

• March 26 - Roger Baens, 86, Belgian racing cyclist. ^[29]
• March 26 - Daniel Yuste, 75, Spanish Olympic racing cyclist (1968), COVID-19. ^[30]
• March 25 - Danilo Barozzi, 92, Italian racing cyclist, complications from a broken femur. ^[31]
• March 19 - Edi Ziegler, 90, German road racing cyclist, Olympic bronze medallist (1952). ^[32]
• March 17 - Tadashi Kato, 85, Japanese Olympic cyclist (1952). ^[33]
• March 9 - Italo De Zan, 94, Italian racing cyclist, COVID-19. ^[34]
• March 3 - Nicolas Portal, 40, French racing cyclist, sporting director of Team Sky (since 2013), heart attack. ^[35]

February

• February 29 - Andrei Vedernikov, 60, Russian racing cyclist, world champion (1981). ^[36]
• February 15 - Wilfried Thaler, 85, Austrian cyclist. ^[37]
• February 4 - Eugen Pleško, 71, Croatian Olympic cyclist (1972). ^[38]

January

• January 30 - Nello Fabbri, 85, Italian racing cyclist. ^[39]
• January 30 - Miguel Arroyo, 53, Mexican road racing cyclist, National champion (2000), complications during surgery. ^[40]
• January 13 - Maurice Moucheraud, 86, French racing cyclist, Olympic champion (1956). ^[41]
• January 10 - Guido Messina, 89, Italian road and track cyclist, Olympic (1952) and world champion (1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956). ^[42]

Notes

1. The Strade Bianche was scheduled for 7 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
2. The Tour de Pologne was scheduled between 5 and 11 July, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.
3. The Milan–San Remo was scheduled for 21 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
4. The Critérium du Dauphiné was scheduled between 31 May and 7 June, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
5. Il Lombardia was initially scheduled for 10 October. The race was first rescheduled for 31 October with the May calendar update, and subsequently to 15 August with the June calendar update.
6. The Tirreno–Adriatico was scheduled between 11 and 17 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
7. The La Flèche Wallonne was scheduled for 22 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
8. The Liège–Bastogne–Liège was scheduled for 26 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
9. The Amstel Gold Race was scheduled for 19 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. On 30 September the race was cancelled altogether.
10. The Gent–Wevelgem was scheduled for 29 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
11. The Dwars door Vlaanderen was scheduled for 1 April, but was postponed and later on cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
12. The Ronde van Vlaanderen was scheduled for 5 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
13. The Three Days of Bruges–De Panne was scheduled for 25 March, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
14. The Paris–Roubaix was scheduled for 12 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. On 9 October the race was cancelled altogether.
15. The Brabantse Pijl was scheduled for 15 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
16. The Scheldeprijs was scheduled for 8 April, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.

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19. Ex-Giro-renner op 41-jarige leeftijd overleden na werkongeval (in Dutch)
20. Wielrenner Niels De Vriendt (20) overleden (in Dutch)
21. Fabrice Philipot est mort (in French)
22. Van amfetamines tot zelfs politieachtervolging: voormalig wielrenner Ronny Van Sweevelt op 57-jarige leeftijd overleden (in Dutch)
23. Ci ha lasciato Pietro Zoppas (in Italian)
24. Fallece Eusebio Vélez de Mendizábal (in Spanish)
25. Roger Decock, de oudste winnaar van de Ronde, is overleden (in Dutch)
26. In memoriam Henk Steevens (in Dutch)
27. Gustaaf De Smet overleden: “Ook na zijn wielercarrière heel gedreven” (in Dutch)
28. Domingo Villanueva, 55
29. Décès à 87 ans de l'ancien coureur Roger Baens, ex-équipier de Rik Van Looy (in French)
30. Falleció el exciclista madrileño Daniel Yuste (in Spanish)
31. Bagnolo, è morto l'ex ciclista Danilo Barozzi (in Italian)
32. Radsport: Olympia-Dritter Ziegler gestorben (in German)
33. 五輪自転車初代日本代表の加藤忠氏が死去　85歳 (in Japanese)
34. Coronavirus a Treviso, morto Italo De Zan: l'ex campione di ciclismo amico di Coppi e Bartali (in Italian)
35. Nicolas Portal dies of heart attack at 40
36. Погиб чемпион мира по велоспорту Андрей Ведерников (in Russian)
37. Wilfried Thaler, 1934–2020
38. Preminuo biciklistički olimpijac Eugen Pleško (in Croatian)
39. L'As Roma Ciclismo piange Nello Fabbri Archived 2020-02-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
40. Murió Miguel Arroyo, uno de los máximos exponentes del ciclismo en México (in Spanish)
41. Le champion olympique de Melbourne, Maurice Moucheraud, est décédé (in French)
42. Addio a Guido Messina, era la maglia rosa più anziana (in Italian)