The Tokyo Olympic Games have had a significant impact on the 2020 UCI WorldTour men’s calendar.
Several dates on the tour, which comprises 37 events, have been adapted due to the Games that are scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9.
The tour will start in the second half of January in Australia and finish at the end of October in China.
One of the major events impacted is the Tour de France, which will start one week earlier than its traditional date of the first week in July.
The Tour de Pologne will also take place earlier, starting in July instead of August.
Some events will be held later than usual such as the RideLondon Surrey Classic, which will start after the Olympics, while the Tour of Turkey will not be registered on next year’s schedule.
This decision was taken as the number of WorldTeams in the event over the last two years were less than the minimum of 10 required by the regulations.
Finally, the Vuelta a Espana will include an extra day due to the organisation of its Grand Départ in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
See the full calendar below:
January 21-26: Santos Tour Down Under (Australia)
February 2: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (Australia)
February 23-29: UAE Tour (United Arab Emirates)
February 29 : Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite (Belgium)
March 7: Strade Bianche (Italy)
March 8-15: Paris-Nice (France)
March 11-17: Tirreno-Adriatico (Italy)
March 21: Milano-Sanremo (Italy)
March 23-29: Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (Spain)
March 25: AG Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne (Belgium)
March 27: E3 BinckBank Classic (Belgium)
March 29: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (Belgium)
April 1: Dwars door Vlaanderen – A travers la Flandre (Belgium)
April 5: Ronde van Vlaanderen – Tour des Flandres (Belgium)
April 6-11: Itzulia Basque Country (Spain)
April 12: Paris-Roubaix (France)
April 19: Amstel Gold Race (the Netherlands)
April 22: La Flèche Wallonne (Belgium)
April 26: Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Belgium)
April 28 – May 3: Tour de Romandie (Switzerland)
May 1: Eschborn-Frankfurt (Germany)
May 9-31: Giro d’Italia (Italy)
May 10-16: Tour of California (United States)
May 31 – June 7: Critérium du Dauphiné (France)
June 6-14: Tour de Suisse (Switzerland)
June 27 – July 19: Tour de France (France)
July 5-11: Tour de Pologne (Poland)
July 25: Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa (Spain)
August 14 – September 6: Vuelta a Espana (Spain)
August 16: EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg (Germany)
August 16: RideLondon-Surrey Classic (Great Britain)
August 23: Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France (France)
August 31 – September 6: BinckBank Tour
September 11: Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (Canada)
September 13: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (Canada)
October 10: Il Lombardia (Italy)
October 15-20: Gree – Tour of Guangxi (China)
View the women’s calendar here.
