Cycling’s world governing body, the UCI, announced revised men’s and women’s 2020 WorldTour calendars yesterday.
The UCI has unveiled revised WorldTour calendars for this year. Photo: Unipublic/Photogomez Sport
Following the interruption of the season in March, the UCI consulted with various stakeholders – including organisers, teams and riders – to draw up what they call “a solid, attractive and varied new calendar that is as realistic and coherent as possible”.
“This has been achieved as early as was practicable and in line with information available today concerning the evolution of the pandemic,” UCI president David Lappartient said in the statement.
He said the new programme included 25 races, starting with Strade Bianche on August 1 and ending with the Vuelta a España on November 8.
Among these are 17 one-day races (including Monuments Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia) and eight stage races (including the Grand Tours).
The length of the Vuelta has been shortened by one weekend because the scheduled Grand Depart in the Netherlands is no longer possible.
The dates for the EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg and Eschborn-Frankfurt, both in Germany, are to be confirmed.
The various national championships should take place from August 20 to 23.
Revised men’s calendar:
• August 1: Stade Bianche (Italy)
• August 5 to 9: Tour de Pologne (Poland)
• August 8: Milan-San Remo (Italy)
• August 12 to 16: Critérium du Dauphiné (France)
• August 16: RideLondon-Surrey Classic (Great Britain)
• August 25: Bretagne Classic (France)
• August 29 to September 20: Tour de France (France)
• September 7-14: Tirreno-Adriatico (Italy)
• September 11: Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (Canada)
• September 13: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (Canada)
• September 29 to October 3: BinckBank Tour
• September 30: La Flèche Wallonne (Belgium)
• October 3 to 25: Giro d’Italia (Italy)
• October 4: Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Belgium)
• October 10: Amstel Gold Race (Netherlands)
• October 11: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (Belgium)
• October 14: A Travers la Flandre (Belgium)
• October 15 to 20: Tour of Guangxi (China)
• October 18: Tour of Flanders (Belgium)
• October 20 to November 8: Vuelta a Espana (Spain)
• October 21: Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne (Belgium)
• October 25: Paris-Roubaix (France)
• October 31: Il Lombardia (Italy)
Revised women’s calendar:
• August 1: Strade Bianche (Italy)
• August 8: Postnord UCI WWT Vargarda West Sweden TTT (Sweden)
• August 9: Postnord UCI WWT Vargarda West Sweden RR (Sweden)
• August 13 to 16: Ladies Tour of Norway (Norway)
• August 26: GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération Trophée WNT (France)
• August 29: La Course by Le Tour de France (France)
• September 1 to 6: Boels Ladies Tour (Netherlands)
• September 11 to 19: Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile (Italy)
• September 30: La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (Belgium)
• October 4: Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes (Belgium)
• October 10: Amstel Gold Race Ladies (Netherlands)
• October 11: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (Belgium)
• October 18: Ronde van Vlaanderen (Belgium)
• October 20: Tour of Guangxi Women’s WorldTour (China)
• October 20: Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne (Belgium)
• October 23-25: Tour of Chongming Island (China)
• October 25: Paris-Roubaix (France)
• November 6 to 8: Ceratizit Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta (Spain)
