# 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.

## 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, but was moved due to the Covid-19 crisis.
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) | |
| Road Race | September 27 | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Marc Hirschi (SWI) | |

## Grand Tours

Grand Tours in the 2020 season :
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
| Tour de France | August 29 – September 20 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Richie Porte (AUS) |
| Giro d'Italia | October 3 – October 25 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) | Jai Hindley (AUS) | Wilco Kelderman (NED) |
| Vuelta a España | October 20 – November 8 | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Richard Carapaz (ECU) | Hugh Carthy (GBR) |

## 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) | |
| 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 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Record Bank E3 Harelbeke | March 27 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Vuelta al País Vasco | April 6–11 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour de Romandie | April 28 – May 3 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour de Suisse | June 6–14 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Clásica Ciclista San Sebastián | July 25 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Strade Bianche | August 1 | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Davide Formolo (ITA) | Maximilian Schachmann (GER) | |
| Tour de Pologne | August 5–9 | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Simon Yates (GBR) | |
| Milan–San Remo | August 8 | Wout van Aert (BEL) | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Michael Matthews (AUS) | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | August 12–16 | Daniel Martínez (COL) | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) | Guillaume Martin (FRA) | |
| Il Lombardia | August 15 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | George Bennett (NZL) | Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) | |
| Prudential RideLondon–Surrey Classic | August 16 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Bretagne Classic Ouest-France | August 25 | Michael Matthews (AUS) | Luka Mezgec (SLO) | Florian Sénéchal (FRA) | |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | September 7–14 | Simon Yates (GBR) | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Rafał Majka (POL) | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | September 11 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | September 13 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| BinckBank Tour | September 29 – October 3 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Stefan Küng (SUI) | |
| La Flèche Wallonne | September 30 | Marc Hirschi (SUI) | Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) | Michael Woods (CAN) | |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | October 4 | Primož Roglič (SLO) | Marc Hirschi (SUI) | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | |
| Amstel Gold Race | October 10 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Gent–Wevelgem | October 11 | Mads Pedersen (DEN) | Florian Sénéchal (FRA) | Matteo Trentin (ITA) | |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | October 14 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Gree-Tour of Guangxi | October 15–20 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Ronde van Vlaanderen | October 18 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | Wout Van Aert (BEL) | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | |
| Three Days of Bruges–De Panne | October 21 | Yves Lampaert (BEL) | Tim Declercq (BEL) | Tim Merlier (BEL) | |
| Paris–Roubaix | October 25 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg | TBC | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Eschborn-Frankfurt | TBC | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |

## UCI tours

| Tour | Nations champion |
| World Tour | No nation ranking |
| Africa Tour | |
| America Tour | |
| Asia Tour | |
| Europe Tour | |
| Oceania Tour | |

## 2.Pro Category Races

| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third | Ref |
| Vuelta a San Juan | January 26 – February 2 | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | Filippo Ganna (ITA) | Óscar Sevilla (ESP) | |
| Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana | February 5 – 9 | Tadej Pogačar (SVN) | Jack Haig (AUS) | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) | |
| 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 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Presidential Tour of Turkey | April 12 – 19 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour of the Alps | April 20 – 24 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour de Yorkshire | April 30 – May 3 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Four Days of Dunkirk | May 5 – 10 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour of Norway | May 26 – 31 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Boucles de la Mayenne | May 28 – 31 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| ZLM Tour | June 3 – 7 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour of Belgium | June 10 – 14 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour of Slovenia | June 24 – 28 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour of Austria | June 27 – July 3 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour of Qinghai Lake | July 7 – 14 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | 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) | |
| The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah | August 3 – 9 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Arctic Race of Norway | August 6 – 9 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| PostNord Danmark Rundt | August 12 – 16 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Deutschland Tour | August 20 – 23 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour of Britain | September 6 – 13 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour de Luxembourg | September 15 – 19 | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) | Aimé De Gendt (BEL) | |

## 1.Pro Category Races

| 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 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Nokere Koerse | March 18 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| GP de Denain | March 19 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Bredene Koksijde Classic | March 20 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| GP Miguel Induráin | April 4 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tro-Bro Léon | April 19 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan | May 16 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | 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) | |
| Giro dell'Emilia | August 18 | Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) | João Almeida (POR) | Diego Ulissi (ITA) | |
| Brussels Cycling Classic | August 30 | Tim Merlier (BEL) | Davide Ballerini (ITA) | Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) | |
| Maryland Cycling Classic | September 6 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Tour de l'Eurométropole | September 12 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| GP de Fourmies | September 13 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Grand Prix de Wallonie | September 16 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Coppa Sabatini | September 17 | Dion Smith (NZL) | Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) | Alexandr Riabushenko (BLR) | |
| Primus Classic | September 19 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Sparkassen Münsterland Giro | October 3 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Coppa Bernocchi | October 5 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Brabantse Pijl | October 7 | 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 | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) | Bryan Coquard (FRA) | |
| Japan Cup | October 18 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |

## Championships
### Continental Championships

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

### National Championships
## UCI Teams
### UCI WorldTeams

The UCI has granted a UCI WorldTour licence to the following nineteen teams:
* 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
## Deaths
### July

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

### June

* June 17 - Fabrice Philipot, 54, French racing cyclist.
* June 17 - Ronny Van Sweevelt, 57, Belgian Olympic racing cyclist (1984), food poisoning.
* June 17 - Pietro Zoppas, 86, Italian racing cyclist.
* June 16 - Eusebio Vélez, 85, Spanish racing cyclist.

### May

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

### April

* April 7 - Domingo Villanueva, 55, Filipino Olympic cyclist (1988, 1992).

### March

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

### February

* February 29 - Andrei Vedernikov, 60, Russian racing cyclist, world champion (1981).
* February 15 - Wilfried Thaler, 85, Austrian cyclist.
* February 4 - Eugen Pleško, 71, Croatian Olympic cyclist (1972).

### January

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