2020 Giro d'Italia
The 2020 Giro d'Italia was to have taken place from 9 to 31 May 2020, as the 103rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The start of the 2020 Giro (known as the Grande Partenza) had been planned to take place in Budapest, Hungary, which would have been the 14th time the Giro has started outside Italy,[1] and the first time a Grand Tour has visited Hungary.[2]
2020 UCI World Tour, race 19 of 27 | |
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Race details | |
Dates | 3–25 October |
Stages | 21 |
Distance | 3,579.8 km (2,224 mi) |
The event was jeopardised by the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy,[3] and in March 2020 it was postponed, as other early season races in Italy had been.[4] When the government of Hungary announced they would not allow the Grande Partenza to take place, RCS Sport decided they would postpone the race to a later to-be-determined date.[5] On 15 April, UCI announced that both Giro and Vuelta will take place in autumn after the 2020 UCI Road Cycling World Championships.[6] On 5 May, UCI announced that the Giro will take place between 3 October and 25 October.[7]
Teams
The 2020 Giro d'Italia will consist of 22 teams. All nineteen UCI WorldTeams are entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. Additionally, three second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams were invited to participate in the event. The teams were announced on 16 January 2020.[8]
The teams participating in the race are:
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
Pre-race favourites
It is unclear whether former podium finisher and stage winner, José Rujano, will race in the Giro in 2020.[9] Furthermore, it will be the first Grand Tour for Remco Evenepoel, the young talented Belgian rider of Deceuninck–Quick-Step.[10]
Route and stages
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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1 | 3 October | Budapest (Hungary) | 8.6 km (5 mi) | ![]() |
Individual time trial | ||
2 | 4 October | Budapest (Hungary) to Győr (Hungary) | 195 km (121 mi) | ![]() |
Flat stage | ||
3 | 5 October | Székesfehérvár (Hungary) to Nagykanizsa (Hungary) | 204 km (127 mi) | ![]() |
Flat stage | ||
4 | 6 October | Monreale to Agrigento | 136 km (85 mi) | ![]() |
Hilly stage | ||
5 | 7 October | Enna to Etna | 150 km (93 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ||
6 | 8 October | Catania to Villafranca Tirrena | 138 km (86 mi) | ![]() |
Flat stage | ||
7 | 9 October | Mileto to Camigliatello Silano | 223 km (139 mi) | ![]() |
Intermediate stage | ||
8 | 10 October | Castrovillari to Brindisi | 216 km (134 mi) | ![]() |
Flat stage | ||
9 | 11 October | Giovinazzo to Vieste | 198 km (123 mi) | ![]() |
Intermediate stage | ||
12 October | Rest day | ||||||
10 | 13 October | San Salvo to Tortoreto Lido | 212 km (132 mi) | ![]() |
Intermediate stage | ||
11 | 14 October | Porto Sant'Elpidio to Rimini | 181 km (112 mi) | ![]() |
Flat stage | ||
12 | 15 October | Cesenatico to Cesenatico | 205 km (127 mi) | ![]() |
Intermediate stage | ||
13 | 16 October | Cervia to Monselice | 190 km (118 mi) | ![]() |
Hilly stage | ||
14 | 17 October | Conegliano to Valdobbiadene | 33.7 km (21 mi) | ![]() |
Individual time trial | ||
15 | 18 October | Base Aerea Rivolto to Piancavallo | 183 km (114 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ||
19 October | Rest day | ||||||
16 | 20 October | Udine to San Daniele del Friuli | 228 km (142 mi) | ![]() |
Intermediate stage | ||
17 | 21 October | Bassano del Grappa to Madonna di Campiglio | 202 km (126 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ||
18 | 22 October | Pinzolo to Laghi di Cancano | 209 km (130 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ||
19 | 23 October | Morbegno to Asti | 251 km (156 mi) | ![]() |
Flat stage | ||
20 | 24 October | Alba to Sestriere | 200 km (124 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ||
21 | 25 October | Cernusco sul Naviglio to Milano | 16.5 km (10 mi) | ![]() |
Individual time trial | ||
Total | 3,579.8 km (2,224 mi) |
References
Citations
- "Giro d'Italia to start in Budapest in 2020". Cycling News. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "Giro d'Italia to start in Budapest in 2020". Cycling Weekly. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "Milan-San Remo, Tirreno-Adriatico and Giro d'Italia all under threat after Italian coronavirus outbreak". Cycling Weekly. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- "Milan San Remo and Tirreno-Adriatico have been postponed". Cycling Weekly.
- "Officieel: Giro wordt uitgesteld na maatregelen van Hongaarse regering". Sporza. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Tour de France saved by 29 August shift as Grand Tours jostle for space". The Guardian. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- Farrand, Stephen (5 May 2020). "UCI reveal new men's and women's post-COVID-19 race calendar". Cycling News. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- "2020 UCI WorldTour races Wild Cards: RCS Sport choices". RCS Sport. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- Ryan, Barry (27 January 2020). "José Rujano: I want to ride the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France again". Cycling News. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- "Remco Evenepoel bevestigt Giro-deelname: "Ik wil mezelf testen"". Sporza. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.