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 Giro d'Italia
2020 UCI World Tour, race 16 of 23
Race details
Dates3–25 October
Stages21
Distance3,495.8 km (2,172 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
Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2020 Giro d'Italia

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
List of stages
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 3 October Monreale to Palermo 15 km (9 mi) Individual time trial
2 4 October Alcamo to Agrigento 150 km (93 mi) Flat stage
3 5 October Enna to Etna 150 km (93 mi) Mountain stage
4 6 October Catania to Villafranca Tirrena 140 km (87 mi) Flat stage
5 7 October Mileto to Camigliatello Silano 225 km (140 mi) Intermediate stage
6 8 October Castrovillari to Matera 188 km (117 mi) Flat stage
7 9 October Matera to Brindisi 143 km (89 mi) Flat stage
8 10 October Giovinazzo to Vieste 200 km (124 mi) Intermediate stage
9 11 October San Salvo to Roccaraso (Aremogna) 207 km (129 mi) Intermediate stage
12 October Rest day
10 13 October Lanciano to Tortoreto 177 km (110 mi) Intermediate stage
11 14 October Porto Sant'Elpidio to Rimini 182 km (113 mi) Flat stage
12 15 October Cesenatico to Cesenatico 204 km (127 mi) Intermediate stage
13 16 October Cervia to Monselice 192 km (119 mi) Hilly stage
14 17 October Conegliano to Valdobbiadene 34.1 km (21 mi) Individual time trial
15 18 October Base Aerea Rivolto to Piancavallo 185 km (115 mi) Mountain stage
19 October Rest day
16 20 October Udine to San Daniele del Friuli 229 km (142 mi) Intermediate stage
17 21 October Bassano del Grappa to Madonna di Campiglio 203 km (126 mi) Mountain stage
18 22 October Pinzolo to Laghi di Cancano 207 km (129 mi) Mountain stage
19 23 October Morbegno to Asti 251 km (156 mi) Flat stage
20 24 October Alba to Sestriere 198 km (123 mi) Mountain stage
21 25 October Cernusco sul Naviglio to Milano 15.7 km (10 mi) Individual time trial
Total 3,495.8 km (2,172 mi)

References

Citations
  1. "Giro d'Italia to start in Budapest in 2020". Cycling News. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. "Giro d'Italia to start in Budapest in 2020". Cycling Weekly. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. "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.
  4. "Milan San Remo and Tirreno-Adriatico have been postponed". Cycling Weekly.
  5. "Officieel: Giro wordt uitgesteld na maatregelen van Hongaarse regering". Sporza. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  6. "Tour de France saved by 29 August shift as Grand Tours jostle for space". The Guardian. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  7. Farrand, Stephen (5 May 2020). "UCI reveal new men's and women's post-COVID-19 race calendar". Cycling News. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  8. "2020 UCI WorldTour races Wild Cards: RCS Sport choices". RCS Sport. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  9. 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.
  10. "Remco Evenepoel bevestigt Giro-deelname: "Ik wil mezelf testen"". Sporza. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
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