2020 Tour de Wallonie

The 2020 VOO–Tour de Wallonie is a four-stage men's professional road cycling race mainly held in the Belgian region of Wallonia. It is a 2.Pro race as part of the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and the inaugural 2020 UCI ProSeries. It is the forty-seventh edition of the Tour de Wallonie, starting on 16 August in Soignies and finishing on 19 August in Erezée. It was originally scheduled for 27 – 31 July, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed to mid-August after the UCI's May calendar update and was shortened from five stages like in years prior to four stages.[1][2]

2020 Tour de Wallonie

2020 UCI Europe Tour 2020 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates	16 – 19 August 2020
Stages	4
Distance	750.7 km (466.5 mi)

Schedule

Stage characteristics and winners[3]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	16 August	Soignies to Templeuve	187 km (116 mi)		Hilly stage	Caleb Ewan (AUS)
2	17 August	Frasnes-lez-Anvaing to Wavre	172.3 km (107.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Arnaud Démare (FRA)
3	18 August	Plombières to Visé	192 km (119 mi)		Hilly stage
4	19 August	Blegny to Érezée	199.4 km (123.9 mi)		Hilly stage
Total		750.7 km (466.5 mi)

Teams

Twenty-three teams, consisting of nine UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI ProTeams, and five UCI Continental teams are participating in the race. Each team entered up to seven riders.[4][5]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R La Mondiale
• Bahrain–McLaren
• CCC Team
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• Groupama–FDJ
• Israel Start-Up Nation
• Lotto–Soudal
• NTT Pro Cycling
• Team Ineos

UCI ProTeams

• Alpecin–Fenix
• Arkéa–Samsic
• B&B Hotels–Vital Concept
• Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles
• Burgos BH
• Circus–Wanty Gobert
• Riwal Readynez
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Total Direct Énergie

UCI Continental Teams

• Hagens Berman Axeon
• Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal
• Tarteletto–Isorex
• Telenet–Baloise Lions
• Wallonie–Bruxelles Development Team

Stages

Stage 1

16 August 2020 — Soignies to Templeuve, 187 km (116 mi)[6]

Stage 1 Result[7][8][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 4h 17' 20" 2  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Tim Merlier (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 0" 4  Arvid de Kleijn (NED) Riwal Readynez + 0" 5  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 6  Itamar Einhorn (ISR) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0" 7  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 8  Manuel Peñalver (ESP) Burgos BH + 0" 9  Silvan Dillier (SUI) AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 10  Clément Venturini (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[7][8][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 4h 17' 10" 2  Dries De Bondt (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 2" 3  Jens Reynders (BEL) Hagens Berman Axeon + 3" 4  Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 4" 5  Tim Merlier (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 6" 6  Arvid de Kleijn (NED) Riwal Readynez + 10" 7  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 10" 8  Itamar Einhorn (ISR) Israel Start-Up Nation + 10" 9  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 10" 10  Manuel Peñalver (ESP) Burgos BH + 10"

Stage 2

17 August 2020 — Frasnes-lez-Anvaing to Wavre, 172.3 km (107.1 mi)[10]

Stage 2 Result[11][12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 3h 57' 43" 2  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 3  Daniel McLay (GBR) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 4  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 5  Florian Sénéchal (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 6  Arvid de Kleijn (NED) Riwal Readynez + 0" 7  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) NTT Pro Cycling + 0" 8  Dries Van Gestel (BEL) Total Direct Énergie + 0" 9  Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles + 0" 10  Edward Planckaert (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[11][12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 8h 15' 43" 2  Dries De Bondt (BEL) Alpecin–Fenix + 2" 3  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 6" 4  Jens Reynders (BEL) Hagens Berman Axeon + 9" 5  Daniel McLay (GBR) Arkéa–Samsic + 12" 6  Tom Wirtgen (LUX) Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles + 14" 7  James Fouché (NZL) Hagens Berman Axeon + 15" 8  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 16" 9  Arvid de Kleijn (NED) Riwal Readynez + 16" 10  Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles + 16"

Stage 3

18 August 2020 — Plombières to Visé, 192 km (119 mi)[14]

Stage 4

19 August 2020 — Blegny to Érezée, 199.4 km (123.9 mi)[15]

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Sprints classification	Teams classification	Combativity award
1[16]	Caleb Ewan	Caleb Ewan	Caleb Ewan	Tom Paquot	Jens Reynders	Dries De Bondt	AG2R La Mondiale	Edward Planckaert
2[17]	Arnaud Démare							Gianni Marchand
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4
5
Final

• On stage two, Arvid de Kleijn, who was fourth in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Caleb Ewan wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification, second placed Sam Bennett wore the Irish national champions' jersey as the defending Irish national road race champion, and third placed Tim Merlier wore the Belgian national champions' jersey as the defending Belgian national road race champion.
• On stage three, Arnaud Démare, who is second in the points classification, will wear the green jersey, because first placed Caleb Ewan will wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification		Denotes the leader of the sprints classification
	Denotes the leader of the mountains classification

General classification

General classification after stage 2 (1–10)[11][12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	Lotto–Soudal	8h 15' 43"
2	Dries De Bondt (BEL)	Alpecin–Fenix	+ 2"
3	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 6"
4	Jens Reynders (BEL)	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 9"
5	Daniel McLay (GBR)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 12"
6	Tom Wirtgen (LUX)	Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 14"
7	James Fouché (NZL)	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 15"
8	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 16"
9	Arvid de Kleijn (NED)	Riwal Readynez	+ 16"
10	Lionel Taminiaux (BEL)	Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 16"

Points classification

Points classification after stage 2 (1–10)[11][12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	Lotto–Soudal	45
2	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	29
3	Sam Bennett (IRL)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	20
4	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	18
5	Arvid de Kleijn (NED)	Riwal Readynez	16
6	Daniel McLay (GBR)	Arkéa–Samsic	15
7	Tim Merlier (BEL)	Alpecin–Fenix	15
8	Florian Sénéchal (FRA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	8
9	Itamar Einhorn (ISR)	Israel Start-Up Nation	6
10	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	NTT Pro Cycling	4

Mountains classification

Mountains classification after stage 2 (1–3)[11][12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Tom Paquot (BEL)	Wallonie–Bruxelles Development Team	12
2	Julien van den Brande (BEL)	Tarteletto–Isorex	8
3	Julien Duval (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	4

Sprints classification

Sprints classification after stage 2 (1–10)[11][13]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Dries De Bondt (BEL)	Alpecin–Fenix	23
2	Jens Reynders (BEL)	Hagens Berman Axeon	11
3	Zdeněk Štybar (CZE)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	5
4	Tom Wirtgen (LUX)	Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles	3
5	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	3
6	Gianni Marchand (BEL)	Tarteletto–Isorex	3
7	Julien Duval (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	2
8	James Fouché (NZL)	Hagens Berman Axeon	1
9	Amaury Capiot (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	1
10	Tom Paquot (BEL)	Wallonie–Bruxelles Development Team	1

Young rider classification

Young rider classification after stage 2 (1–10)[11][12]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jens Reynders (BEL)	Hagens Berman Axeon	8h 15' 12"
2	James Fouché (NZL)	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 6"
3	Itamar Einhorn (ISR)	Israel Start-Up Nation	+ 7"
4	Manuel Peñalver (ESP)	Burgos BH	+ 7"
5	Jarrad Drizners (AUS)	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 7"
6	André Carvalho (POR)	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 7"
7	Cole Davis (USA)	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 7"
8	Kevin Vermaerke (USA)	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 7"
9	Jhonatan Narváez (ECU)	Team Ineos	+ 7"
10	Ryan Kamp (NED)	Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal	+ 7"

Teams classification

Teams classification after stage 2 (1–10)[11][12]

Rank	Team	Time
1	AG2R La Mondiale	24h 45' 57"
2	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 0"
3	Riwal Readynez	+ 0"
4	Israel Start-Up Nation	+ 0"
5	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 0"
6	Alpecin–Fenix	+ 0"
7	Lotto–Soudal	+ 0"
8	Total Direct Énergie	+ 0"
9	CCC Team	+ 0"
10	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 0"

References

1. "LE VOO TOUR DE WALLONIE 2020 (2.PRO) SE DÉROULERA DU 16 AU 19 AOÛT" [THE VOO TOUR DE WALLONIE 2020 (2.PRO) WILL TAKE PLACE FROM AUGUST 16 TO 19] (in French). TRW Organisation. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
2. "Tour de Wallonie confirmed for August 16". CyclingNews. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
3. "LES ÉTAPES DU VOO TOUR DE WALLONIE 2020" [THE STAGES OF THE VOO TOUR OF WALLONIA 2020] (in French). TRW Organisation. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
4. "LE PELOTON DU VOO TOUR DE WALLONIE 2020" [THE PELOTON OF THE VOO TOUR DE WALLONIE 2020]. TRW Organisation (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2020.
5. "2020 Tour de Wallonie Teams". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
6. "Stage 1 Info". TRW Organisation. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
7. "Tour de Wallonie: Caleb Ewan wins stage 1". CyclingNews. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
8. "VOO Tour de Wallonie Stage 1 Results". ProCyclingStats. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
9. "Classement TRW 1" (PDF) (pdf). TRW Organisation. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
10. "Stage 2 Info". TRW Organisation. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
11. Fletcher, Patrick (17 August 2020). "Tour de Wallonie: Démare wins in Wavre". CyclingNews. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
12. "VOO Tour de Wallonie Stage 2 Results". ProCyclingStats. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
13. "Classement TRW 2" (PDF) (pdf). TRW Organisation. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
14. "Stage 3 Info". TRW Organisation. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
15. "Stage 4 Info". TRW Organisation. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
16. "CALEB EWAN EN MAÎTRE À TEMPLEUVE" [CALEB EWAN THE WINNER AT TEMPLEUVE] (in French). TRW Organisation. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
17. "DÉMARE S'IMPOSE, EWAN RESTE EN JAUNE" [DÉMARE WINS, EWAN STAYS IN YELLOW] (in French). TRW Organisation. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

External links

• Official website (in French)