2020 Tour de France

The 2020 Tour de France is scheduled to be the 107th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. Originally scheduled to start on 27 June 2020, it was postponed until 29 August 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[2]

2020 Tour de France
2020 UCI World Tour, race 12 of 23
Route of the 2020 Tour de France
Race details
Dates29 August — 20 September[1]
Stages21
Distance3,470 km (2,156 mi)

Postponement

The 2020 Tour was in jeopardy of being cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On 14 April the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced the start of the 2020 Tour would be postponed to 29 August, with the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España to follow in October.[4]

There was also a virtual Tour held using Zwift[5]

Teams
Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2020 Tour de France

The 2020 Tour de France is expected to consist of 22 teams. All nineteen UCI WorldTeams are entitled, and obliged, to enter the race.[6] Additionally, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Tour, invited three second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams to participate in the event. The teams were announced on 7 January 2020.[7]

The teams participating in the race are:

UCI WorldTeams

UCI Professional Continental teams

Route and stages

The start of the 2020 Tour (known as the Grand Départ) is planned to be in Nice.[8] This would be the second occasion that the city has held the Grand Départ, the first being for the 1981 Tour de France. This would also be the 36th occasion on which the Tour de France has visited Nice,[9] and the first time since the 2013 Tour de France.[10]

Stage characteristics[11][12]
Stage Date Course Distance Type
1 29 August Nice to Nice 170 km (106 mi) Hilly stage
2 30 August Nice to Nice 190 km (118 mi) Medium mountain stage
3 31 August Nice to Sisteron 198 km (123 mi) Flat stage
4 1 September Sisteron to Orcières-Merlette 157 km (98 mi) Hilly stage
5 2 September Gap to Privas 183 km (114 mi) Flat stage
6 3 September Le Teil to Mont Aigoual 191 km (119 mi) Hilly stage
7 4 September Millau to Lavaur 168 km (104 mi) Flat stage
8 5 September Cazères to Loudenvielle 140 km (87 mi) Mountain stage
9 6 September Pau to Laruns 154 km (96 mi) Mountain stage
7 September Charente-Maritime Rest day
10 8 September Île d'Oléron to Île de Ré 170 km (106 mi) Flat stage
11 9 September Châtelaillon-Plage to Poitiers 167 km (104 mi) Flat stage
12 10 September Chauvigny to Sarran 218 km (135 mi) Hilly stage
13 11 September Châtel-Guyon to Puy Mary 191 km (119 mi) Medium mountain stage
14 12 September Clermont-Ferrand to Lyon 197 km (122 mi) Flat stage
15 13 September Lyon to Grand Colombier 175 km (109 mi) Mountain stage
14 September Isère Rest day
16 15 September La Tour-du-Pin to Villard-de-Lans 164 km (102 mi) Mountain stage
17 16 September Grenoble to Méribel (Col de la Loze) 168 km (104 mi) Mountain stage
18 17 September Méribel to La Roche-sur-Foron 168 km (104 mi) Mountain stage
19 18 September Bourg-en-Bresse to Champagnole 160 km (99 mi) Flat stage
20 19 September Lure to La Planche des Belles Filles 36 km (22 mi) Mountain time trial
21 20 September Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris (Champs-Élysées) 122 km (76 mi) Flat stage
Total 3,470 km (2,156 mi)

References
  1. "Tour de France sets new planned August start on original course". ESPN. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. "Tour de France to go ahead at end of August after coronavirus delay". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. "Tour de France set to be postponed amid coronavirus pandemic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. "UCI reveal new mens and womens post-COVID-19 race calendar". Cyclingnews.com. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. https://www.letour.fr/en/virtual-tour-de-france
  6. UCI cycling regulations 2020, p. 215.
  7. "Teams selected for the 2020 Tour de France". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  8. "Tour de France: Britain's Chris Froome says 2020 Tour route is 'brutal' as he aims for fifth title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  9. "2020 Tour de France to start in Nice". Cyclingnews.com. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  10. Wynn, Nigel (12 March 2018). "Nice announced as host for Tour de France 2020 Grand Départ". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  11. "Official route of Tour de France 2020". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  12. Windsor, Richard (25 October 2018). "Tour de France 2019 route revealed: Five summit finishes to celebrate 100th anniversary of the yellow jersey". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

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