2020 Tour de Luxembourg | |
Series: | 2020 UCI Europe Tour 2020 UCI ProSeries |
Date: | 15 – 19 September 2020 |
Stages: | 5 |
Distance: | 716.5 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 16h 32' 39" |
First: | Diego Ulissi |
First Nat: | ITA |
First Color: | yellow |
Second: | Markus Hoelgaard |
Second Nat: | NOR |
Third: | Aimé De Gendt |
Third Nat: | BEL |
Points: | Diego Ulissi |
Points Nat: | ITA |
Points Color: | blue |
Mountains: | Baptiste Planckaert |
Mountains Nat: | BEL |
Mountains Color: | green |
Youth: | Andreas Kron |
Youth Nat: | DEN |
Youth Color: | white |
Previous: | 2019 |
Next: | 2021 |
The 2020 Tour de Luxembourg was the 80th edition of the Tour de Luxembourg road cycling stage race. It was held between 15 and 19 September, as part of the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and the 2020 UCI ProSeries.
Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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1 | align=right | 15 September | Luxembourg City to Luxembourg City | 133.5km (83miles) | Hilly stage | ||
2 | align=right | 16 September | Remich to Hesperange | 40.7km (25.3miles)[2] | Hilly stage | ||
3 | align=right | 17 September | Rosport to Schifflange | 164.3km (102.1miles) | Hilly stage | ||
4 | align=right | 18 September | Rodange to Differdange | 201km (125miles) | Hilly stage | ||
5 | align=right | 19 September | Mersch to Luxembourg City | 177km (110miles) | Hilly stage | ||
Total |
Eight UCI WorldTeams, twelve UCI ProTeams, and three UCI Continental teams made up the twenty-three teams that participated the race. Each team entered six riders, except for, which entered five, for a starting peloton of 138 riders. 103 of these riders finished the race.[3] [4]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
Riders held a protest during the opening kilometers of the stage to voice several of their safety concerns about the previous stage. They pointed out that there were parked vehicles, as well as a bus that was stopped on the road with under five kilometers to go. Lithuanian rider Ignatas Konovalovas of had even found himself having to stop for a red light towards the end of that stage when the roads were opened back up to traffic prematurely. Riders had spoken to race organizers about these hazards before stage 2, but when they encountered further problems on stage 2, they stopped. It was only after negotiations with race organizers and UCI did the riders agree to resume, but only after neutralizing the 80 kilometer route to Syren and only resume racing in the final 42 kilometers in the circuit around Hesperange.