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UCI announces revised 2020 WorldTour Calendar

JoeNa Connacht — Wed, 06 May 2020 11:19:02 +0000

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has announced a revised 2020 calendar for the UCI WorldTour, with a view to the resumption of the cycling season later this year.

In agreement with all stakeholders, the UCI has established a revised 2020 UCI WorldTour which will start with the Strade Bianche on 1^st August and finish with the Vuelta Ciclista a España on 8 November.

Featuring among the 25-event series are 17 one-day races, including the five Monuments (Milano-Sanremo, Tour des Flandres, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia) and eight stage races, including the three Grands Tours.

Regarding the Grand Tours, the length of the Vuelta Ciclistica a España (20 October – 8 November) has been shortened by one weekend at the request of the organiser, Unipublic, which has received confirmation from the authorities of the city of Utrecht that the conditions cannot be met for a Grand Depart in the Netherlands.

The length of the Giro d’Italia remains unchanged. It should also be highlighted that it has been possible to find space in the calendar for almost all the other UCI WorldTour events whose organisers did not request cancellation due to the health crisis.

With the Aigle-Martigny 2020 UCI Road World Championships taking place in Switzerland at the scheduled dates, the 2020 season proposes a large majority of the most prestigious races originally registered on the year’s UCI International Road Calendar.

Revised 2020 UCI WorldTour Calendar

1^stAugust: Strade Bianche (Italy)

5-9 August: Tour de Pologne (Poland)

8 August: Milano-Sanremo (Italy)

12-16 August: Critérium du Dauphiné (France)

16 August: Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic (Britain)

25 August: Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France (France)

29 August – 20 September: Tour de France

7-14 September: Tirreno-Adriatico (Italy)

11 September: Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (Canada)

13 September: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (Canada)

29 September – 3 October: BinckBank Tour

30 September: La Flèche Wallonne (Belgium)

3-25 October: Giro d’Italia (Italy)

4 October: Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Belgium)

10 October: Amstel Gold Race (The Netherlands)

11 October: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (Belgium)

14 October: A Travers la Flandre (Belgium)

15-20 October: Gree – Tour of Guangxi (China)

18 October: Tour des Flandres (Belgium)

20 October – 8 November: Vuelta Ciclista a España (Spain)

21 October: Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne (Belgium)

25 October: Paris-Roubaix (France)

31 October: Il Lombardia (Italy)

Dates are yet to be confirmed for EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg (Germany) and Eschborn-Frankfurt (Germany).

The National Championships should take place from 20 to 23 August. However, their dates will be subject to the possibility of National Federations to organise their event in August.

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Revised 2020 UCI Women’s WorldTour Calendar announced

JoeNa Connacht — Wed, 06 May 2020 11:10:03 +0000

The UCI had confirmed the revised UCI Women’s WorldTour calendar, which will start on 1st August with the Strade Bianche and finish on 8 November with the Ceratizit Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta (Spain).

The 2020 series will consist of 18 events: 13 one-day races and five stage races.

Revised 2020 UCI Women’s WorldTour Calendar

1st August: Strade Bianche (Italy)
8 August: Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT (Sweden)
9 August: Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden RR (Sweden)
13-16 August: Ladies Tour of Norway (Norway)
26 August: GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération Trophée WNT (France)
29 August: La Course by Le Tour de France (France)
1-6 September: Boels Ladies Tour (The Netherlands)
11-19 September: Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile (Italy)
30 September: La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (Belgium)
4 October: Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes (Belgium)
10 October: Amstel Gold Race Ladies (the Netherlands)
11 October: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (Belgium)
18 October: Ronde van Vlaanderen (Belgium)
20 October: Tour of Guangxi Women’s WorldTour (China)
20 October: Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne (Belgium)
23-25 October: Tour of Chongming Island (China)
25 October: Paris-Roubaix (France)
6-8 November: Ceratizit Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta (Spain)

For UCI Women’s WorldTour events, the maximum number of riders can be fixed at 5 (compared to 6 or 7 usually). This measure will enable organisers to invite more teams (a maximum of 26 compared to 24 normally), while this increased flexibility will enable teams with multiple commitments to participate in a greater number of events.

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Cycling Monuments postponed due to Covid-19

JoeNa Connacht — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:33:33 +0000

As part of the fight against the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19), Amaury Sport Organisation, with the agreement of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), has decided to cancel Paris-Roubaix (12th April), the Flèche Wallonne and the Flèche Wallonne Women (22nd April) and Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Liège-Bastogne-Liège Women (26th April) races on their scheduled dates.

In close collaboration with the UCI and with the assistance of the other parties concerned, the organisers have already begun working to try to organise new dates for these monuments, races to which teams, riders and spectators are deeply attached.

Flanders Classics has also announced the cancellation of the Tour of Flanders, the biggest one day race in the world, which was scheduled for 5th April.

Flanders Classics, together with the UCI and representatives of the teams and riders, is currently studying the possibility of a postponement to a later date this year.

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