2020 BinckBank Tour – Wikipedia

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Cycling race

The 2020 BinckBank Tour was a road cycling stage race that was originally scheduled to take place between 31 August and 6 September 2020 in Belgium. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was postponed by almost a month. It started on 29 September 2020 and ended on 3 October 2020. It was the 16th edition of the BinckBank Tour and was part of the 2020 UCI World Tour.[2]

Twenty-four teams participated in the 2020 edition. All nineteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team into the race. In addition, 5 wildcards were awarded to UCI ProTeams. Each team was allowed to enter up to seven riders; Astana, Groupama–FDJ, Ineos Grenadiers (with six each), and Movistar Team (with five) were the only teams not to do so. 94 of the 163 riders in the race finished.[3][4]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

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Stage characteristics and winners[edit]

Stage 1[edit]

29 September 2020 – Blankenberge to Ardooie, 132.1 km (82.1 mi)[8]

Stage 2[edit]

30 September 2020 – Vlissingen to Vlissingen, 11.0 km (6.8 mi) (ITT)[11]

Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, race organizers were forced to cancel stage 2, which took place entirely within in the Netherlands.[nb 1]

Stage 3[edit]

1 October 2020 – Philippine Aalter to Aalter, 157 km (98 mi)[12]

Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, race organizers were forced to reroute stage 3, which would have started in Philippine (Netherlands). Stage 3 started and finished in Aalter (Belgium), and riders completed seven laps of the finishing circuit instead of the original three.[6]

Stage 4[edit]

2 October 2020 – Riemst to Riemst Sittard-Geleen, 8.14 km (5.06 mi) (ITT)[15]

Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, race organizers were forced to reroute stage 4, which would have started in Riemst (Belgium) and finished in Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands). Stage 4 became an individual time trial starting and finishing in Riemst.

Stage 5[edit]

3 October 2020 – Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve to Geraardsbergen, 185.0 km (115.0 mi)[18]

Classification leadership table[edit]

  • Due to the cancellation of stage 2, all the jersey wearers after stage 1 retained their jerseys and wore them on stage 3.
  • On stage 3, Mads Pedersen, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first placed Jasper Philipsen wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification.
  • On stages 4 and 5, Jasper Philipsen, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first placed Mads Pedersen wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings[edit]

Legend
Jersey green.svg Denotes the winner of the general classification
Jersey red.svg Denotes the winner of the points classification
Jersey white.svg Denotes the winner of the combativity classification

General classification[edit]

Points classification[edit]

Combativity classification[edit]

Teams classification[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, race organizers were forced to cancel stage 2, which took place entirely within in the Netherlands.[5]
  2. ^ Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, race organizers were forced to reroute stage 3, which would have started in Philippine (Netherlands). Stage 3 will start and finish in Aalter (Belgium), after seven local laps.[6]
  3. ^ Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, race organizers were forced to reroute stage 4, which would have finished in Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands). Instead, stage 4 was changed into an individual time trial to replace the cancelled stage 2 which will start and finish in Riemst (Belgium).[7]

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