Tour de France 2020
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| General | |||
| output | 107th Tour de France | ||
| Racing series | UCI WorldTour 2020 2nd UWT | ||
| Stages | 21st | ||
| date | August 29 - September 20, 2020 | ||
| overall length | 3,484.2 km | ||
| Host country |
 France |
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| begin | Nice | ||
| target | Paris | ||
| Teams | 22nd | ||
| Driver at the start | 176 | ||
| Driver at the finish | 146 | ||
| Average speed | 40.22 km / h | ||
| Result | |||
| winner |
 Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ) |
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| Second |
Primož Roglič ( Jumbo Visma ) |
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| Third |
 Richie Porte ( Trek-Segafredo ) |
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| Scoring |
 Sam Bennett ( Deceuninck-Quick-Step ) |
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| Mountain scoring |
Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ) |
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| Young talent evaluation |
Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ) |
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| Most combative driver |
 Marc Hirschi ( Sunweb ) |
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| Team evaluation |
 Movistar
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The Tour de France 2020 was the 107th staging of the most important stage race in road cycling . The Grand Tour was part of the UCI WorldTour 2020 .
It was originally supposed to start on June 27th in Nice , which would thus be the venue for the Grand Départ for the second time since 1981 , and end on July 19th, 2020 in Paris on the Champs-Elysées . It was planned to take place on French soil throughout six regions and 32 departments .
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , the original event date was canceled. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the organizer Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) announced on April 15, 2020 that the race should start on August 29 and end on September 20.
Overall winner was the Slovenian Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ) with 59 seconds ahead of his compatriot Primož Roglič ( Jumbo-Visma ), from whom he only took over the yellow jersey during the mountain time trial of the 20th stage , and 3:30 minutes ahead of the Australian Richie Porte ( Trek-Segafredo ).
Tadej Pogačar, who became the second youngest Tour de France winner in history, also won three stages, the mountain and junior class .
Irishman Sam Bennett ( Deceuninck-Quick-Step ) won two stages and the points classification .
The Spanish Movistar team won the team championship .
The Swiss Marc Hirschi ( Team Sunweb ), who won the 12th stage , was awarded the red number for the most combative driver .
The red lantern ( Lanterne Rouge ) for 146th and thus last place in the overall standings went to the German Roger Kluge ( Lotto Soudal ), who as a helper to his Australian teammate and two-time stage winner Caleb Ewan finished the tour 6 hours and 7 Minutes ended on the overall winner.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, no decision had been made by the end of March 2020 on whether and how the tour will actually take place this year. Sports minister Roxana Mărăcineanu stated that, together with the organizing OSA, one of the possible alternatives would be a “ ghost tour ” without spectators in the streets. This is conceivable because the income of the Grande Boucle consists to a large extent of the television money anyway. Tour director Christian Prudhomme contradicted this explanation . The organizer named May 15, 2020 as the deadline for the decision.
Two days after a TV address by French President Emmanuel Macron on April 13, 2020, in which all major events were canceled until at least mid-July 2020, UCI and ASO announced that the Tour de France would run from August 29 to September 20, 2020 will be postponed.
As a further consequence of the pandemic, in addition to the Tour de France, which will take place later, a virtual tour of six stages took place over three weekends, starting on July 4, 2020. In addition to the ASO, the organizer was the training platform Zwift . 23 men's and 16 women's teams took part. The teams were allowed to change lineups between the stages. There was an overall, points, mountain and junior ranking for the participating teams.
To avoid infections, the various teams were separated into "bubbles" that only meet in the race. Outside of the race, there was a comprehensive obligation to wear face masks. In the event of a suspected COVID-19, the driver or supervisor concerned should be excluded; in two cases, the entire team within seven days.
Teams and drivers
According to the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale , the 19 UCI WorldTeams were allowed to start. As the best UCI ProTeam in the world rankings , Total Direct Énergie qualified for participation. The organizer Amaury Sport Organization also gave wild cards to the French ProTeams Arkéa-Samsic and the first-time team B&B Hotels-Vital Concept .
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route
The 107th Tour de France route was 3470 kilometers long and divided into 21 stages, including an individual time trial as the 20th stage. On the route there were 29 mountaineering tests in the hors category , 1st and 2nd category, of which six are mountain arrivals . As every year, the tour led through the high mountains, in 2020 the drivers drove through the Alps , the Massif Central , the Pyrenees , the Jura and the Vosges .
The Tour de France 2020 included nine flat stages, three hilly stages, eight mountain stages with four mountain finishes (Orcières-Merlette, Puy Mary, Grand Colombier , Méribel Col de la Loze), an individual time trial and two rest days.
In addition, four new climbs have been added to the program:
- Col de la Lusette (Massif Central)
- Suc au May (Massif Central)
- Col de la Hourcère (Pyrenees)
- Col de la Loze (Alps)
The Col de la Madeleine was approached via a new route.
During this year's tour, twelve new stage cities and locations were visited:
- Le Teil (start of the 6th stage)
- Mont Aigoual (finish of the 6th stage)
- Cazères-sur-Garonne (start of the 8th stage)
- Saint-Martin-de-Ré (finish of the 10th stage)
- Châtelaillon-Plage (start of the 11th stage)
- Chauvigny (start of the 12th stage)
- Châtel-Guyon (start of the 13th stage)
- Puy Mary (finish of the 13th stage)
- Grand Colombier (finish of the 15th stage)
- La Roche-sur-Foron (finish of the 18th stage)
- Lure (start of the 20th stage)
- Mantes-la-Jolie (start of the 21st stage)
Grand Départ
The Grand Départ took place in Nice for the second time since 1981. The southern French port city was both the start and finish point of the first two stages. The first stage was designed as a flat stage, the second as a mountain stage. Nice was also the starting point for the third stage. Nice has already hosted the Tour de France 36 times.
List of stages
Regulations and prize money
The race was carried out according to the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for stage races. In accordance with this, the organizer Amaury Sport Organization stipulated special regulations from which the amount of the prize money and the criteria for awarding the special ratings result (the overall rating and the team rating result from the UCI regulations), as described below.
Stage coefficients and waiting period
The organizer assigned six coefficients to the stages , which were used to calculate the waiting period :
- Coefficient 1: Stages without particular difficulty (1st, 5th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 19th, 21st stage) with a waiting period between 4% at a winning speed of less than 36 km / h and 12% at a winning speed over 50 km / h,
- Coefficient 2: Stages with "rough" terrain (3rd and 14th stage) with a waiting period of between 6% at a winning speed below 35 km / h and 18% at a winning speed above 46 km / h,
- Coefficient 3: Stages on very rough terrain (2nd, 4th, 6th, 12th and 16th stage) with a waiting period of between 10% for a winning speed below 35 km / h and 20% for a winning speed above 44 km / h ,
- Coefficient 4: very difficult stages (13th, 15th, 17th and 18th stage) with a waiting period of between 7% at a winning speed below 30 km / h and 18% at a winning speed above 40 km / h,
- Coefficient 5: very difficult, short stages (8th and 9th stage) with a waiting period between 10% at a winning speed below 29 km / h and 18% at a winning speed above 36 km / h as well
- Coefficient 6: Individual time trial (20th stage) with a waiting period of 25% of the time of the winner.
In exceptional cases, the jury was able to leave drivers in the race who had exceeded the waiting period. However, these drivers would have lost all of the points earned in the points and mountain classification .
The stage coefficients were also significant for the number of points awarded at stage arrivals in the point evaluation .
Overall rating
The overall leader wore the yellow jersey ( maillot jaune ). As always in international stage races, the overall ranking was determined by adding up the times driven. In addition, there were 10, 6 and 4 seconds time bonuses in the stages - with the exception of the time trial stage. There were further time bonuses of 8, 5 and 2 seconds in the bonus sprints of the 2nd, 6th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 16th and 18th stage.
Scoring
The leader of the points classification wore the green jersey ( maillot vert ). The points for this evaluation were awarded for stage goals according to the difficulty and type of stage (→ coefficient ) and intermediate sprints as follows:
| placement | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | 7th | 8th. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14th | 15th |
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| Stages 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 14, 19, 21 (coefficients 1 and 2) | 50 | 30th | 20th | 18th | 16 | 14th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 |
| Stages 2, 4, 6, 12, 16 (coefficient 3) | 30th | 25th | 22nd | 19th | 17th | 15th | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 |
| Stages 8, 9, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20 (coefficients 4, 5, 6) | 20th | 17th | 15th | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Intermediate sprints | 20th | 17th | 15th | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Mountain scoring
The leader of the mountain classification wore the spotted jersey ( maillot à pois ). The points for this evaluation were awarded on the crossings of the climbs categorized by the organizer as follows:
| placement | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | 7th | 8th. | |
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| Hors Catégorie (Col de la Loze) | 40 | 30th | 24 | 20th | 16 | 12 | 8th | 4th | |
| Hors Catégorie | 20th | 15th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2 | |
| 1st category | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2nd category | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 3rd category | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 4th category | 1 | ||||||||
- Souvenir Henri Desgrange
- The first rider on the summit of the Col de Loze ( 17th stage ) was awarded the souvenir Henri Desgrange.
Young talent evaluation
The leader of the youth competition wore the white jersey ( maillot blanc ). The junior ranking was calculated like the overall ranking. In the junior ranking, all drivers born since January 1st, 1995 were recorded.
Team ranking
The leaders of the team competition wore a yellow number on their backs. The team ranking was calculated from the times of the first three drivers of a team on each stage.
Most combative driver
At the end of a stage and at the end of the Tour de France, a jury recognized a driver with the red number as the most combative driver. The individual time trial and the final stage were excluded .
Prize money
The prize money amounted to a total of 2,293,000 euros. Of this, 1,138,800 euros were for the overall classification, 601,650 euros for the stage classifications, 178,800 euros for the team classification, 131,000 euros for the points classification, 113,250 euros for the mountain classification, 66,000 euros for the junior classification, 58,000 euros for the classifications for the most competitive driver and 5,000 euros were used for the special classification ( Souvenir Henri Desgrange ).
| placement | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | 7th | 8th note | guide |
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 Overall rating
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€ 500,000 | € 200,000 | € 100,000 | € 70,000 | € 50,000 | € 23,000 | € 11,500 | € 7600 | 500 € |
 Scoring
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€ 25,000 | € 15,000 | € 10,000 | 4000 € | 3500 € | 3000 € | 2500 € | 2000 € | € 300 |
 Mountain scoring
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€ 25,000 | € 15,000 | € 10,000 | 4000 € | 3500 € | 3000 € | 2500 € | 2000 € | € 300 |
 Young talent evaluation
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€ 20,000 | € 15,000 | € 10,000 | 5000 € | - | € 300 | |||
 Team ranking
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€ 50,000 | € 30,000 | € 20,000 | € 12,000 | € 8,000 | - | |||
 Most combative driver
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€ 20,000 | - | |||||||
| placement | 1. | 2. | 3. | annotation |
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| Stage ranking | € 11,000 | 5500 € | 2800 € | staggered up to 20th place (300 €) |
| Intermediate sprints | 1500 € | 1000 € | 500 € | 20 intermediate sprints during the tour |
| Mountain classification hors category | € 800 | 450 € | € 300 | 5 ratings during the tour |
| Mountain classification cat. 1 | € 650 | 400 € | 150 € | 16 ratings during the tour |
| Mountain classification cat. 2 | 500 € | 250 € | - | 8 ratings during the tour |
| Mountain classification cat. 3 | € 300 | - | 21 ratings during the tour | |
| Mountain classification cat. 4 | € 200 | - | 15 ratings during the tour | |
| Young drivers | 500 € | - | fastest young driver of the stage | |
| Most combative driver | 2000 € | - | except time trial and final stage | |
| team | 2800 € | - | fastest team of the stage | |
Ratings in the course of the tour
The table shows the leader in the respective classification or the wearer of the classification jerseys or colored back numbers at the end of the respective stage. The individual stage articles, which are linked in the first column, offer a more detailed overview of the placements after a stage.
Final results
Overall rating
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Scoring
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Team ranking
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Individual evidence
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- ↑ a b UCI and stakeholders agree on a racing calendar. In: radsport-news.com. April 15, 2020, accessed April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Tadej Pogačar: Recreation artists with high cycling IQ. In: radsport-news.com. September 20, 2019, accessed September 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Hirschi most combative driver of the 107th Tour of France. In: radsport-news.com. September 19, 2020, accessed September 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Roxana Maracineanu évoque la possibilité d'un Tour de France à huis clos. In: lequipe.fr. March 25, 2020, accessed April 3, 2020 (French).
- ↑ The Tour de France is running out of options. In: n-tv.de. April 3, 2020, accessed April 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Start of the Tour de France postponed. In: Deutsche Welle. April 14, 2020, accessed April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Virtual Tour de France on Zwift: riding for solidarity. Accessed June 30, 2020 (English).
- ↑ VIRTUAL L'ETAPE DU TOUR DE FRANCE. Accessed June 30, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Connie Loizos: Strap in - a virtual Tour de France is coming this weekend. TechCrunch, June 30, 2020, accessed June 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Teams with two Covid cases will be excluded from the tour. In: radsport-news.com. August 21, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Barry Ryan: 'Two strike, team out' COVID-19 rule restored on Tour de France after French government intervention. In: cyclingnews.com. August 19, 2020, accessed on August 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Tour wildcards for Arkéa - Samsic and B&B Hotels. In: radsport-news.com. February 7, 2020, accessed February 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Tour de France 2020 (2nd UWT). In: radsport-news.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ All mountains, all distances: The 21 stages of the Tour 2020 in detail. In: eurosport.de. October 15, 2019, accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Yellow, green, dotted and white: This is how the ratings work. In: radsport-news.com. August 28, 2020, accessed August 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Prize money & rules of the tour: That's how high the premiums are. In: radsport-news.com. August 28, 2020, accessed August 28, 2020 .
Web links
- official website
- Règlement Tour de France 2020. (PDF;fr / en).
- Tour de France 2020 in the ProCyclingStats.com database