UEC European Road Championships 2020

The UEC -Roads European Championships 2020 ( 2020 UEC European Championships Road ) were from 24 to 28 August at the French Plouay in the Bretagne discharged.

The European road championships ended one day before the start of the Tour de France . On Tuesday, August 25th, the UCI races Grand Prix de Plouay-Bretagne for women and Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France for men were held between the first two days of racing .

A total of 13 titles were awarded at the European Championships, six in the road race, six in the time trial and one in the mixed relay .

The European Championships were originally planned for September 9th to 13th, 2020 in the Italian city ​​of Trento . In May 2020 the UEC announced that the European Championships for 2020 will be canceled and postponed to the same venue after 2021. The dates are 1 to 5 or 8 to 12 September 2021 under discussion.

Time schedule

date	Time (CET)	competition	Distance (km)	European Champion 2019	European Champion 2020
Monday, August 24th	09:00	Juniors - individual time trial	25.6	Shirin van Anrooij	Elise Uijen
	10:25	Juniors - Individual Time Trial	25.6	Andrea Piccolo	Mathias Vacek
	12:00	Women U23 - individual time trial	25.6	Hannah Ludwig	Hannah Ludwig
	13:10	Men U23 - individual time trial	25.6	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Andreas Leknessund
	14:30	Women Elite - Individual Time Trial	25.6	Ellen van Dijk	Anna van der Breggen
	16:10	Men Elite - Individual Time Trial	25.6	Remco Evenepoel	Stefan Küng
Tuesday, August 25th	08:40	Grand Prix de Plouay-Bretagne	101.1	Lizzie Deignan
	09:40	Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France	250.0	Michael Matthews
Wednesday August 26th	09:00	Women U23 - Road Race	81.9	Letizia Paternoster	Elisa Balsamo
	12:00	Men's elite - road racing	177.45	Elia Viviani	Giacomo Nizzolo
Thursday, August 27th	09:00	Men U23 - Road Race	136.5	Alberto Dainese	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg
	13:00	Women's elite - road racing	109.2	Amy Pieters	Annemiek van Vleuten
Friday August 28th	09:00	Juniors - street races	68.25	Use Pluimers	Eleonora Gasparrini
	11:20	Juniors - road racing	109.2	Andrij Ponomar	Kasper Andersen
	14:30	Mixed relay	54.5	Netherlands	Germany

stretch

The time trial route is the same for all categories and consists of a 25.6-kilometer circuit. It consists of uphill and downhill sections. The Restergal is on the last kilometers (1500 meters high with 4.2 percent).

The circuit for the road race is 13.65 kilometers long. It comprises three ascents: the Côte du Lézot (1,400 meters with 3.9 percent), the ascent of the Lann Payot (1,300 meters with 2.6 percent) and the Côte de Restergal . The racetrack roughly corresponds to that of the UCI Road World Championships in 2000 .

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  Road race route

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  Distance of the individual time trial

Results

Women elite

Road racing

Annemiek van Vleuten became European road champion

space	sportswoman	country	Time (h)
1	Annemiek van Vleuten	NED	2:50:46
2	Elisa Longo Borghini	ITA	equal time
3	Katarzyna Niewiadoma	POLE	+ 0:00:05
4th	Chantal Blaak	NED	equal time
5	Audrey Cordon	FRA	+ 0:02:29
6th	Lisa Brennauer	GER	+ 0:03:27
7th	Lotte Kopecky	BEL	equal time
8th	Marianne Vos	NED	equal time
9	Elena Cecchini	NED	equal time
10	Amy Pieters	NED	equal time
		...
14th	Elise Chabbey	SUI	equal time
15th	Marlen Reusser	SUI	equal time
45	Melanie Maurer	SUI	equal time
48	Clara Koppenburg	GER	+ 0:11:49

Route length: 109.2 kilometers.
95 riders started, 51 of which reached the finish. The German drivers Lisa Klein , Mieke Kröger , Kathrin Hammes , Romy Kasper , Charlotte Becker and Trixi Worrack , the Austrians Kathrin Schweinberger and Angelika Tazreiter and the Swiss Kathrin Stirnemann gave up the race.

The teams from the Netherlands and Italy dominated the race from the start. In the final laps, a group of ten women stayed in the lead. 40 kilometers from the finish, Annemiek van Vleuten, Elisa Longo Borghini and Katarzyna Niewiadoma left this group, followed by Chantal Blaak. Several attempts to break away followed, and in the end Longo Borghini was successful two kilometers from the finish, but was caught by van Vleuten. Annemiek van Vleuten won the race in the finish sprint.

Individual time trial

Anna van der Breggen (here at the 2018 World Cup) won the women's time trial title

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)	Distance (min)
1	Anna van der Breggen	NED	34: 03.92 (45.09 km / h)
2	Ellen van Dijk	NED	34: 34.17	+ 0:31
3	Marlen Reusser	SUI	35: 02.97	+ 0:59
4th	Lisa Brennauer	GER	35: 17.35	+ 1:14
5	Vittoria Bussi	ITA	35: 36.42	+ 1:33
6th	Juliette Labous	FRA	35: 47.38	+ 1:44
7th	Anna Plichta	ITA	35: 47.71	+ 1:44
8th	Alena Amjaljussik	BLR	35: 49.64	+ 1:46
9	Lisa Klein	GER	35: 52.47	+ 1:49
10	Audrey Cordon	FRA	36: 12.36	+ 2:09
		...
11	Anna Kiesenhofer	AUT	36: 13.69	+ 2:10
12	Elise Chabbey	SUI	36: 20.88	+ 2:17

Track length: 25.6 kilometers
26 riders started.

Men's elite

Road racing

space	athlete	country	time
1	Giacomo Nizzolo	ITA	4: 12: 23h (42.184 km / h)
2	Arnaud Démare	FRA	equal time
3	Pascal Ackermann	GER	equal time
4th	Mathieu van der Poel	NED	equal time
5	Jasper Stuyven	BEL	equal time
6th	Davide Ballerini	ITA	equal time
7th	Maciej Paterski	POLE	equal time
8th	Ivan Garcia Cortina	ESP	equal time
9	Adam Ťoupalík	CZE	equal time
10	Benoît Cosnefroy	FRA	equal time
		...
11	Michael Albasini	SUI	equal time
22nd	Roland Thalmann	SUI	equal time
47	Sebastian Schönberger	AUT	+ 0:11
50	Joel Suter	SUI	+ 0:11
58	Claudio Imhof	SUI	+ 03:27
59	Johan Jacobs	SUI	+ 03:27
61	Daniel Auer	AUT	+ 05:25
69	Jannik Steimle	GER	+ 05:31
71	Stephan Rabitsch	AUT	+ 05:31
72	Juri Hollmann	GER	+ 05:31
82	Fabian Lienhard	SUI	+ 08:26
88	Nico Denz	GER	+ 08:26
95	Tom Bohli	SUI	+ 08:26

Track length: 177.45 kilometers
153 riders started, 53 of whom gave up the race, including the Germans Michael Schwarzmann , Rüdiger Selig and Andreas Schillinger after falling as well as Justin Wolf , the Austrian Patrick Gamper and the Swiss Reto Hollenstein .

Four drivers led the race over 100 kilometers, Andreas Miltiades from Cyprus , Dusan Rajovic from Serbia , Pawel Bernas from Poland and Emil Dima from Romania . Then the peloton reunited. Further attacks by Belgian and Dutch drivers as well as two kilometers from the finish by British Thomas Pidcock and Portuguese Ruben Guerreiro were successfully ended by the Italian team. After these two riders had been caught, the Italians Davide Ballerini and Davide Cimolai prepared the sprint for Giacomo Nizzolo, who was declared the winner in front of Arnaud Démare after the photo finish . The German Pascal Ackermann took third place after his helpers had to retire after falling.

Individual time trial

Stefan Küng (here at the 2018 World Cup) became European champion in the individual time trial

space	athlete	country	Time (min)	Distance (min)
1	Stefan Küng	SUI	30: 18.11 (50.69 km / h)
2	Rémi Cavagna	FRA	30: 35.23	+ 0:18
3	Victor Campenaerts	BEL	30: 39.42	+ 0:22
4th	Alex Dowsett	GBR	31: 21.64	+ 1:04
5	Edoardo Affini	ITA	31: 33.23	+ 1:16
6th	Jan Tratnik	SLO	31: 44.22	+ 1:27
7th	Justin Wolf	GER	31: 48.24	+ 1:31
8th	Ryan Mullen	IRL	31: 59.46	+ 1:42
9	Jan Bárta	CZE	32: 01.89	+ 1:44
10	Anthony Roux	FRA	32: 21.71	+ 2:04
		...
12	Juri Hollmann	GER	32: 48.26	+ 2:31
16	Claudio Imhof	SUI	33: 04.48	+ 2:47

Track length: 25.6 kilometers
There were 27 drivers at the start.

Men / women elite mixed relay

space	country	team	driver	Time (min)	team	Female drivers	Time (min)	Total time (min)	Distance (min)
1	Germany	Men	Miguel Heidemann Justin Wolf Michel Heßmann		Women	Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger		1:14 : 14.86 (44.12 km / h)
2	Switzerland	Men	Claudio Imhof Stefan Bissegger Robin Froidevaux		Women	Kathrin Stirnemann Marlen Reusser Elise Chabbey		1:14 : 40.18 (43.87 km / h)	+ 0:26
3	Italy	Men	Liam Bertazzo Edoardo Affini Davide Plebani		Women	Vittoria Bussi Elena Cecchini Vittoria Guazzini		1:16: 49.44 (42.64 km / h)	+ 2:35

Route length: 54.5 kilometers.
There were 6 teams at the start.

Women U23

Road race (81.9 km) space sportswoman country Time (h) Elisa Balsamo  ITA 2:15:27 (36.275 km / h) Lonneken toeken  NED equal time Emma Cecilie Norsgaard  THE equal time

Individual time trial (25.6 km) space sportswoman country Time (min) Hannah Ludwig  GER 35: 53.29 (42.80 km / h) Franziska Koch  GER + 0:25 Marta Jaskulska  POLE + 1:19

Men U23

Road race (136.5 km) space athlete country Time (h) Jonas Iversby Hvideberg  NOR 3: 11: 17h (42.813 km / h) Anthon Charmig  THE equal time Vojtech Repa  CZE + 00:00:02

Individual time trial (25.6 km) space athlete country Time (min) Andreas Leknessund  NOR 30: 58.09 (49.60 km / h) Stefan Bissegger  SUI + 0:24 Ilan Van Wilder  BEL + 0:29

Juniors

Road Race (68.25 km) space sportswoman country Time (h) Eleonora Gasparrini  ITA 1:54:22 (35.805 km / h) Marith Vanhove  BEL equal time Katrijn de Clercq  BEL equal time

Individual time trial (25.6 km) space sportswoman country Time (min) Elise Uijen  NED 37: 24.87 (41.05 km / h) Maeva Squiban  FRA + 1:01 Carlotta Cipressi  ITA + 1:28

Juniors

Road Race (109.2 km) space athlete country Time (h) Kasper Andersen  THE 2:38:28 (42.342 km / h) Pavel Bittner  CZE equal time Arnaud De Lie  BEL equal time

Individual time trial (25.6 km) space athlete country Time (min) Mathias Vacek  CZE 32: 39.13 (47.04 km / h) Marco Brenner  GER + 0:04 Lorenzo Milesi  ITA + 0:18

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Netherlands	3	2	-	5
2	Italy	3	1	3	7th
3	Germany	2	2	1	5
4th	Norway	2	-	-	2
5	Switzerland	1	2	1	4th
6th	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
	Denmark	1	1	1	3
8th	France	-	3	-	3
9	Belgium	-	1	4th	5
10	Poland	-	-	2	2
Total		13	13	13	39

Bids

Association of German Cyclists

• Elite women: Charlotte Becker , Lisa Brennauer , Kathrin Hammes , Romy Kasper , Lisa Klein , Clara Koppenburg , Mieke Kröger , Trixi Worrack , Tanja Erath (substitute driver)
• Elite men: Pascal Ackermann , Nico Denz , Juri Hollmann , Marco Mathis , Jonas Rutsch , Andreas Schillinger , Michael Schwarzmann , Rüdiger Selig , Justin Wolf
• U23 women: Katharina Hechler , Dorothea Heitzmann , Franziska Koch , Hannah Ludwig , Christa Riffel , Lea Lin Teutenberg , Finja Smekal (substitute driver)
• U23 men: Johannes Adamietz , Jakob Geßner , Miguel Heidemann , Kim Heiduk , Leon Heinschke , Michel Heßmann , Henrik Pakalski , Hannes Wilksch
• Juniors: Hannah Buch , Hanna Dopjans , Lana Eberle , Paula Leonhardt , Lucy Mayrhofer , Linda Riedmann , Lea Waldhoff
• Juniors: Marco Brenner , Roman Duckert , Moritz Kärsten , Luis Lührs , Kieron Steinmann , Tim Torn Teutenberg

Austrian Cycling Association

• Elite women: Anna Kiesenhofer , Angelika Tazreiter , Kathrin Schweinberger
• Elite men: Daniel Auer , Patrick Gamper , Stephan Rabitsch , Sebastian Schönberger
• U23 men: Tobias Bayer , Marco Friedrich , Valentin Götzinger , Florian Kierner , Markus Wildauer
• Juniors: Paul Buschek , Marco Schrettl

Swiss Cycling

• Elite women: Elise Chabbey , Melanie Maurer , Marlen Reusser , Kathrin Stirnemann
• Elite men: Michael Albasini , Tom Bohli , Claudio Imhof , Johan Jacobs , Stefan Küng , Fabian Lienhard , Joel Suter , Roland Thalmann
• U23 women: Noëlle Buri , Léna Mettraux , Lara Krähemann , Noemi Rüegg
• U23 men: Alexandre Balmer , Stefan Bissegger , Antoine Debons , Robin Froidevaux , Mauro Schmid , Joab Schneiter , Valère Thiébaud
• Juniors: Elisa Alvarez , Annika Liehner , Joline Winterberg , Linda Zanetti
• Juniors: Nils Aebersold , Fabio Christen , Robin Donzé , Yanis-Eric Markwalder , Arnaud Tendon , Fabian Weiss

See also

• UEC European Rail Championships 2020
• UEC European Track Championships for Juniors / U23 2020

Web links

• Results on uec.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UEC press release, July 6, 2020.
2. ↑ UEC Press Release, June 11, 2019.
3. ↑ Update on the situation of 2020 European Road Championships. In: uec.ch. May 2, 2020, accessed May 2, 2020 .