The UCI has released its revised calendar of racing for 2020, with an action-packed campaign set to be packed into a few months due to the impact of Covid19.
The world governing body is sticking with its plan to restart WorldTour racing on August 1st, with Strade Bianche to take place in Italy on that date.
And while the Tour de France is still set to start on August 29th, as the first revised calendar stated, it has now emerged the Giro will begin on October 3rd, running to the 25th of that month.
The Vuelta will be the last Grand Tour of the year, with the action in Spain due to start on October 20th and continue until November 8th.
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That, of course, means the Giro and the Vuelta will overlap as the final days of racing at the Giro taking place on the same dates as the first stages of the Vuelta.
National road championships are set to take place August 20th to 23rd, once restrictions in place to combat Covid19 are lifted to the extent racing is permitted.
The World Road Championships are still being planned for Switzerland from September 20th to 27th; conditions in the host country allowing.
More to come.
UCI revised calendar: Men
- 1st August: 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 (Great Britain)
- 25 August: Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France (France)
- 29 August -20 September : Tour de France (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)
UCI revised calendar: Women
- 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)
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