UCI sets new dates for Tour de France, Giro, Vuelta, World Champs

*The Giro, above, and the Vuelta will now take place after the World Road Championships are completed in late September*

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The UCI has set out a plan to run all three Grand Tours this year, with the Giro and the Vuelta set to take place after the World Championships have been completed in late September.

It means major pro
stage racing will continue into November this year as the UCI is determined to
hold the Grand Tours despite Covid19 having decimated the season to date.

However, the UCI has pushed back the re-start of the season by another month, to July 1st rather than June 1st. And WorldTour events will not be held until at least August 1st.

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All National Road Championships will now be run in late August, the weekend before the Tour de France starts on a new date of August 29th to September 20th.

*No matter when the Tour is on, the current champion Egan Bernal will be the pre-race favourite*

The new season dates were agreed today after a video conference between the UCI and all the key stakeholders in pro racing, including riders’ representatives and the owners of the Grand Tours; ASO, RCS and Unipublic.

Some of the key
points are.

The period of suspension of competitions on the UCI International Road Calendar was extended by one month, until 1st July, and until 1st August for UCI WorldTour events.
The Tour de France is postponed and will take place this year from 29 August to 20 September. Holding this event in the best conditions possible is judged essential given its central place in cycling’s economy and its exposure, in particular for the teams that benefit on this occasion from unparalleled visibility.
The 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Aigle-Martigny (Switzerland) are maintained at the scheduled dates, 20-27 September. The competition programme does not change.
The Giro d’Italia will take place after the UCI Worlds and will be followed by the Vuelta Ciclista a España.
The National Championships, organised by the National Federations, will take place on the weekend of 22-23 August.
The UEC European Road Championships are maintained.
The most prestigious one-day road races (the Monuments), ie Milano-Sanremo (Italy), the Tour des Flandres (Belgium), Paris-Roubaix (France), Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Belgium) and Il Lombardia (Italy), will all take place this season, at dates still to be defined.
As many events as possible on the UCI International Calendar, and notably the UCI WorldTour, will be rescheduled later in the season.

More to come.

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