Tour de France dates and revised calendar announced by UCI
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The UCI has announced its revised 2020 UCI International Road Calendar after a meeting with the representatives of race organisers and stakeholders.
In summary, the decisions that were made and said to have been unanimously agreed on 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.
- The 2020 UCI Road World Championships in 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 Monuments), ie Milano-Sanremo (Italy), the Tour of Flandres (Belgium), Paris-Roubaix (France), Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Belgium) and Lombardia (Italy), are said to take place this season, with dates still TBD.
- As many events as possible on the UCI International Calendar, and notably the UCI WorldTour, will be rescheduled later in the season.
The UCI and stakeholders continues its work to announce on May 15, a revised version of the UCI Women’s WorldTour calendar and a new version of the entire UCI International Calendar (men’s and women’s races across all cycling disciplines). This calendar will remain dependant on the pandemic situation in individual countries and the world.
More to follow…
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