The 2020 European Road Cycling Championships was the 26th running of the

European Road Cycling Championships The European Road Cycling Championships (Officially:UEC Road European Championships) are the set of European championship events for the various disciplines and distances in road cycling and have been regulated by the European Cycling Union s ...

that took place from 24 to 28 August 2020 in

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. The event consisted of a total of 6 road races and 7 time trials.

Location

On 10 June 2019, it was announced that

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would host this event from 9 to 13 September 2020. However, due to the

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, the UEC and Trentino officials decided to postpone the city's hosting of the event to 2021. It was later announced in July that

would step up to host the event from 24 to 28 August 2020, with the city also hosting the French National Road Race and Time Trial Championships the week prior, as well as the

Bretagne Classic The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand–Prix de Plouay and, from 19 ...

and GP de Plouay – Bretagne on 25 and 26 August, respectively.

Race Schedule

All times are in

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Elite

Under-23

Junior

Mixed Team Relay

Overall medal table

References

External links

UEC 2020 Road European Championships
{{European championships in 2020 European Road Championships by year European Road Championships, 2020

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European Road Championships The European Road Cycling Championships are the set of European championship events for the various disciplines and distances in road cycling and have been regulated by the European Cycling Union since 1995. The championships are for under-23, ...