The 2020 Gent–Wevelgem was a
road cycling
Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...
classic race that took place on 11 October 2020 in Belgium. It was the 82nd edition of
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...
and the eighteenth event of the
2020 UCI World Tour
The 2020 UCI World Tour was a series of races that was scheduled to include thirty-six road cycling events throughout the 2020 cycling season. However, some of races were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour started with the opening ...
.
One of the
Spring Classics
The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional road cycling races in the international calendar. Some of these events date back to the 19th century. They are normally held at roughly the same time each year. The five most ...
, Gent-Wevelgem was originally scheduled for 29 March 2020, but was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
The COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths.
The virus was confirmed to have spread to Belgium on 4 February 2020, when one of a group of nine Belgians repatriated from Wuhan to Brussels was repor ...
. The race was rescheduled for 11 October 2020 as part of a new autumnal 'spring classics' season, though it was only the Belgian races which were eventually held.
Route
The race organisers asked spectators to follow the race from home, and did not release details of the route to the public before the start of the race. Parts of the race due to pass through France were removed due to the worsening of the
pandemic in France. The start times of the races were also adapted to avoid a clash with the
2020 Giro d'Italia
The 2020 Giro d'Italia was a road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race that took place between 3 and 25 October, after initially being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was originally to have taken place from 9 to 31 May 2020, as the ...
. For the first time, the men's race started before the
women's race.
Teams
All nineteen
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour
...
s and six
UCI ProTeam UCI most commonly refers to:
* University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States
* Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling
UCI may also refer to:
* Uganda Cancer In ...
s made up the twenty-five teams that competed in the race. Though most teams entered the maximum of seven riders, , , and entered only six, while entered only five. Only 95 of the 170 riders in the race finished.
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Result
References
External links
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2020 UCI World Tour
2020 in Belgian sport
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
Cycling events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
October 2020 sports events in Belgium