The 2020 Jayco Herald Sun Tour was a
road cycling
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stage race
A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages ...
that took place between 5 and 9 February 2020 in
Victoria,
Australia
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. It was the 67th edition of the
Herald Sun Tour
The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...
and was a part of the
2020 UCI Oceania Tour.
Teams
Four
UCI WorldTeams and nine
UCI Continental teams were invited to the race. Along with an Australian national team, there were fourteen teams in the race. Each team entered seven riders with the except of , which entered only four. Of the 95 riders that started the race, 80 riders finished.
UCI WorldTeams
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National Teams
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KordaMentha Real Estate Australia
Route
Stages
Stage 1
;5 February 2020 —
Nagambie to
Shepparton
Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, ...
,
Stage 2
;6 February 2020 —
Beechworth to
Falls Creek,
Stage 3
;7 February 2020 —
Bright to
Wangaratta,
Stage 4
;8 February 2020 —
Mansfield
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...
to
Mount Buller
Mount Buller is primarily a resort town on the slopes of Mount Buller in the Shire of Mansfield of the Australian state of Victoria. It is located approximately northeast of Melbourne. It is popular with snowsports enthusiasts in winter due t ...
,
Stage 5
;9 February 2020 —
Melbourne,
Classification leadership table
Classification standings
General classification
Sprints classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Teams classification
References
External links
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2020
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2020 UCI Oceania Tour
2020 in Australian sport
February 2020 sports events in Australia