The 2020 Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var 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 from 21 to 23 February 2020. The race was rated as a
2.1
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The rating is represented by a code made of two or three parts and indicates both the type or style ...
event as part of the
2020 UCI Europe Tour
The 2020 UCI Europe Tour is the sixteenth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2020 season began on 25 January 2020 with the GP Belek and ended on 14 October 2020 with the 2020 Scheldeprijs, Scheldeprijs.
Throughout the season, points are awarde ...
, and was the 52nd edition of the
Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var, which was known as the Tour du Haut Var prior to 2020.
Teams
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UCI WorldTeam
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UCI ProTeam UCI most commonly refers to:
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* Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling
UCI may also refer to:
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UCI Continental
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teams made up the eighteen teams that participated in the race. Only three teams did not enter the maximum allowed of seven riders each; , , and fielded six apiece. 105 of the 123 riders that started the race finished.
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Route
Stages
Stage 1
;21 February 2020 —
Le Cannet
Le Cannet (; oc, Lo Canet; older it, Canneto) is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Administration
Le Cannet was part of Cannes until 1778, when it was made a separate commune.
Location
Le Cannet is locate ...
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Grasse
Grasse (; Provençal dialect, Provençal oc, Grassa in classical norm or in Mistralian norm ; traditional it, Grassa) is the only Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in the Provence- ...
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Stage 2
;22 February 2020 —
Pégomas
Pégomas ( or ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.Comm ...
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Col d'Èze
The Col d'Èze is a mountain pass in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. It is located between Nice and Monaco, near to La Trinité.
Cycling
The pass is particularly well known for its frequent inclusion in the Paris–Nice road cycli ...
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Stage 3
;23 February 2020 —
La Londe-les-Maures
La Londe-les-Maures (; oc, La Lònda dei Mauras) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Population
Points of interest
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Toulon
Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...
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Classification leadership table
In the 2020 Tour du Haut Var, four different jerseys were awarded. For the
general classification
The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulati ...
, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the race, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
Additionally, there was a
points classification
The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl ...
, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 14 for fourth, 12 for fifth, 10 for sixth, then 1 point fewer per place down to 1 for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage. There was also a
mountains classification
The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing
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, the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1995 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.
Final classification standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
References
External links
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2020
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