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The 2020 Tour de Hongrie was the 41st edition of the Tour de Hongrie. It was originally scheduled to take place between 13 and 17 May 2020, but was postponed to between 29 August and 2 September 2020 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
. It was the sixth edition of the race since its revival in 2015, and was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the
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.


Teams

Twenty teams, consisting of five
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s, eight
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s, six
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teams, and the Hungarian national team, participated in the race. Each team entered six riders, except for , which entered five. 100 of the 119 riders that started the race finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * * * * * * National Teams *
Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...


Route


Stages


Stage 1

;29 August 2020 —
Esztergom Esztergom ( ; german: Gran; la, Solva or ; sk, Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the right bank of the river Dan ...
to Esztergom,


Stage 2

;30 August 2020 —
Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and ...
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Hajdúszoboszló Hajdúszoboszló () is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, Hungary, southwest of county seat Debrecen. It is the third largest town in Hajdú-Bihar county. Etymology The name comes from a Slavic personal name Soběslav (see e.g. Soběslav, Soběsl ...
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Stage 3

;31 August 2020 —
Karcag Karcag () is a large town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography Karcag covers an area of and has a population of 20,632 people (2011). Transport Karcag has its own railway station, b ...
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Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza (, sk, Níreďháza) is a city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and the second largest in ...
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Stage 4

;1 September 2020 —
Sárospatak Sárospatak (german: Potok am Bodroch; la, Potamopolis; sk, Šarišský Potok or ; ) is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, northern Hungary. It lies northeast from Miskolc, in the Bodrog river valley. The town, often called simply ''Pa ...
to
Kazincbarcika Kazincbarcika is an industrial town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies in the valley of the river Sajó, away from the county capital, Miskolc. History Kazincbarcika was created during the Socialist industrialization ...
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Stage 5

;2 September 2020 —
Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...
to
Gyöngyös Gyöngyös (; german: Gengeß) is a town in Heves county in Hungary, east of Budapest. Situated at the foot of the Sár-hegy and Mátra mountains, it is the home of numerous food production plants, including milk production and sausage factori ...
( Kékestető),


Classification leadership table

In the 2020 Tour de Hongrie, four jerseys were awarded. 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 cumulat ...
was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The leader of the general classification received a yellow jersey, sponsored by the Hungarian Tourism Agency (''Aktív Magyarország''), and the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the race. The second classification was the
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 ...
. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top fifteen in a stage. Points were also on offer at intermediate sprints. The leader of the points classification wore a green jersey, sponsored by
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and
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. There was also a mountains classification for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. The climbs were categorized, in order of increasing difficulty, as third, second and first-category. The leader of the mountains classification wore a red jersey, sponsored by
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. The fourth jersey was a classification for Hungarian riders, marked by a white jersey sponsored by the Hungarian Public Road Company (''Magyar Közút'') and the
Hungarian Cycling Federation The Hungarian Cycling Federation or MKSZ (in Hungarian: ''Magyar Kerékpáros Szövetség'') is the national governing body of cycle racing in Hungary. It was established on 3 May 1894 by 6 clubs: Budai Kerékpár Egyesület, Budapesti Kerékpá ...
(''Bringasport''). Only Hungarian riders were eligible and they were ranked according to their placement in the general classification of the race. The final classification was the
team classification The team classification is one of the different rankings for which competitors can compete in a multiple stage cycling race. It differs from the other usual rankings (general classification, points, king of the mountain and best young rider competi ...
, for which the times of the best three cyclists in each team on each stage was added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.


Final classification standings


General classification


Points classification


Mountains classification


Hungarian rider classification


Teams classification


See also

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References


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External links

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