2020 Route D'Occitanie
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The 2020 Route d'Occitanie was a men's
road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
which took place from 1 to 4 August 2020 in
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
. It was the 44th edition of the
Route d'Occitanie The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France ...
. The race was rated as a 2.1 event and formed 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 Scheldeprijs. Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top fini ...
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Teams

Twenty-one teams participated in the race. The teams that participated were: UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * UCI Professional Continental Teams * * * * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * * * *


Route


Stages


Stage 1

;1 August 2020 –
Saint-Affrique Saint-Affrique (; Languedocien: ''Sant Africa'') is a commune in the Aveyron department in Southern France. History Saint-Affrique grew in the 6th century around the tomb of St. Africain, bishop of Comminges. In the 12th century a fortre ...
to Cazouls-lès-Béziers,


Stage 2

;2 August 2020 –
Carcassonne Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the Au ...
to Cap Découverte,


Stage 3

;3 August 2020 – Saint-Gaudens to Col de Beyrède,


Stage 4

;4 August 2020 –
Lectoure Lectoure (; Gascon: ''Leitora'' ) is a commune in the Gers department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. It is located north of Auch, the capital of the department, south of Agen and approximately northwest of Toulouse. Geogr ...
to
Rocamadour Rocamadour (; ''Rocamador'' in Occitan) is a commune in the Lot department in Southwestern France. It lies in the former province of Quercy. Rocamadour has attracted visitors for its setting in a gorge above a tributary of the River Dordogn ...
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Classification leadership

* On stage two,
Elia Viviani Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 in a bunch sprint before Moreno ...
, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed
Bryan Coquard Bryan Coquard (born 25 April 1992) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He was a silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Omnium. Career Youth and amateur career Coquard began cycling in 1999 at the age of sev ...
wore the orange jersey as leader of the general classification. * On stage two,
Egan Bernal Egan Arley Bernal Gómez (born 13 January 1997) is a Colombian cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . In 2019 he won the Tour de France, becoming the first Latin American rider to do so, and the youngest winner since 1909. At the 2021 Giro d'Ita ...
, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Andreas Kron wore the blue polkadot jersey as leader of the mountains classification. * On stages three and four,
Pavel Sivakov Pavel Alekseyevich Sivakov (; born 11 July 1997) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is also a citizen of Russia and rode as a Russian until 2 March 2022. Personal life Sivakov is the son of Russian former cyclists Ale ...
, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed
Egan Bernal Egan Arley Bernal Gómez (born 13 January 1997) is a Colombian cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . In 2019 he won the Tour de France, becoming the first Latin American rider to do so, and the youngest winner since 1909. At the 2021 Giro d'Ita ...
wore the orange jersey as leader of the general classification.


Final classification standings


General classification


Points classification


Mountains classification


Young rider classification


Teams classification


References

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