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 com ...
which took place from 1 to 4 August 2020 in
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. 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 was 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 award ...
.


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 Cazouls-lès-Béziers (, literally ''Cazouls near Béziers''; Languedocien: ''Càsols de Besièrs'') is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Geography The town of Cazouls lès Béziers is situated 15 kilometres north of th ...
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Stage 2

;2 August 2020 –
Carcassonne Carcassonne is a French defensive wall, fortified city in the Departments of France, department of Aude, Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. It is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the department. ...
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. In 1 ...
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Rocamadour Rocamadour (; ''Rocamador'' in Occitan) is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France. It lies in the former province of Quercy. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Associati ...
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Classification leadership

* On stage two,
Elia Viviani Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional Cycle sport, cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the 2015 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, win ...
, 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 rides for UCI WorldTeam . Since turning professional, Coquard has taken more than fifty victories in road racing, primarily in French races – including six stage wins and an overall v ...
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 professional 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 202 ...
, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed
Andreas Kron Andreas Lorentz Kron (born 1 June 1998) is a Danish professional Bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . Major results ;2015 : 7th Overall Keizer der Juniores ;2016 : 1st Overall Grand Prix Généra ...
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 was born in Italy to Russian parents who subsequently moved to France, and switched his sporting allegiance from Russia to France in 2 ...
, 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 professional 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 202 ...
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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