| 2020 UCI World Tour, race 19 of 21 | |||||||||||||
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 Event poster with previous winners Marta Bastianelli and Alberto Bettiol | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 18 October 2020[1] | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 243.3 km (151.2 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 5h 43' 22" | ||||||||||||
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The 104th edition of the Tour of Flanders one-day cycling classic was held on 18 October 2020, as the 20th event of the 2020 UCI World Tour. The race started in Antwerp and finished in Oudenaarde, Belgium, covering a distance of 241 km.[2] Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands won the race, just ahead of Belgian Wout van Aert.[3]
The race was originally scheduled on 5 April 2020, serving as the 14th event of the 2020 UCI World Tour, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4] On 17 March 2020 the organisers announced the race would not run on the planned date; on 5 May it was rescheduled for 18 October. The men's event was slightly reduced in distance, because of the unprecedented end-of-season slot and in order to deal with the intense October campaign.[2]
- ^ "The UCI unveils the revised 2020 calendars for the UCI WorldTour & UCI Women's WorldTour". UCI. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ a b Farrand, Stephen (13 June 2020). "Flemish Classics reduced in length to help riders race intense October campaign". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Tour of Flanders: World champion Julian Alaphilippe crashes as Mathieu van der Poel wins". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Tour of Flanders will not take place on 5 april | Ronde van Vlaanderen | Flanders Classics". Flanders Classics. 2020-03-17. Archived from the original on 2020-03-17. Retrieved 19 March 2020.