| 2020 Czech Cycling Tour | |
| Series: | 2020 UCI Europe Tour |
| Date: | 6–9 August 2020 |
| Stages: | 4 |
| Distance: | 594.4 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 14h 44' 35" |
| First: | Damien Howson |
| First Nat: | AUS |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Second: | Jack Bauer |
| Second Nat: | NZL |
| Third: | Markus Hoelgaard |
| Third Nat: | NOR |
| Points: | Jordi Meeus |
| Points Nat: | BEL |
| Points Color: | green |
| Mountains: | Koen Bouwman |
| Mountains Nat: | NED |
| Mountains Color: | polkadot |
| Youth: | Jakub Otruba |
| Youth Nat: | CZE |
| Youth Color: | white |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The 2020 Czech Cycling Tour was the 11th edition of the Czech Cycling Tour, between 6 and 9 August 2020. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2020 UCI Europe Tour.
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 August | Uničov | 18.6km (11.6miles) | Team time trial | ||||
| 2 | 7 August | Prostějov to Uničov | 193.4km (120.2miles) | Hilly stage | ||||
| 3 | 8 August | Olomouc to Frýdek-Místek | 209.8km (130.4miles) | Hilly stage | ||||
| 4 | 9 August | Mohelnice to Šternberk | 172.6km (107.2miles) | Intermediate stage | ||||
| Total | 594.4km (369.3miles) | |||||||
Twenty teams, consisting of six UCI WorldTeams, four UCI ProTeams, ten UCI Continental teams, and the Czech national team, participated in the race. Each team entered seven riders, except for, which entered six. 85 of the 147 riders that started the race finished.[2] [3]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
National Teams
In the 2020 Czech Cycling Tour, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification 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 Olomouc Region and Moravian-Silesian Region, and the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the race.
| Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage finishes | 25 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Intermediate sprint | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
The second classification was the points classification. 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 Satum.
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 polkadot jersey, sponsored by Emco.
The fourth jersey was a classification for young riders classification, marked by a white jersey sponsored by the Best of British Cars (Jaguar, Land Rover). 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, 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.
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Durbridge | not awarded | not awarded | Kaden Groves | |||
| 2 | Jordi Meeus | Jordi Meeus | Koen Bouwman | ||||
| 3 | Jordi Meeus | Kaden Groves | |||||
| 4 | Damien Howson | Damien Howson | Jakub Otruba | ||||
| Final | Damien Howson | Jordi Meeus | Koen Bouwman | Jakub Otruba | |||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| 2 | + 19" | |||
| 3 | + 29" | |||
| 4 | + 43" | |||
| 5 | + 44" | |||
| 6 | + 47" | |||
| 7 | + 47" | |||
| 8 | + 48" | |||
| 9 | + 55" | |||
| 10 | + 58" |