2020 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes | |
Series: | 2020 UCI Women's World Tour |
Race No: | 7 |
Season No: | 12 |
Date: | 4 October 2020 |
Distance: | 135 |
Unit: | km |
Time: | 3h 29' 48" |
Speed: | 38.6 km/h |
First: | Lizzie Deignan |
First Nat: | UK |
Second: | Grace Brown |
Second Nat: | AUS |
Third: | Ellen van Dijk |
Third Nat: | NED |
Previous: | 2019 |
Next: | 2021 |
The fourth edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, a road cycling one-day race in Belgium, was held on 4 October 2020. It was originally planned to be held on 26 April, but was cancelled and rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the seventh event of the shortened 2020 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Bastogne and finished in Liège; the route included five categorised climbs over a total distance of 135km (84miles).[1]
Similar to the 2019 edition, the race finished in Liège.[2] At 135km (84miles), the race was approximately half the distance of the men's event. It started in Bastogne, from where it headed north to finish in Liège on the same location as the men's race. The route featured five categorised climbs: the Côte de Wanne, Côte de la Haute-Levée, Côte de la Vecquée, Côte de La Redoute, and Côte de la Roche aux faucons.
Eight UCI Women's WorldTeams and sixteen UCI Women's Continental Teams competed in the race. Six of the twenty-four teams did not enter the maximum of six riders;,,,, and entered only five, while entered only four. Of these 137 riders, 56 finished the race.[3]
UCI Women's WorldTeams
UCI Women's Continental Teams
See main article: 2020 UCI Women's World Tour.