2020 BinckBank Tour
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| 2020 UCI World Tour, race 14 of 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 29 September – 3 October 2020[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 4[nb 1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 482.24 km (299.7 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 10h 43' 08" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 BinckBank Tour was a road cycling stage race that was originally scheduled to take place between 31 August and 6 September 2020 in Belgium. However, because of the Tour de France being rescheduled to the time the event was to have taken place, the race was rescheduled to remove the conflict. It started on 29 September 2020 (nine days after Le Tour finished) and ended on 3 October 2020. It was the 16th edition of the BinckBank Tour and was part of the 2020 UCI World Tour.[2]
Twenty-four teams participated in the 2020 edition. All nineteen UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team into the race. In addition, 5 wildcards were awarded to UCI ProTeams. Each team was allowed to enter up to seven riders; Astana, Groupama–FDJ, Ineos Grenadiers (with six each), and Movistar Team (with five) were the only teams not to do so. 94 of the 163 riders in the race finished.[3][4]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
Stage characteristics and winners
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 29 September | Blankenberge  to Ardooie |
132.1 km (82.1 mi) |  |
Flat stage | Jasper Philipsen (BEL) |
| 2 | 30 September |  to Vlissingen |
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Cancelled[nb 1] | ||
| 3 | 1 October | to Aalter |
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Flat stage |  Mads Pedersen (DEN) | |
| 4 | 2 October | Riemst to |
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Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | ||
| 5 | 3 October | Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve to Geraardsbergen |
185.0 km (115.0 mi) |  |
Hilly stage | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) |
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Stages
Stage 1
- 29 September 2020 – Blankenberge to Ardooie, 132.1 km (82.1 mi)[8]
Stage 2
- 30 September 2020 – Vlissingen to Vlissingen, 11.0 km (6.8 mi) (ITT)[11]
Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, race organizers were forced to cancel stage 2, which took place entirely within the Netherlands.[nb 1]
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Jasper Philipsen (BEL)   |
UAE Team Emirates | 2h 59' 16" |
| 2 | Mads Pedersen (DEN) |
Trek–Segafredo | + 4" |
| 3 | Mike Teunissen (NED) |
Team Jumbo–Visma | + 5" |
| 4 |  Pascal Ackermann (GER) |
Bora–Hansgrohe | + 6" |
| 5 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) |
Alpecin–Fenix | + 7" |
| 6 | Yves Lampaert (BEL) |
Deceuninck–Quick-Step | + 7" |
| 7 |  Mark Cavendish (GBR) |
Bahrain–McLaren | + 9" |
| 8 | Danny van Poppel (NED) |
Circus–Wanty Gobert | + 10" |
| 9 |  Stefan Bissegger (SUI) |
EF Pro Cycling | + 10" |
| 10 |  Alberto Dainese (ITA) |
Team Sunweb | + 10" |
Stage 3
- 1 October 2020 –
PhilippineAalter to Aalter, 157 km (98 mi)[12]
Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, race organizers were forced to reroute stage 3, which would have started in Philippine (Netherlands). Stage 3 started and finished in Aalter (Belgium), and riders completed seven laps of the finishing circuit instead of the original three.[6]
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Stage 4
- 2 October 2020 – Riemst to Riemst
Sittard-Geleen, 8.14 km (5.06 mi) (ITT)[15]
Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, race organizers were forced to reroute stage 4, which would have started in Riemst (Belgium) and finished in Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands). Stage 4 became an individual time trial starting and finishing in Riemst.
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Stage 5
- 3 October 2020 – Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve to Geraardsbergen, 185.0 km (115.0 mi)[18]
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Classification leadership table
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Combativity classification |
Teams classification |
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| 1 | Jasper Philipsen | Jasper Philipsen | Jasper Philipsen | Milan Menten | Alpecin–Fenix |
| 2 | Cancelled[nb 1] | ||||
| 3 | Mads Pedersen | Mads Pedersen | Mads Pedersen | Kenneth Van Rooy | |
| 4 | Søren Kragh Andersen | Team Sunweb | |||
| 5 | Mathieu van der Poel | Mathieu van der Poel | Alpecin–Fenix | ||
| Final | Mathieu van der Poel | Mads Pedersen | Kenneth Van Rooy | Alpecin–Fenix | |
- Due to the cancellation of stage 2, all the jersey wearers after stage 1 retained their jerseys and wore them on stage 3.
- On stage 3, Mads Pedersen, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first placed Jasper Philipsen wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification.
- On stages 4 and 5, Jasper Philipsen, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first placed Mads Pedersen wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification.