The 2020 BinckBank Tour was a
road cyclingstage 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]
Teams
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]
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]
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]
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.
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.
Final classification standings
Legend
Denotes the winner of the general classification
Denotes the winner of the points classification
Denotes the winner of the combativity classification
^
abcdeDue to a surge in
COVID-19 cases in the
Netherlands, race organizers were forced to cancel stage 2, which took place entirely in the Netherlands.[5]
^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 will start and finish in
Aalter (Belgium), after seven local laps.[6]
^Due to a surge in
COVID-19 cases in the
Netherlands, race organizers were forced to reroute stage 4, which would have finished in
Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands). Instead, stage 4 was changed into an individual time trial to replace the cancelled stage 2 which will start and finish in
Riemst (Belgium).[7]