2020 European Road Championships

2020 European Road Championships

Venue	Plouay, France
Date(s)	(2020-08-24 - 2020-08-28)24–28 August 2020
Events	13

The 2020 European Road Cycling Championships was the 26th running of the European Road Cycling Championships that took place from 24 to 28 August 2020 in Plouay, France. The event consisted of a total of 6 road races and 7 time trials.

Location

On 10 June 2019, it was announced that Trentino, Italy would host this event from 9 to 13 September 2020.^[1] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the UEC and Trentino officials decided to postpone the city's hosting of the event to 2021.^[2] It was later announced in July that Plouay, France would step up to host the event from 24 to 28 August 2020, with the city also hosting the French National Road Race and Time Trial Championships the week prior, as well as the Bretagne Classic and GP de Plouay – Bretagne on 25 and 26 August, respectively.^[3]

Race Schedule

All times are in CEST (UTC+2).^[4]

Date	Timings		Event	Distance
Individual time trial events
24 August	9:00	10:20	Junior women	25.6 km (15.9 mi)
	10:25	11:55	Junior men	25.6 km (15.9 mi)
	12:00	13:05	Under-23 women	25.6 km (15.9 mi)
	13:10	14:25	Under-23 men	25.6 km (15.9 mi)
	14:30	15:35	Elite women	25.6 km (15.9 mi)
	16:10	17:15	Elite men	25.6 km (15.9 mi)
Road race events
26 August	9:00	12:00	Under-23 women	81.9 km (50.9 mi)
	13:40	16:00	Elite men	177.45 km (110.26 mi)
27 August	9:00	12:00	Under-23 men	136 km (85 mi)
	13:40	15:55	Elite women	109.2 km (67.9 mi)
28 August	11:20	14:00	Junior men	109.25 km (67.88 mi)
	9:00	11:00	Junior women	68.25 km (42.41 mi)
Mixed Team Relay
28 August	14:30	17:15	Mixed Team Relay	54.6 km (33.9 mi)

Elite

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Elite Events
Road race[5]	Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA)	4h 12' 23"	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	+ 0"	Pascal Ackermann (GER)	+ 0"
Time trial[6]	Stefan Küng (SUI)	30' 18"	Rémi Cavagna (FRA)	+ 17"	Victor Campenaerts (BEL)	+ 21"
Women's Elite Events
Road race[7]	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	2h 50' 46"	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)	+ 0"	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	+ 6"
Time trial[8]	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	34' 03"	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	+ 31"	Marlen Reusser (SUI)	+ 59"

Under-23

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Under-23 Events
Road race[9]	Jonas Hvideberg (NOR)	3h 11' 17"	Anthon Charmig (DEN)	+ 0"	Vojtěch Řepa (CZE)	+ 2"
Time trial[10]	Andreas Leknessund (NOR)	30' 58"	Stefan Bissegger (SUI)	+ 23"	Ilan Van Wilder (BEL)	+ 28"
Women's Under-23 Events
Road race[11]	Elisa Balsamo (ITA)	2h 15' 27"	Lonneke Uneken (NED)	+ 0"	Emma Cecilie Norsgaard (DEN)	+ 0"
Time trial[12]	Hannah Ludwig (GER)	35' 53"	Franziska Koch (GER)	+ 24"	Marta Jaskulska (POL)	+ 1' 18"

Junior

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Road race[13]	Kasper Andersen (DEN)	2h 38' 28"	Pavel Bittner (CZE)	+ 0"	Arnaud de Lie (BEL)	+ 0"
Time trial[14]	Mathias Vacek (CZE)	32' 39"	Marco Brenner (GER)	+ 3"	Lorenzo Milesi (ITA)	+ 17"
Women's Junior Events
Road race[15]	Eleonora Gasparrini (ITA)	1h 54' 22"	Marith Vanhove (BEL)	+ 0"	Katrijn De Clercq (BEL)	+ 0"
Time trial[16]	Elise Uijen (NED)	37' 24"	Maeva Squiban (FRA)	+ 1' 01"	Carlotta Cipressi (ITA)	+ 1' 28"

Mixed Team Relay

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Time Trial[17]	Germany	1h 14' 14"	Switzerland	+ 26"	Italy	+ 2' 35"
	Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger Miguel Heidemann Michel Hessmann Justin Wolf		Elise Chabbey Marlen Reusser Kathrin Stirnemann Stefan Bissegger Robin Froidevaux Claudio Imhof		Vittoria Bussi Elena Cecchini Vittoria Guazzini Edoardo Affini Liam Bertazzo Davide Plebani

Overall medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation (France))

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	3	2	0	5
2	Italy (ITA)	3	1	3	7
3	Germany (GER)	2	2	1	5
4	Norway (NOR)	2	0	0	2
5	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2	1	4
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	1	1	3
	Denmark (DEN)	1	1	1	3
8	France (FRA)*	0	3	0	3
9	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	4	5
10	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		13	13	13	39

References

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17. "European Continental Championships - Mixed Relay TTT". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

External links

• UEC 2020 Road European Championships