2020 Tour de Luxembourg

The 2020 Tour de Luxembourg was the 80th edition of the Tour de Luxembourg road cycling stage race. It was held between 15 and 19 September, as part of the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and the 2020 UCI ProSeries.

2020 Tour de Luxembourg

2020 UCI Europe Tour 2020 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates	15 – 19 September 2020
Stages	5
Distance	716.5 km (445.2 mi)
Winning time	16h 32' 39"
Results
Winner  Diego Ulissi (ITA) (UAE Team Emirates)   Second  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)   Third  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) (Circus–Wanty Gobert) Points  Diego Ulissi (ITA) (UAE Team Emirates) Mountains  Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) (Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles) Youth  Andreas Kron (DEN) (Riwal Securitas)   Team AG2R La Mondiale
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Schedule

Stage characteristics and winners^[1]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	15 September	Luxembourg City to Luxembourg City	133.5 km (83.0 mi)		Hilly stage	Diego Ulissi (ITA)
2	16 September	Remich to Hesperange	160.8 km (99.9 mi) 40.7 km (25.3 mi)[2]		Hilly stage	Arnaud Démare (FRA)
3	17 September	Rosport to Schifflange	164.3 km (102.1 mi)		Hilly stage	John Degenkolb (GER)
4	18 September	Rodange to Differdange	201 km (125 mi)		Hilly stage	Diego Ulissi (ITA)
5	19 September	Mersch to Luxembourg City	177 km (110 mi)		Hilly stage	Andreas Kron (DEN)
Total		836.6 km (519.8 mi) 716.5 km (445.2 mi)

Teams

Eight UCI WorldTeams, twelve UCI ProTeams, and three UCI Continental teams made up the twenty-three teams that participated the race. Each team entered six riders, except for Leopard Pro Cycling, which entered five, for a starting peloton of 138 riders. 103 of these riders finished the race.^[3][4]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R La Mondiale
• Astana
• Bahrain–McLaren
• Groupama–FDJ
• Lotto–Soudal
• NTT Pro Cycling
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Alpecin–Fenix
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè
• Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles
• Burgos BH
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Circus–Wanty Gobert
• Nippo–Delko–One Provence
• Riwal Securitas
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
• Vini Zabù–KTM

UCI Continental Teams

• Leopard Pro Cycling
• Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole
• Team Vorarlberg Santic

Stages

Stage 1

15 September 2020 — Luxembourg City to Luxembourg City, 133.5 km (83.0 mi)^[5]

Stage 1 Result[6][7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates 3h 13' 15" 2  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 3  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) Nippo–Delko–One Provence + 0" 4  Jon Aberasturi (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 0" 5  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 6  Rui Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 7  Alexander Krieger (GER) Alpecin–Fenix + 0" 8  Eros Capecchi (ITA) Bahrain–McLaren + 0" 9  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 10  Jordi Warlop (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[6][7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates 3h 13' 02" 2  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 7" 3  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) Nippo–Delko–One Provence + 7" 4  Petr Vakoč (CZE) Alpecin–Fenix + 12" 5  Jon Aberasturi (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 13" 6  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 13" 7  Rui Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 13" 8  Alexander Krieger (GER) Alpecin–Fenix + 13" 9  Eros Capecchi (ITA) Bahrain–McLaren + 13" 10  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 13"

Stage 2

16 September 2020 — Remich to Hesperange, 160.8 km (99.9 mi) 40.7 km (25.3 mi)^[9]

Riders held a protest during the opening kilometers of the stage to voice several of their safety concerns about the previous stage. They pointed out that there were parked vehicles, as well as a bus that was stopped on the road with under five kilometers to go. Lithuanian rider Ignatas Konovalovas of Groupama–FDJ had even found himself having to stop for a red light towards the end of that stage when the roads were opened back up to traffic prematurely. Riders had spoken to race organizers about these hazards before stage 2, but when they encountered further problems on stage 2, they stopped. It was only after negotiations with race organizers and UCI did the riders agree to resume, but only after neutralizing the 80 kilometer route to Syren and only resume racing in the final 42 kilometers in the circuit around Hesperange.^[2]

Stage 2 Result[10][11][12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 50' 06" 2  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Alexander Krieger (GER) Alpecin–Fenix + 0" 4  Jordi Warlop (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 5  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 6  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 7  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) Nippo–Delko–One Provence + 0" 8  Rui Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 9  Martijn Budding (NED) Riwal Securitas + 0" 10  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[10][11][12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates 4h 03' 11" 2  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 4" 3  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 4" 4  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) Nippo–Delko–One Provence + 4" 5  Alexander Krieger (GER) Alpecin–Fenix + 6" 6  Rui Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 7" 7  Jordi Warlop (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 10" 8  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling + 10" 9  Petr Vakoč (CZE) Alpecin–Fenix + 12" 10  Jon Aberasturi (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 13"

Stage 3

17 September 2020 — Rosport to Schifflange, 164.3 km (102.1 mi)^[13]

Stage 3 Result[14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  John Degenkolb (GER) Lotto–Soudal 3h 35' 43" 2  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) Nippo–Delko–One Provence + 0" 3  Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert + 0" 4  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling + 0" 5  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) Astana + 0" 6  August Jensen (NOR) Riwal Securitas + 0" 7  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 8  Jordi Warlop (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 9  Lawrence Naesen (BEL) AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 10  Alexander Krieger (GER) Alpecin–Fenix + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Eduard-Michael Grosu (ROU) Nippo–Delko–One Provence 7h 38' 49" 2  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 5" 3  Amaury Capiot (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 9" 4  Alexander Krieger (GER) Alpecin–Fenix + 11" 5  Vincenzo Albanese (ITA) Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 12" 6  Rui Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 12" 7  Jordi Warlop (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 15" 8  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling + 15" 8  Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 16" 10  Jan Bakelants (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert + 17"

Stage 4

18 September 2020 — Rodange to Differdange, 201 km (125 mi)^[15]

Stage 4 Result[16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates 4h 45' 23" 2  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert + 0" 3  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 4  Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 0" 5  Alexander Krieger (GER) Alpecin–Fenix + 15" 6  Jan Bakelants (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert + 15" 7  Mauro Schmid (LUX) Leopard Pro Cycling + 15" 8  Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ) Astana + 15" 9  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 15" 10  Andreas Kron (DEN) Riwal Securitas + 15"

General classification after Stage 4[16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates 12h 24' 07" 2  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert + 17" 3  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 19" 4  Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 21" 5  Alexander Krieger (GER) Alpecin–Fenix + 31" 6  Jan Bakelants (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert + 34" 7  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 38" 8  Clément Champoussin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 38" 9  Mauro Schmid (LUX) Leopard Pro Cycling + 38" 10  Andreas Kron (DEN) Riwal Securitas + 38"

Stage 5

19 September 2020 — Mersch to Luxembourg City, 177 km (110 mi)^[17]

Stage 5 Result[18][19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Andreas Kron (DEN) Riwal Securitas 4h 08' 42" 2  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 4  Jan Bakelants (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert + 0" 5  Petr Vakoč (CZE) Alpecin–Fenix + 0" 6  Clément Champoussin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 7  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert + 0" 8  Franck Bonnamour (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 6" 9  Alexander Krieger (GER) Alpecin–Fenix + 6" 10  Romain Hardy (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 6"

General classification after Stage 5[18][19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates 16h 32' 39" 2  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 25" 3  Aimé De Gendt (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert + 27" 4  Tim Wellens (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 35" 5  Andreas Kron (DEN) Riwal Securitas + 38" 6  Jan Bakelants (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert + 44" 7  Alexander Krieger (GER) Alpecin–Fenix + 47" 8  Clément Champoussin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 48" 9  Petr Vakoč (CZE) Alpecin–Fenix + 50" 10  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 54"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Teams classification
1	Diego Ulissi	Diego Ulissi	Diego Ulissi	Axel Zingle	Jasper Philipsen	UAE Team Emirates
2	Arnaud Démare		Jasper Philipsen
3	John Degenkolb	Eduard-Michael Grosu	Eduard-Michael Grosu	Baptiste Planckaert	Vincenzo Albanese	Riwal Securitas
4	Diego Ulissi	Diego Ulissi	Diego Ulissi	Sergio Martín	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Circus–Wanty Gobert
5	Andreas Kron			Baptiste Planckaert	Andreas Kron	AG2R La Mondiale
Final		Diego Ulissi	Diego Ulissi	Baptiste Planckaert	Andreas Kron	AG2R La Mondiale

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[18][19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	16h 32' 39"
2	Markus Hoelgaard (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 25"
3	Aimé De Gendt (BEL)	Circus–Wanty Gobert	+ 27"
4	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	+ 35"
5	Andreas Kron (DEN)	Riwal Securitas	+ 38"
6	Jan Bakelants (BEL)	Circus–Wanty Gobert	+ 44"
7	Alexander Krieger (GER)	Alpecin–Fenix	+ 47"
8	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 48"
9	Petr Vakoč (CZE)	Alpecin–Fenix	+ 50"
10	Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 54"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[18][19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	56
2	Alexander Krieger (GER)	Alpecin–Fenix	30
3	Markus Hoelgaard (NOR)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	28
4	Andreas Kron (DEN)	Riwal Securitas	21
5	Aimé De Gendt (BEL)	Circus–Wanty Gobert	21
6	John Degenkolb (GER)	Lotto–Soudal	20
7	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	20
8	Jan Bakelants (BEL)	Circus–Wanty Gobert	18
9	Jordi Warlop (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	15
10	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL)	Circus–Wanty Gobert	13

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[18][19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Baptiste Planckaert (BEL)	Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles	29
2	Sergio Martín (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	18
3	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	12
4	Santiago Buitrago (COL)	Bahrain–McLaren	9
5	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	8
6	Xandro Meurisse (BEL)	Circus–Wanty Gobert	8
7	Etienne van Empel (NED)	Vini Zabù–KTM	8
8	François Bidard (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	7
9	Andreas Kron (DEN)	Riwal Securitas	7
10	Johannes Schinnagel (GER)	Team Vorarlberg Santic	7

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[18][19]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andreas Kron (DEN)	Riwal Securitas	16h 33' 17"
2	Clément Champoussin (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 10"
3	Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 16"
4	Mauro Schmid (LUX)	Leopard Pro Cycling	+ 21"
5	Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ)	Astana	+ 27"
6	Santiago Buitrago (COL)	Bahrain–McLaren	+ 1' 48"
7	Jan Maas (NED)	Leopard Pro Cycling	+ 2' 35"
8	Ivan Centrone (LUX)	Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole	+ 2' 42"
9	Jordi Warlop (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 2' 48"
10	Senne Leysen (BEL)	Alpecin–Fenix	+ 3' 02"

Teams classification

Final teams classification (1–10)^[18][19]

Rank	Team	Time
1	AG2R La Mondiale	49h 42' 17"
2	Alpecin–Fenix	+ 1' 02"
3	Circus–Wanty Gobert	+ 3' 16"
4	Lotto–Soudal	+ 3' 27"
5	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 3' 32"
6	Bingoal–Wallonie Bruxelles	+ 5' 32"
7	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 7' 37"
8	Riwal Securitas	+ 10' 52"
9	NTT Pro Cycling	+ 10' 55"
10	Astana	+ 12' 15"

Notes