2020 Tour de la Provence

The 2020 Tour de la Provence was a road cycling stage race that took place between 13 and 16 February 2020 in the French region of Provence. The race is rated as a 2.Pro event as part of the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and the 2020 UCI ProSeries, and was the fifth edition of the Tour de la Provence cycling race.^[1]

2020 Tour de la Provence

2020 UCI Europe Tour 2020 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates	13–16 February 2020
Stages	4
Distance	635.1 km (394.6 mi)
Winning time	15h 31' 50"
Results
Winner  Nairo Quintana (COL) (Arkéa–Samsic)   Second  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) (Astana)   Third  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (Astana) Points  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (Astana) Mountains  Jonas Koch (GER) (CCC Team) Youth  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) (Astana) Team Astana
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Teams

Twenty-one teams were invited to the race. Of these teams, fourteen are UCI WorldTour teams, five are UCI Professional Continental teams, and two are UCI Continental teams. Each team entered seven riders, except for B&B Hotels–Vital Concept and Team Jumbo–Visma, who each entered six riders. Of the starting peloton of 145 riders, only 126 riders finished.^[2][3][4]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R La Mondiale
• Astana
• CCC Team
• Cofidis
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• EF Pro Cycling
• Groupama–FDJ
• Israel Start-Up Nation
• Movistar Team
• NTT Pro Cycling
• Team Ineos
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Team Sunweb
• Trek–Segafredo

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• Arkéa–Samsic
• B&B Hotels–Vital Concept
• Circus–Wanty Gobert
• Nippo–Delko–One Provence
• Total Direct Énergie

UCI Continental Teams

• Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole
• St. Michel–Auber93

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[1][5][6][7]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	13 February	Châteaurenard to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer	149.5 km (92.9 mi)		Flat stage	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)
2	14 February	Aubagne to La Ciotat	174.9 km (108.7 mi)		Hilly stage	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)
3	15 February	Istres to Mont Ventoux–Chalet Reynard	140.2 km (87.1 mi)		Mountain stage	Nairo Quintana (COL)
4	16 February	Avignon to Aix-en-Provence	170.5 km (105.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Owain Doull (GBR)
Total		635.1 km (394.6 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

13 February 2020 – Châteaurenard to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, 149.5 km (92.9 mi)^[8]

Stage 1 Result[9][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 3h 16' 35" 2  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) CCC Team + 0" 3  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) NTT Pro Cycling + 0" 4  Pierre Barbier (FRA) Nippo–Delko–One Provence + 0" 5  Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0" 6  Chris Lawless (GBR) Team Ineos + 0" 7  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert + 0" 8  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 9  Marc Hirschi (SUI) Team Sunweb + 0" 10  Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek–Segafredo + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[9][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 3h 16' 25" 2  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) CCC Team + 4" 3  Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) NTT Pro Cycling + 6" 4  Charlie Quarterman (GBR) Trek–Segafredo + 6" 5  Johan Jacobs (SUI) Movistar Team + 6" 6  Louis Louvet (FRA) St. Michel–Auber93 + 7" 7  Romain Combaud (FRA) Nippo–Delko–One Provence + 9" 8  Pierre Barbier (FRA) Nippo–Delko–One Provence + 10" 9  Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) Israel Start-Up Nation + 10" 10  Chris Lawless (GBR) Team Ineos + 10"

Stage 2

14 February 2020 – Aubagne to La Ciotat, 174.9 km (108.7 mi)^[11]

Stage 2 Result[12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana 4h 30' 57" 2  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 24" 3  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 24" 4  Magnus Cort (DEN) EF Pro Cycling + 24" 5  Andrea Bagioli (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 24" 6  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Ineos + 24" 7  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 24" 8  Nairo Quintana (COL) Arkéa–Samsic + 24" 9  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 24" 10  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 24"

General classification after Stage 2[12][13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana 7h 47' 22" 2  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 28" 3  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 30" 4  Magnus Cort (DEN) EF Pro Cycling + 34" 5  Alex Aranburu (ESP) Astana + 34" 6  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 34" 7  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 34" 8  Nairo Quintana (COL) Arkéa–Samsic + 34" 9  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Ineos + 34" 10  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 34"

Stage 3

15 February 2020 – Istres to Mont Ventoux–Chalet Reynard, 140.2 km (87.1 mi)^[14]

Stage 3 Result[15][16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Nairo Quintana (COL) Arkéa–Samsic 3h 36' 26" 2  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 1' 28" 3  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Pro Cycling + 1' 28" 4  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana + 1' 28" 5  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Ineos + 2' 11" 6  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2' 12" 7  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 2' 12" 8  Jesús Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 2' 12" 9  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 12" 10  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 25"

General classification after Stage 3[15][16] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Nairo Quintana (COL) Arkéa–Samsic 11h 24' 12" 2  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana + 1' 04" 3  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 1' 28" 4  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Pro Cycling + 1' 38" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 2' 16" 6  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Ineos + 2' 21" 7  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 22" 8  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2' 26" 9  Jesús Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 2' 26" 10  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 35"

Stage 4

16 February 2020 – Avignon to Aix-en-Provence, 170.5 km (105.9 mi)^[17]

Stage 4 Result[18][19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Owain Doull (GBR) Team Ineos 4h 07' 32" 2  Matthias Brändle (AUT) Israel Start-Up Nation + 0" 3  Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 2" 4  Romain Combaud (FRA) Nippo–Delko–One Provence + 2" 5  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 6" 6  Damien Touzé (FRA) Cofidis + 6" 7  Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 6" 8  Magnus Cort (DEN) EF Pro Cycling + 6" 9  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 6" 10  Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek–Segafredo + 6"

General classification after Stage 4[18][19] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Nairo Quintana (COL) Arkéa–Samsic 15h 31' 50" 2  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) Astana + 1' 04" 3  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Astana + 1' 28" 4  Hugh Carthy (GBR) EF Pro Cycling + 1' 38" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 2' 16" 6  Eddie Dunbar (IRL) Team Ineos + 2' 21" 7  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 22" 8  Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo–Visma + 2' 26" 9  Jesús Herrada (ESP) Cofidis + 2' 26" 10  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 2' 35"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Teams classification
1	Nacer Bouhanni	Nacer Bouhanni	Nacer Bouhanni	Charlie Quarterman	Charlie Quarterman	Team Sunweb
2	Aleksandr Vlasov	Aleksandr Vlasov	Aleksandr Vlasov	Jonas Koch	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana
3	Nairo Quintana	Nairo Quintana
4	Owain Doull		Alexey Lutsenko
Final		Nairo Quintana	Alexey Lutsenko	Jonas Koch	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana

Classification standings

General classification

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

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Arkéa–Samsic	15h 31' 50"
2	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Astana	+ 1' 04"
3	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana	+ 1' 28"
4	Hugh Carthy (GBR)	EF Pro Cycling	+ 1' 38"
5	Wilco Kelderman (NED)	Team Sunweb	+ 2' 16"
6	Eddie Dunbar (IRL)	Team Ineos	+ 2' 21"
7	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 2' 22"
8	Sepp Kuss (USA)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 2' 26"
9	Jesús Herrada (ESP)	Cofidis	+ 2' 26"
10	David Gaudu (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 2' 35"

Points classification

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

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana	30
2	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Astana	24
3	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Arkéa–Samsic	20
4	Wilco Kelderman (NED)	Team Sunweb	18
5	Owain Doull (GBR)	Team Ineos	15
6	Romain Combaud (FRA)	Nippo–Delko–One Provence	15
7	Eddie Dunbar (IRL)	Team Ineos	15
8	Magnus Cort (DEN)	EF Pro Cycling	14
9	Rémi Cavagna (FRA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	13
10	Ian Garrison (USA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	13

Mountains classification

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

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jonas Koch (GER)	CCC Team	18
2	Victor Lafay (FRA)	Cofidis	14
3	Romain Combaud (FRA)	Nippo–Delko–One Provence	13
4	Johan Jacobs (SUI)	Movistar Team	8
5	Nairo Quintana (COL)	Arkéa–Samsic	7
6	Ian Garrison (USA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	7
7	Cyril Barthe (FRA)	B&B Hotels–Vital Concept	7
8	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Astana	5
9	Owain Doull (GBR)	Team Ineos	4
10	Timothy Dupont (BEL)	Circus–Wanty Gobert	4

Young rider classification

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

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Astana	15h 32' 54"
2	Eddie Dunbar (IRL)	Team Ineos	+ 1' 17"
3	David Gaudu (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 1' 31"
4	Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1' 40"
5	Niklas Eg (DEN)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 2' 46"
6	Andrea Bagioli (ITA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 2' 51"
7	Sam Oomen (NED)	Team Sunweb	+ 3' 05"
8	Pavel Sivakov (RUS)	Team Ineos	+ 3' 40"
9	Attila Valter (HUN)	CCC Team	+ 4' 41"
10	Rémy Rochas (FRA)	Nippo–Delko–One Provence	+ 4' 42"

Teams classification

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

Rank	Team	Time
1	Astana	46h 43' 02"
2	Groupama–FDJ	+ 1' 55"
3	EF Pro Cycling	+ 2' 38"
4	Team Sunweb	+ 3' 42"
5	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 3' 49"
6	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 6' 02"
7	Nippo–Delko–One Provence	+ 8' 19"
8	CCC Team	+ 9' 24"
9	NTT Pro Cycling	+ 9' 41"
10	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 11' 07"