2020 Cycling World Championships: Races, schedule, profiles, riders - Everything about the 2020 World Cycling Championships in Imola
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· 23.09.2020
The coronavirus has turned the 2020 cycling year upside down. In view of the early cancellations and postponements of major spring and summer races, it was all the more surprising how long the UCI held on to the organisation of the World Championships in Aigle/Martigny, Switzerland. Finally, in mid-August, the Messagethat the organisers cannot hold an event of this size due to local corona regulations.
The route of the 2020 World Cycling Championships
Imola in Italy, the venue of the 1968 World Championship, was quickly found as a traditional replacement. The elite class competitions will take place there from 24 to 27 September. While many professionals are in Europe anyway, it would hardly be possible for many young athletes to compete due to the coronavirus restrictions. The mixed relay, which was held for the first time last year, will also not take place this year.
The world championship circuit is 28.8 kilometres long and runs through the hilly Emilia Romagna region. The men have to complete nine laps, the women five. There are 5,000 metres of climbing on the 259.2 kilometre route. With two difficult climbs to contend with, the race is likely to be one for the climbing puncheurs such as Maximilian Schachmann, Julian Alaphilippe, Jakob Fuglsang and Diego Ulissi. The start and finish is the Imola velodrome. The time trial is much flatter - the men's race covers 32 kilometres and 200 metres in altitude.
The schedule for the 2020 World Cycling Championships
The women's individual time trial on Thursday, 24 September, marks the start of the World Championships. The men's time trial will take place the following day. Both races will cover 32 kilometres. The women's 144-kilometre road race is scheduled for Saturday, 26 September, followed by the men's 259.2-kilometre race on the final day.
Thursday, 24 September 2020Single time trial women eliteTitle defender: Chloé DyygertFriday, 25 September 2020Single time trial men eliteTitle defender: Rohan DennisSaturday, 26 September 2020Road race women eliteTitle defender: Annemiek van VleutenSunday, 27 September 2020Road race men eliteTitle defender: Mads Pedersen
The German starters at the 2020 World Championships
Defending champion Mads Pedersen will not be at the start of the road race. The provisional All nations you will find here. The German Cycling Federation (BDR) will have to do without Lisa Klein and Nikias Arndt, who were originally nominated. Klein has been weakened by a stomach bug and will not be able to start in the battle against the clock or in the road race, the BDR announced. The 24-year-old will be replaced by Mieke Kröger from Bielefeld. It is not yet clear whether Arndt will at least be able to compete in the road race on Sunday. He will be replaced by Maximilian Walscheid in the time trial. Further information on the German starters can also be found in the Interview with sporting director Jens Zemke and in the Overview of the World Cup squad.
- Women: Lisa Brennauer, Kathrin Hammes, Romy Kasper, Franziska Koch, Mieke Kröger, Liane Lippert, Trixi Worrack.
- Men: Nikias Arndt, John Degenkolb, Nico Denz, Simon Geschke, Jonas Koch, Paul Martens, Maximilian Schachmann, Georg Zimmermann, Max Walscheid
TV broadcast: ZDF and Eurosport
The Second German Television, ZDF, will broadcast live from the World Championships. The Women's time trial on Thursday, 24 September (from 15:15) is also available at the Livestream at 2.40 p.m. like the Men's time trial on Friday, 25 September (also from 15:15). The two road races on Saturday (women) and Sunday (men) can even be watched live on the Free TV on ZDF to see. The broadcast starts at 15:45 on Saturday and at 15:25 on Sunday.
Eurosport will broadcast live on all four days, but only the first three competitions on Eurosport 1. The women's time trial will be shown from 14:35-16:40, the men's time trial on Friday from 14:25-16:40 and the women's road race from 12:30-16:45. On Sunday, cycling fans will have to do without pay-TV or Eurosport Play. The men's race will only be shown from 9:40-16:50 on Eurosport 2 will be shown. According to Eurosport, there are currently no plans for a summary on the free-to-air Eurosport 1 channel in the evening.
World Cup history
The winners of the World Championship races in all disciplines receive a so-called Rainbow jersey. The athlete wears the jersey with a breast ring in the five colours of the continents until the next World Championships in races of the discipline in which he holds the title. Defending champion Peter Sagan is the first cyclist to win the professional race in three consecutive years. Before the Slovakian, Alfredo Binda (Italy), the Belgians Rik Van Steenbergen and Eddy Merckx and Oscar Freire from Spain were also three-time elite world champions. The record world champion is Jeannie Longo from France with five titles.
Incidentally, the first Road World Championships took place in Copenhagen in 1921. Back then, only amateurs were allowed to take part. There has been a world championship for professionals since 1927, and women have also been allowed to win world championship titles since 1958.
