The 2020 Tour de Wallonie (known as the VOO–Tour de Wallonie for sponsorship reasons) was a four-stage men's professional road cycling race mainly held in the Belgian region of Wallonia. It was a 2.Pro race as part of the 2020 UCI Europe Tour and the inaugural 2020 UCI ProSeries. It was the forty-seventh edition of the Tour de Wallonie, starting on 16 August in Soignies and finishing on 19 August in Érezée. It was originally scheduled for 27 – 31 July, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed to mid-August after the UCI's May calendar update and was shortened from five stages like in years prior to four stages.

Schedule

+Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateRouteDistanceTypeWinner 1 16 August Soignies to Hilly stage 2 17 August Frasnes-lez-Anvaing to Wavre Hilly stage 3 18 August Plombières to Visé Hilly stage 4 19 August Blegny to Érezée Hilly stage Total

Teams Twenty-three teams, consisting of nine UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI ProTeams, and five UCI Continental teams participated in the race. Each team entered seven riders, with the exception of , which only entered six. 123 of the 153 riders that started the race finished.

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

UCI Continental Teams

Stages Stage 1 16 August 2020 — Soignies to ,

Stage 2 17 August 2020 — Frasnes-lez-Anvaing to Wavre,

Stage 3 18 August 2020 — Plombières to Visé,

Stage 4 19 August 2020 — Blegny to Érezée,

Classification leadership table + Classification leadership by stageStage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Sprints classification Teams classification Combativity award 1 Caleb Ewan Caleb Ewan Caleb Ewan Tom Paquot Jens Reynders Dries De Bondt Edward Planckaert 2 Arnaud Démare Gianni Marchand 3 Sam Bennett Arnaud Démare Arnaud Démare Michał Gołaś James Fouché Carlos Canal 4 Arnaud Démare Jhonatan Narváez Tom Paquot Final Arnaud Démare Arnaud Démare Michał Gołaś Jhonatan Narváez Dries De Bondt Not awarded

On stage two, Arvid de Kleijn, who was fourth in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Caleb Ewan wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification, second placed Sam Bennett wore the Irish national champions' jersey as the defending Irish national road race champion, and third placed Tim Merlier wore the Belgian national champions' jersey as the defending Belgian national road race champion. On stage three, Arnaud Démare, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Caleb Ewan wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. On stage four, Caleb Ewan, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Arnaud Démare wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings

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

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Sprints classification

Young rider classification

Teams classification

References

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