2020 Giro d'Italia


The 2020 Giro d'Italia was to have taken place from 9 to 31 May 2020, as the 103rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race. The start of the 2020 Giro had been planned to take place in Budapest, Hungary, which would have been the 14th time the Giro has started outside Italy, and the first time a Grand Tour has visited Hungary.
The event was jeopardised by the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, and in March 2020 it was postponed, as other early season races in Italy had been. When the government of Hungary announced they would not allow the Grande Partenza to take place, RCS Sport decided they would postpone the race to a later to-be-determined date. On 15 April, UCI announced that both Giro and Vuelta will take place in autumn after the 2020 UCI Road Cycling World Championships. On 5 May, UCI announced that the Giro will take place between 3 October and 25 October.

Teams

The 2020 Giro d'Italia will consist of 22 teams. All nineteen UCI WorldTeams are entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. Additionally, three second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams were invited to participate in the event. The teams were announced on 16 January 2020.
The teams participating in the race are:
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
It is unclear whether former podium finisher and stage winner, José Rujano, will race in the Giro in 2020. Furthermore, it will be the first Grand Tour for Remco Evenepoel, the young talented Belgian rider of.

Route and stages

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