The 2020 BinckBank Tour was a

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that was originally scheduled to take place between 31 August and 6 September 2020 in

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. However, because of the

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being rescheduled to the time the event was to have taken place, the race was rescheduled to remove the conflict. It started on 29 September 2020 (nine days after ''Le Tour'' finished) and ended on 3 October 2020. It was the 16th edition of the BinckBank Tour and was part of the

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Teams

Twenty-four teams participated in the 2020 edition. All nineteen

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s were invited automatically and obliged to enter a team into the race. In addition, 5 wildcards were awarded to

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s. Each team was allowed to enter up to seven riders; , , (with six each), and (with five) were the only teams not to do so. 94 of the 163 riders in the race finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * *

Stage characteristics and winners

Stages

Stage 1

;29 September 2020 –

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Stage 2

;30 September 2020 –

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to Vlissingen, (

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) Due to a surge in

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cases in the

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, race organizers were forced to cancel stage 2, which took place entirely within the Netherlands.

Stage 3

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to Aalter, Due to a surge in

cases in the

, race organizers were forced to reroute stage 3, which would have started in

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(Netherlands). Stage 3 started and finished in

(Belgium), and riders completed seven laps of the finishing circuit instead of the original three.

Stage 4

;2 October 2020 –

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to Riemst Sittard-Geleen Sittard-Geleen (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It was formed in 2001 from the former municipalities Sittard, Geleen and Born (Netherlands), Born. The combined municipality has approximat ...
, (

) Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, race organizers were forced to reroute stage 4, which would have started in Riemst (Belgium) and finished in Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands). Stage 4 became an individual time trial starting and finishing in Riemst.

Stage 5

;3 October 2020 –

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Classification leadership table

* Due to the cancellation of stage 2, all the jersey wearers after stage 1 retained their jerseys and wore them on stage 3. * On stage 3,

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, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first placed

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wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification. * On stages 4 and 5,

, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first placed

wore the green jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Combativity classification

Teams classification

Notes

References

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