2020 French Road Cycling Cup

The 2020 French Road Cycling Cup was the 29th edition of the French Road Cycling Cup. Compared to the previous season, the same 15 events were held. The cup was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in France, as originally 16 races were scheduled, but only 8 were eventually held, including some replacement events. [1][2] The defending champion from the previous season was Marc Sarreau, he was succeeded by Nacer Bouhanni who won two events.

Events

The calendar was heavily disturbed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To obtain a reasonable number of events, replacement races were included in the calendar, such as the 1st stage of the Route d'Occitanie and the 4th stage of the Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine. A notable race added was also the sprinters' classic Paris–Tours.

Date Event Winner Team Series leader(s) Leading Team
2 February Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale  Benoit Cosnefroy (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale
1 August Route d'Occitanie (1st stage)  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels–Vital Concept  Benoit Cosnefroy (FRA)
 Bryan Coquard (FRA)
29 August Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine (4th stage)  Josef Černý (CZE) Circus–Wanty Gobert  Josef Černý (CZE)
6 September Tour du Doubs  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert
20 September Grand Prix d'Isbergues  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic
22 September Paris–Camembert  Dorian Godon (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)
27 September Paris–Chauny  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic
11 October Paris–Tours  Casper Pedersen (DEN) Team Sunweb

Final Cup standings

Individual

All competing riders are eligible for this classification.

Pos. Rider Team Points
1  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic 125
2  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 85
3  Josef Černý (CZE) Circus–Wanty Gobert 64
4  Alexander Krieger (GER) Alpecin–Fenix 58
5  Valentin Madouas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 55
6  Casper Pedersen (DEN) Team Sunweb 50
7  Bryan Coquard (FRA) B&B Hotels–Vital Concept 50
8  Dorian Godon (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 50
9  Loïc Vliegen (BEL) Circus–Wanty Gobert 50
10  Maurits Lammertink (NED) Circus–Wanty Gobert 45

Young rider classification

All riders younger than 25 are eligible for this classification.

Pos. Rider Team Points
1  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 85
2  Valentin Madouas (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 55
3  Casper Pedersen (DEN) Team Sunweb 50
4  Dorian Godon (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 50
5  Luca Mozzato (ITA) B&B Hotels–Vital Concept 36
6  Biniam Girmay (ERI) Nippo–Delko–One Provence 35
7  Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED) Team Sunweb 25
8  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 25
9  Edward Planckaert (BEL) Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise 21
10  Jérémy Lecroq (FRA) B&B Hotels–Vital Concept 20

Teams

Only French teams are eligible to be classified in the teams classification.

Pos. Team Points
1 AG2R La Mondiale 72
2 Arkéa–Samsic 59
3 Nippo–Delko–One Provence 53
4 Groupama–FDJ 51
5 Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole 50
6 B&B Hotels–Vital Concept 45
7 Cofidis 43
8 Total Direct Énergie 40
9 St. Michel–Auber93 35

Notes

References

  1. ^ Calendrier
  2. ^ Cyclisme. Le nouveau calendrier de la Coupe de France