2020 Vuelta a España
The 2020 Vuelta a España was the 75th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's three grand tours. It was won for the second consecutive year by Primož Roglič of Team Jumbo–Visma.
| 2020 UCI World Tour, race 20 of 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 20 October – 8 November | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 2,892.6 km (1,797 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The race was originally scheduled to be held from 14 August to 6 September 2020. In April 2020, the 2020 Tour de France was rescheduled to run between the 29 August and 20 September, having been postponed in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 15 April, UCI announced that both the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta would take place in autumn after the 2020 UCI Road World Championships. On 5 May, UCI announced that the postponed Giro and the Vuelta would run between 3 and 25 October and between 20 October and 8 November, respectively.
For the first time since 1985, the race was not 21 stages long; instead, it was held in a reduced format over 18 stages.
It was also among the closest Vueltas in history with the winning margin being only +0:24. The 2011 Vuelta a España was initially closer than the 2020 edition, but due to a doping incident the margins of victory changed. As such the 2020 Vuelta had the smallest margin of victory since the 1984 Vuelta a España, which was the smallest margin of victory of any grand tour in cycling history.