Male Team 11 - 16 Feb Tour Colombia
Tour Colombia 
875 Kilometers 6 Stages
Participants list
- Carlos Betancur
- Antonio Pedrero
- Eduardo Sepúlveda
- Matteo Jorgenson
- Einer Rubio
- Juan Diego Alba
- Carlos Verona
TV
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Stages
Analysis
01
Tunja (CRE / TTT) (16.7km)
11 February
- 01 EF Education First 18'01"
- 02 Deceuninck – Quick Step +45"
- 03 Team INEOS +46"
- 07 Movistar Team +1'02" Team: Eduardo Sepúlveda Matteo Jorgenson Juan Diego Alba Carlos Betancur Carlos Verona Einer Rubio
02
Paipa - Duitama (152.4km)
12 February
- 01 Sebastián Molano UAE Team Emirates 3h12'09"
- 02 Álvaro Hodeg Deceuninck – Quick Step "
- 03 Itamar Einhorn Israel Start-Up Nation "
- 30 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team "
- 34 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team "
- 35 Einer Rubio Movistar Team "
- 67 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team "
- 83 Carlos Betancur Movistar Team "
- 136 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +23"
03
Paipa - Sogamoso (177.7km)
13 February
- 01 Sebastián Molano UAE Team Emirates 3h57'00"
- 02 Edwin Ávila Israel Start-Up Nation "
- 03 Álvaro Hodeg Deceuninck – Quick Step "
- 31 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team "
- 35 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team "
- 58 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team "
- 67 Carlos Betancur Movistar Team "
- 117 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +2'29"
- 118 Einer Rubio Movistar Team +2'40"
04
Paipa - Santa Rosa de Viterbo (168.6km)
14 February
- 01 Sergio Higuita EF Education First 3h58'47"
- 02 Egan Bernal Team INEOS "
- 03 Julian Alaphilippe Deceuninck – Quick Step +1"
- 25 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team +39"
- 99 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +4'34"
- 110 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +5'13"
- 113 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team +5'37"
- 120 Carlos Betancur Movistar Team +6'27"
- 123 Einer Rubio Movistar Team +7'26"
05
Paipa - Zipaquirá (180.5km)
15 February
- 01 Sebastián Molano UAE Team Emirates 4h06'00"
- 02 Álvaro Hodeg Deceuninck – Quick Step "
- 03 Jonathan Restrepo Androni Giocattoli "
- 22 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team "
- 25 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team "
- 47 Carlos Betancur Movistar Team "
- 96 Einer Rubio Movistar Team +19"
- 118 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team +55"
- 131 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +3'50"
06
Zipaquirá - El Once Verjón (182.6km)
16 February
- 01 Daniel Martínez EF Education First 4h24'09"
- 02 Sergio Higuita EF Education First +1"
- 03 Egan Bernal Team INEOS +3"
- 31 Juan Diego Alba Movistar Team +4'22"
- 62 Eduardo Sepúlveda Movistar Team +10'04"
- 63 Einer Rubio Movistar Team "
- 70 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +11'07"
- 90 Carlos Betancur Movistar Team +19'29"
- 108 Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team +22'04"
Analysis
The departments of Boyacá and Cundinamarca (as well as the outskirts of Bogotá) will be the venue for the 2020 Tour Colombia, reaching its 3rd edition as the greatest exponent of the unmatched quality of Colombian riders as part of the biggest squads in the WorldTour.
The imposing altitud the entire race will take place in will be, at least for the foreign riders -all of them forced to spend weeks in the country to get used to those conditions-, the biggest difficulty in an event otherwise quite generous when it comes to route profiles. The sprinters could have big chances to succeed most days, though the usual racing style in Colombia, always on the offensive, could still make for a very exciting race.
Three stages will be key for the overall contenders. A 16.7km team time trial will be opening the race in Tunja (Tuesday 11th), with the small climb of Las Acacias, 2km at 3.5% average, as main obstacle. Three days later, on Friday 14th, a lumpy finish will be tackled in Santa Rosa de Viterbo, over the Alto Malterias (Cat-3) just 3km from the end. Finally, the Queen, crucial stage on Sunday 16th will take the riders to nearly 3,300 meters above sea level at El Once / Alto Verjón (Cat-2), 9.5km at 5.6%, an ascent preceded by the Alto Patios (Cat-3; 3km, 7%).