Road Cycling 2020 Discussion Thread

[Olympian1010 8,074]

 

[Gianlu33 4,750]

 

[heywoodu 15,357]

Next few rumours: Tour de France in August, Vuelta a España in September, Giro d'Italia in October.

 

Yeah, don't see that happening  

[heywoodu 15,357]

Obviously UCI's text is rather optimistic since for example France has no end to a lockdown yet, but only an extension like most countries, but alright.

 

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-The period of suspension of competitions on the UCI International Road Calendar was extended by one month, until 1st July, and until 1st August for UCI WorldTour events.

-The Tour de France is postponed and will take place this year from 29 August to 20 September. Holding this event in the best conditions possible is judged essential given its central place in cycling’s economy and its exposure, in particular for the teams that benefit on this occasion from unparalleled visibility.

-The 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Aigle-Martigny (Switzerland) are maintained at the scheduled dates, 20-27 September. The competition programme does not change.

-The Giro d’Italia will take place after the UCI Worlds and will be followed by the Vuelta Ciclista a España.

-The National Championships, organised by the National Federations, will take place on the weekend of 22-23 August.

-The UEC European Road Championships are maintained.

-The most prestigious one-day road races (the Monuments), ie Milano-Sanremo (Italy), the Tour des Flandres (Belgium), Paris-Roubaix (France), Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Belgium) and Il Lombardia (Italy), will all take place this season, at dates still to be defined.

-As many events as possible on the UCI International Calendar, and notably the UCI WorldTour, will be rescheduled later in the season.

 

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So world champs right after the Tour, immediately followed by the Giro and the Vuelta, meaning the Vuelta will likely end somewhere in November  And five monuments have to be pushed in between all that as well, good luck.

[Federer91 2,904]

So UCI's plan is to have the whole season crammed into 2 months. That seems smart 

[heywoodu 15,357]

  On 4/15/2020 at 1:55 PM, Federer91 said:

So UCI's plan is to have the whole season crammed into 2 months. That seems smart 

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What could possibly go wrong?  

 

We might have days with like a mountaintop finish in the Vuelta and Paris-Roubaix going on at the same time or something  

[rybak 3,239]

 

[heywoodu 15,357]

Rumour that's going around:

 

11 October: Ronde van Vlaanderen
18 October: Paris-Roubaix
31 October: Il Lombardia
8 November: Liege-Bastogne-Liege

 

Milan-San Remo could be in August already. Of course all these dates of the GT's and this etc are only provisional and depending on the situation.

 

Meanwhile the UEC is talking about moving up the European championships....can't they just cancel that stuff? It's not prestigious in any way, just leave it out for a year (or more).

[Agger 1,664]

  On 4/16/2020 at 11:55 AM, heywoodu said:

Rumour that's going around:

 

11 October: Ronde van Vlaanderen
18 October: Paris-Roubaix
31 October: Il Lombardia
8 November: Liege-Bastogne-Liege

 

Milan-San Remo could be in August already. Of course all these dates of the GT's and this etc are only provisional and depending on the situation.

 

Meanwhile the UEC is talking about moving up the European championships....can't they just cancel that stuff? It's not prestigious in any way, just leave it out for a year (or more).

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Ronde the day that I'm supposed to run a half marathon? That's just evil!

[dcro 10,210]

This is exactly how not to handle things this year. Expecting that there will be a date when everything will instantly turn back into normal so to allow this cramped up schedule is utterly nonsensical.

 

You just can't have it all this season...