the Ronde hasn't officially been cancelled. Why? Hasn't the Belgium government shut things down until April the 3rd? How does this not stop the Ronde?
Because it's April the 5th it should have been ridden.
But it is officially postponed...
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the Ronde hasn't officially been cancelled. Why? Hasn't the Belgium government shut things down until April the 3rd? How does this not stop the Ronde?
Because it's April the 5th it should have been ridden.
But it is officially postponed...
If it comes to it, please YEET all monuments in the fall season thenk you bery much.
Yes, durning the last 2 weeks they went full Houdini like Ryo at his best.About time the UCI showed some leadership which has been noticeable by its absence in the last few weeks.
I agree on this to the most part, but it isn’t an easy decision when it’s going to put some races/organisers and some teams out of business, which is inevitable.About time the UCI showed some leadership which has been noticeable by its absence in the last few weeks.
The UK are hoping Boris Johnson follows their lead too.About time the UCI showed some leadership which has been noticeable by its absence in the last few weeks.
It is not leadership when there is only one option left and that too it has already been done by other parties. Also do they expect a miracle in coming 2.5 weeks? Do they think that all cases will disappear by Apr 3? China took 2.5 months to reduce to ~ 10000 cases. As usual they are a paper tiger.About time the UCI showed some leadership which has been noticeable by its absence in the last few weeks.
I’ve now got 10,001 likes.100,000? What world are you living in? I think millions are already infected.
By the way: How did you land more than five thousand dislikes? Your constant pessimism, or just a bug?
I’ve now got 10,001 likes.
I wonder how LRP feels now that the Giro has been cancelled. If the TDF continues he’ll be relegated to fetching bottles for Vincenzo again now.
You might think that the particular example was inappropriate, but the effect on riders' ambitions and chances to show themselves in the hunt for contract renewal is very much what this thread is about.
China is supposed to start up its football competition again in May, so about 4 months after the real start of the epidemic. As fast as it has been spread, with adequate measures in place, and maybe some help from the climate, we may also start seeing significant improvements in April - so perhaps June is realistic in terms of starting up all sorts of competitions again.
Quite. Unless of course the Western governments start welding people in to their homes like happened in Wuhan.My 2 cents: we won't go back to a completely normal life until 2021.
Sports events might be back sooner but behind close doors (or other measures for outdoor sports).
Wuhan implemented a full lockdown and it took them more than 2 months to get back to some form of normality.
No european big country is doing what they did, some are still postponing lockdwon measures.
It won't be quick, and it won't be pretty.
What SARS vaccine?