Effects of coronavirus on professional races

[Berflamand]

With this calendar sunday 25 October should be quite fun:

• Giro: Final stage
• Vuelta: 6th stage with MTF on Tourmalet
• Paris-Roubaix (both for men and - for the first time - for women!)

 

[RedheadDane]

for the first time - for women!

For real? AWESOME!

 

[Wvv]

With this calendar sunday 25 October should be quite fun:

• Giro: Final stage
• Vuelta: 6th stage with MTF on Tourmalet
• Paris-Roubaix (both for men and - for the first time - for women!)

Such an extremely easy choice tho. Grand Tours as a complete package are of course high end cycling, but they can't compete with the tension and charm of a one day classic. Certainly not when we're talking about a monument like this.

 

[RedheadDane]

And here are the ladies'

-1st August: Strade Bianche (Italy)

-8 August: Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT (Sweden)

-9 August: Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden RR (Sweden)

-13-16 August: Ladies Tour of Norway (Norway)

-26 August: GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération Trophée WNT (France)

-29 August: La Course by Le Tour de France (France)

-1-6 September: Boels Ladies Tour (the Netherlands)

-11-19 September: Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile (Italy)

-30 September: La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (Belgium)

-4 October: Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes (Belgium)

-10 October: Amstel Gold Race Ladies (the Netherlands)

-11 October: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (Belgium)

-18 October : Ronde van Vlaanderen (Belgium)

-20 October: Tour of Guangxi Women’s WorldTour (China)

-20 October: Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne (Belgium)

-23-25 October: Tour of Chongming Island (China)

-25 October: Paris-Roubaix (France)

-6-8 November: Ceratizit Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta (Spain)

 

[Earns1985]

The UCI has officially confirmed the new calendar:

-1st August: Strade Bianche (Italy)

-5-9 August: Tour de Pologne (Poland)

-8 August: Milano-Sanremo (Italy)

-12-16 August: Critérium du Dauphiné (France)

-16 August: Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic (Great Britain)

-25 August: Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France (France)

-29 August -20 September : Tour de France (France)

-7-14 September: Tirreno-Adriatico (Italy)

-11 September: Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec (Canada)

-13 September: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (Canada)

-29 September -3 October: BinckBank Tour

-30 September: La Flèche Wallonne (Belgium)

-3-25 October: Giro d'Italia (Italy)

-4 October: Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Belgium)

-10 October: Amstel Gold Race (the Netherlands)

-11 October: Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields (Belgium)

-14 October: A Travers la Flandre (Belgium)

-15-20 October: Gree - Tour of Guangxi (China)

-18 October: Tour des Flandres (Belgium)

-20 October - 8 November: Vuelta Ciclista a España (Spain)

-21 October: Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne (Belgium)

-25 October: Paris-Roubaix (France)

-31 October: Il Lombardia (Italy)

To good to be true.

I really hope that all this can take place. But my realistic mind is not that optimistic..

 

[Sciatic]

I think it’s crazy trying to include the Canadian races (which I like a lot) and China. Way too much additional travel for pros based in Europe. My take is just because races are in this schedule doesn’t prevent them from being cancelled when that date approaches. And if cancelled (especially the stage races) those races won’t be rescheduled again.

 

[Sciatic]

Now that I look at the men’s schedule again, anyone riding the Giro, Vuelta or Flanders would not be able to race in China. That’s most of the pro peloton.

 

[Koronin]

I'm not convinced most of the races will actually take place.

 

[RedheadDane]

Fair warning; on October 25th I may end up writing something silly like Valverde winning Paris-Roubaix or something like that.

 

[Breezy1985]

I'm not convinced most of the races will actually take place.

Even if sport starts up again by then I cant see any of the non Euro races having a viable peleton.
Also cant see British cycling having enough pull to get the go ahead for London-Surrey especially seeing as the main draw is the mass participation event which the race wold almost pass unnoticed without.

Also will the Giro still include Hungary as I havnt seen anything to the contrary?

 

[Koronin]

Fair warning; on October 25th I may end up writing something silly like Valverde winning Paris-Roubaix or something like that.

LOL. Sure why not. He can race in two places at the same time, even if one is a race he has said the only way he might be convinced to race is in the master division.

 

[KZD]

Even if sport starts up again by then I cant see any of the non Euro races having a viable peleton.
Also cant see British cycling having enough pull to get the go ahead for London-Surrey especially seeing as the main draw is the mass participation event which the race wold almost pass unnoticed without.

Also will the Giro still include Hungary as I havnt seen anything to the contrary?

Giro start in Hungary was postponed until next year but apparently, organisers want to replace those stages, riding them in Sicily.

Despite my pessimism about the likelihood of happening, I like the calendar. October will be very packed but most spring classics in Belgium were saved and Vuelta couldn't start any later than that. The Giro ends up losing the most, do to its proximity with the Tour and overlapping with the Vuelta and LBL so we might see some surprises in a weak field.

The Tour of Guangxi should be postponed until November or cancelled all together and it would be nice to save races like the Paris Tours or the Primus Classic.

 

[RedheadDane]

LOL. Sure why not. He can race in two places at the same time, even if one is a race he has said the only way he might be convinced to race is in the master division.

That's kinda my point, but... you know… keeping track of three races can be a little confusing.

 

[shalgo]

With Australia being so low on the listof deaths and infections. Happy to run the Tour de Australia. 21 stages of willunga hill with each stage adding an extra ascent of the hill. 1 ascent in stage 1 all the way to 21 ascents in stage 21. We obvoiusly dont have any other climbs in Australia.

I always wondered how Richie Porte would manage to win a GT.

 

[Koronin]

That's kinda my point, but... you know… keeping track of three races can be a little confusing.

Exactly, so we may as well have a rider who isn't in a race win it. That works. Of course I'm sure he would find it funny that we declare him a winner of race he wasn't even racing. LOL

 

[RedheadDane]

Exactly, so we may as well have a rider who isn't in a race win it. That works. Of course I'm sure he would find it funny that we declare him a winner of race he wasn't even racing. LOL

Well, imagine this: October 25th; Valverde wins the Tourmalet stage in the Vuelta, and then I - being the daft idiot that I am - accidentally goes into the P-R thread and writes "Valverde takes it!"

 

[Koronin]

Well, imagine this: October 25th; Valverde wins the Tourmalet stage in the Vuelta, and then I - being the daft idiot that I am - accidentally goes into the P-R thread and writes "Valverde takes it!"

I could see that happening actually. All the race threads that day are going to get confusing that day anyway.

 

[yaco]

Chinese races were always going to be on the calendar because they bring in money, race days and are probably in a safe area.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

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[hayneplane]

Is A travers des Flandres a new name for the E3 or Dwars Dors Vlaanderen?

A Tour-Vuelta double looks possible (to ride not go for GC in both) maybe for a Valverde to super Dom the Tour to build form then go for a podium in the Vuelta.

Not convinced many riders of note will do Canada or China with the risk of pre or post race isolation/quarantine being a factor.
These races will surely see more local teams called up to replace world tour teams.

 

[yaco]

Is A travers des Flandres a new name for the E3 or Dwars Dors Vlaanderen?

A Tour-Vuelta double looks possible (to ride not go for GC in both) maybe for a Valverde to super Dom the Tour to build form then go for a podium in the Vuelta.

Not convinced many riders of note will do Canada or China with the risk of pre or post race isolation/quarantine being a factor.
These races will surely see more local teams called up to replace world tour teams.

There will be no quarantine for the Canadian or Chinese races as exemptions will be granted if the races go ahead - As there will be exemptions for the European races.

 

[KZD]

Is A travers des Flandres a new name for the E3 or Dwars Dors Vlaanderen?

A Tour-Vuelta double looks possible (to ride not go for GC in both) maybe for a Valverde to super Dom the Tour to build form then go for a podium in the Vuelta.

Not convinced many riders of note will do Canada or China with the risk of pre or post race isolation/quarantine being a factor.
These races will surely see more local teams called up to replace world tour teams.

A Traves des Flanders its the French name for Dwars door Vlaanderen.

I think doing the Tour-Vuelta for GC could be doable especially because the Vuelta will have at least three days less (I have a feeling that the Portuguese stages will be cancelled as well)

 

[hayneplane]

There will be no quarantine for the Canadian or Chinese races as exemptions will be granted if the races go ahead - As there will be exemptions for the European races.

It might start that way but if anyone connected to the race gets ill then the teams and riders could be stranded like at the UAE tour and it could wipe out the rest of their season.

 

[Breezy1985]

Chinese races were always going to be on the calendar because they bring in money, race days and are probably in a safe area.

But can you ever make an airport truly safe and I would be worried not about the area in China being safe but the riders/staff taking it from Europe to China and Canada

 

[Kaptain Kool]

The Tour of Guangxi should be postponed until November or cancelled all together and it would be nice to save races like the Paris Tours or the Primus Classic.

The released calendar is only for World Tour events. Neither Primus Classic nor Paris-Tours have been removed from the calendar.