Agree, they‘ve come up with the genius idea: if the weather is extreme, it‘s extreme and we neutralize, if it‘s just normal weather, we don’t do that. I‘m interested in how this will be applied though. Will the CPA representative and an RCS representative go to the top of Umbrail to check the weather or do they just decide it at random?
I think so too, but does "This action will be effective in the climb of the Umbrail pass before or on 40km" mean that it'll be a last minute decision, or what's that part about?
At least he‘s clearly demonstrating he‘s not going for KOM anymore if he‘s trying this hard to cancel the Cima Coppi…
I think so. This time they’ll let the actual weather as it is decide, not the fears or wishes of the riders in the morning.
It will be interesting. I hope they allow the break to keep their buffer, but perhaps for the peloton and everyone after they just treat it like a briefly closed level crossing in Paris-Roubaix.
Well, yes, but cycling races usually take place with the possibility of thunderstorms, because it misses the race most of the time and you just can‘t predict where the downpour will happen.
No, I expect the organizers to stress their commitment to correctly applying the EWP.
the lightning protocol often comes into effect in US sports, but in Europe I can't remember a single event getting cancelled or interrupted because of it
Germany vs Slovakia football game in 2016 restarted 25 minutes later after halftime but the pitch was also soaked, so they couldn’t have played on earlier anyway. 2022 or 2023 Cro Race had one massive deluge where they didn‘t interrupt it. You can see I‘m out of examples.
Whut????
also in the US, where NASCAR regularly gets postponed due to nearby lightning, for example. It happens a couple of times per year. They also cancelled a day of the BMX World Championships in South Carolina because of it last week.
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