Paris -Roubaix 2020 canceled

[Lexman]

Almost faster? So not faster.
According to yesterday's numbers at least, Belgium was doing better than France & Netherlands. Which doesn't mean much of course.

4000 cases in belgium for 11 millions people, France 18000 for 60 million, so compared Belgium is doing worse...

 

[Wvv]

4000 cases in belgium for 11 millions people, France 18000 for 60 million, so compared Belgium is doing worse...

We count differently. And the increase pace is a lot slower.
Edit: We = Belgium.

 

[jflemaire]

The COVID is rapidly spreading in Belgium almost faster and bigger then in France so logically yes all races should be canceled... but where's logic when talking about governments and COVID-19...?

I'm in Belgium and the only positive thing I can see regarding Flanders going as planned is that there are much more new covid cases in the south.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

4000 cases in belgium for 11 millions people, France 18000 for 60 million, so compared Belgium is doing worse...

If you ignore a lot of other factors, like population density, sure.

 

[TomLPC]

You gotta admit it's a bit weird to talk about how it "could be race over", regarding a race that isn't even gonna happen.



YEP!

Of course, I was being self depreciating mate, hit post in this thread instead of the giro one during echelons cos I was looking over my shoulder hoping my boss doesn’t catch me watching cycling instead of working .

 

[RedheadDane]

Of course, I was being self depreciating mate, hit post in this thread instead of the giro one during echelons cos I was looking over my shoulder hoping my boss doesn’t catch me watching cycling instead of working .

I figured it was something like that.

 

[tobydawq]

To be fair; their very first edition will just be the one next year, then. And (trying to find some positive here) it might actually be a good thing that they won't have to share the attention with both the Giro and the Vuelta.

No. Stop trying to find good things. There are none.

 

[yaco]

You may find that with no PR then a few who participate in Flanders may then ride the Vuelta.

 

[spalco]

*** ***, but understandable. Safety and health come first.

 

[glassmoon]

After the recent increased number of positive cases it was fairly expected imho. Sad.

 

[tobydawq]

* *, but understandable. Safety and health come first.

Pfff. It's out there, running a bike race wouldn't change anything.

 

[Pantani_lives]

RIP P-R

Yesterday there was still some hope, but now it's over. The only upside is that we won't get a sore thumb from switching channels on October 25th...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Pfff. It's out there, running a bike race wouldn't change anything.

This is because of the arrogance of the TDF. That they didn't want to ban crowds completely is one thing, but the way crowds were managed was a complete disgrace.

 

[yaco]

The Giro still has crowds on their route.

 

[Sciatic]

It does feel like some CVD decisions are similar to TSA protocols in the U.S. — certain things seem arbitrarily restricted and others not. I would think the biggest threat that holding sports events poses for viral spread is people gathering indoors—whether at pubs or in homes—to watch, drink, and yell for 2-3 hrs. In which case, futbol would be a much bigger catalyst for transmission than cycling. But leagues, sports organizations, and govt officials won’t see that as their responsibility so they won’t give a thought to that issue.

 

[Salvarani]

It does feel like some CVD decisions are similar to TSA protocols in the U.S. — certain things seem arbitrarily restricted and others not. I would think the biggest threat that holding sports events poses for viral spread is people gathering indoors—whether at pubs or in homes—to watch, drink, and yell for 2-3 hrs. In which case, fit ok would be a much bigger catalyst for transmission than cycling. But leagues, sports organizations, and govt officials won’t see that as their responsibility so they won’t give a thought to that issue.

Politics as usual.

 

[Red Rick]

Never rated PR anyway

 

[Breh]

*** race on *** roads. Glad they cancelled it so they can work on these horrible roads.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

Paris-Tours seems ok. So why don't they just race on those roads again on the 25th but dump a bunch of bigger rocks on the gravel sectors?

 

[Amazinmets87]

According to the weather reports it's going to rain the preceding 4 days but not the day it was scheduled. Pave would have been awful. What a shame.

 

[Forever The Best]

Meh. Hopefully no more cancellations.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Does this mean no Easter eggs?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The rescheduled date is my wedding anniversary.

With the race being cancelled, I might have to spend some time with my wife...

 

[richwallone]

This year would have been an EPIC race I only hope that cycling gods will deliver us even better, wetter and more savage P-R 2021 in six months...

What you missed at the Paris-Roubaix that never happened

There's no race as ardently mythologised as Paris-Roubaix. Raced through the working-class heartland of France on narrow farming roads and rough sectors

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[Gigs_98]

It needs to be stated that all reasonable people saying, it didn't actually rain during the race, most cobbles looked dry and the extremely muddy passages probably would have been cleaned prior to the race, are not wanted here and go elsewhere.

This thread is purely for getting depressed.