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There does seem to be a lack of balance in the season of one day racing, with four of the five monuments taking place by the end of April, plus most of the most prestigious non classics also taking place within a small time frame (SB, G-W, F-W, AG). After April you mainly have Lombardia and the Worlds. Why not put a couple of semi big races into June for example?
There is also no really big one week stage race after June. Why? Maybe the Tour of Switzerland would be better suited to an August slot, where some riders could carry over their TDF form, or just seek some redemption for a bad day; thus making Swiss more than just a lead up race, or one that is currently just mostly avoided completely by the best riders.
I realise that the GT's are only spaced out over 4-5 months too (May, July, September), but if you put the Giro in April and the Vuelta in October then you have more issues with the weather, particularly the Giro. Most one day races don't have such restrictions.
GraftPunk said:El Pistolero said:Strade Bianche should be held in the Autumn imo and Paris-Tours should be WT again. We'd have an Autumn treble then of three prestigious one-day races. This would make the post-Spring classics season a lot more interesting.
That's a cool idea, at least in SB's case I think there would be weather issues probably. A post Vueltatreble or even double classics style would pull some of the classics riders and some others trying to salvage a season. Probably won't happen, but it would be interesting.
There does seem to be a lack of balance in the season of one day racing, with four of the five monuments taking place by the end of April, plus most of the most prestigious non classics also taking place within a small time frame (SB, G-W, F-W, AG). After April you mainly have Lombardia and the Worlds. Why not put a couple of semi big races into June for example?
There is also no really big one week stage race after June. Why? Maybe the Tour of Switzerland would be better suited to an August slot, where some riders could carry over their TDF form, or just seek some redemption for a bad day; thus making Swiss more than just a lead up race, or one that is currently just mostly avoided completely by the best riders.
I realise that the GT's are only spaced out over 4-5 months too (May, July, September), but if you put the Giro in April and the Vuelta in October then you have more issues with the weather, particularly the Giro. Most one day races don't have such restrictions.