Corona virus threatens 2020 Italian races

[mjr]

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View: https://twitter.com/cyclingweekly/status/1234462519349084161?s=19

Do we think they have to be commanded to stop by government before they can claim on their insurance?

 

[pawl]

Apparently the upcoming next three races have been given the go ahead according to the magazine Cyclist starting with this weekend Strava Bianche.

 

[mustang1]

No good. I think sports events should be canceled in light of cvid 19.

 

[MartinQ]

Probably going to be "very safe" just like Trump's rallies.

 

[Adam4868]

Are they on though ? Looking unlikely again
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View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1234925523924635649?s=19

 

[mjr]

EF offs, or at least asks permission to boycott Strade Bianchi, Tirreno-Adriatico and MSR. https://www.wsj.com/articles/americ...n-italy-amid-coronavirus-concerns-11583274765

 

[Adam4868]

Seems like UAE quarantine wasn't so much a waste of time ?

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1235107945853014016?s=19

 

[DRM]

Looks like the spring Italian races are going to be on Zwift if the government say all sports events to be held behind closed doors, so is cycle chat putting a team in for Milan San Remo then

 

[DRM]

It’s official Strade Bianchi is cancelled, just seen on the GCN app

 

[BrumJim]

Can't help thinking of the law of unintended consequences occuring here, where thousands of Italian cycling fans, deprived of their usual races, flood to Flanders and France to watch the Classics and Paris-Nice, thereby spreading the virus outside its current confines.

 

[johnblack]

Can't help thinking of the law of unintended consequences occuring here, where thousands of Italian cycling fans, deprived of their usual races, flood to Flanders and France to watch the Classics and Paris-Nice, thereby spreading the virus outside its current confines.

I will be distraught if they cancel the Ronde, it's the best weekend of the year, I might still go even if the race is canx.

 

[BrumJim]

I will be distraught if they cancel the Ronde, it's the best weekend of the year, I might still go even if the race is canx.

Meh, I prefer the Tour of Flanders instead. Hope they don't cancel both....

 

[mjr]

It’s official Strade Bianchi is cancelled, just seen on the GCN app

Postponed until further notice, not cancelled yet, according to: https://www.strade-bianche.it/en/news/annullamento-strade-bianche-e-strade-bianche-women-elite/

 

[ColinJ]

Postponed until further notice, not cancelled yet, according to: https://www.strade-bianche.it/en/news/annullamento-strade-bianche-e-strade-bianche-women-elite/

The UCI president says that the calendar is so crowded that it may not be possible to reschedule any races that don't take place as planned... LINK.

 

[mjr]

The UCI president says that the calendar is so crowded that it may not be possible to reschedule any races that don't take place as planned... LINK.

Especially as they're RCS races not ASO ones