Belgian media has reported that specific dates have been set for the monuments and other classic races that did not take place in the spring due to Covid19.
Furthermore, while no dates had been set until now for
the Giro on Vuelta, they too are now given specific race dates.
All UCI-sanctioned racing is suspended until at least after July 1st and for WorldTour race that date is August 1st.
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Many commentators, including global health experts, have
questioned whether cycling will resume so soon, especially the Tour de France
which is due to begin on August 29th.
The Giro and Vuelta are then provisionally set for
September and October, though no specific dates had been published.
While Continental Europe has been seeing fewer Covid19 new infections and a decline in the death rate, the virus is still very active there and countries are still only taking the first tentative steps out of lock-down restrictions.
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However, for now the UCI is standing by the dates it
believes pro cycling can resume again.
Furthermore, reports in the Belgian press suggest the
major one-day races forced off in spring would begin with Strade Bianchi on
August 1st.
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Belgium’s national broadcaster RTBF has published the dates for races which it says have been sent to pro cycling teams.
It states the Giro would start on the first weekend in
October and that the Vuelta would begin on November 1st, a date that would make
the Vuelta a very different race than normal.
According to the new calendar published in Belgium,
Strade Bianchi would take place on August 1st followed by Milan-Sanremo on
August 8th.
Critérium du Dauphiné would be shortened to four days and
taken place on the second week in August followed by the national road
championships of European countries, including Ireland, on August 22nd and 23rd.
Then after the Tour de France from August 29th to
September 20th, the World Road Championships would begin with the elite TT
title races on the same day the Tour rolls into Paris.
After that, just 10 days after the Tour and just two days
after the elite men’s race at the Worlds, Flèche Wallonne would take place on
September 30th.
It would be followed by Liège-Bastogne-Liège on October 4th,
which would overlap with the Giro as it begins on October 3rd.
Then there’s a rapid fire round of one-day races before
the Vuelta starts on November 1st; kicking off with Amstel Gold on October 10th
and Gent Wevelgem the following day, October 11th.
One week place, on October 18th, the Tour of Flanders is
set to be contested followed by Paris-Roubaix one week after that, on October
25th, and Il Lombardia on October 31st, with the Vuelta starting the next day.
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