While there were fears the coronavirus would result in the cancellation of major Italian races such was Strade Bianche and Milan Sanremo, RCS Sport has told pro cycling teams the races are going ahead as planned.
The only caveat the Italian sports promoters added was that it could not predict if new restrictions would be put in place before the races were due to take place.
However, based on the information available at present
and restrictions around travel and public gathers in place today, RCS Sport’s
major races will go ahead.
Strade Bianche is set for
this Saturday, March 7th, while Tirreno-Adriatico takes place from March 11th
to 17th and Milan-Sanremo will be contested on March 21st.
RCS Sport has contacted the
teams set to ride the races and has told them that, based on the information
available today, the races will take place.
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Last week the final two
stages of UAE Tour were cancelled after it was announced that two members on
UAE Team Emirates had tested positive for the virus, though the stats of those
two tests is less clear now.
Even before that
cancellation, the sudden outbreak of coronavirus clusters in Italy had thrown
the upcoming races in Italy into doubt.
Milan Sanremo, for example,
starts in Lombardy, which has been one of the regions badly hit by the
coronavirus and where some towns and villages had travel restrictions imposed.
However, RCS Sport has today
moved to allay fears about its next three big races.
It will, however, monitor the situation in the days and weeks to come and keep in close contact with the authorities tackling the virus in Italy.
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