{"id":177188,"date":"2020-03-16T13:26:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T13:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=177188"},"modified":"2020-03-16T13:26:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T13:26:02","slug":"uci-suspends-all-events-on-international-calendar-and-other-important-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/03\/16\/uci-suspends-all-events-on-international-calendar-and-other-important-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"UCI Suspends All Events on International Calendar and Other Important News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>UCI does what it has to do<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The UCI has suspended all events and classification on their international calendar across all disciplines until at least April 3. The classification suspension is backdated to March 3 to preserve \u201csporting equity for all athletes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the UCI President David Lappartient said: \u201cThe international situation linked to the coronavirus has accelerated sharply recently, especially in Europe, which has pushed the authorities to take drastic measures that have a major impact on our sport in particular.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In response to the current COVID-19 epidemic, the UCI has today announced a series of measures, aimed at ensuring the health of the global cycling community and beyond, as well as the sporting equity between participants. <\/p>\n<p>Full press release \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SOziLLe4st\">https:\/\/t.co\/SOziLLe4st<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3i9aYHKFEp\">pic.twitter.com\/3i9aYHKFEp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UCI (@UCI_cycling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCI_cycling\/status\/1239204244974157825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cFaced with this unprecedented and changing situation, we must adapt and take necessary measures to guarantee, as far as possible, the security of people at our events as well as sporting equity. With the strong decisions taken concerning the UCI International Calendar and the Olympic qualification procedure, we are providing the awaited answers for people in our sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenges we face in light of the current situation require all members of the cycling family and of the Olympic movement to be innovative, strong and united.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Olympics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics continue with the preparations and expect the event to go ahead as planned. However, the pros aren\u2019t so sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one can say when the next race is,\u201d Mathieu van der Poel told Het Nieuwsblad. \u201cThat makes it difficult. What are we still training for? Even the Olympic Games are no longer certain.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch live the Lighting Ceremony of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tokyo2020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tokyo2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Olympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Olympics<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Olympics<\/a>. Starts at 9:45 AM Lausanne time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/53yf8iCxBv\">https:\/\/t.co\/53yf8iCxBv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OlympicTorchRelay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OlympicTorchRelay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ry5PCEyEm\">pic.twitter.com\/3ry5PCEyEm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Olympic Games (@Olympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics\/status\/1238008158678810625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>What do you think? Should the Olympics take place? We guess we\u2019ll see in the upcoming weeks.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Tour<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The coronavirus has already cancelled Strade Bianche, Tirreno-Adriatico, and Milan \u2013 San Remo. RSC Sport postponed the Giro, which may eventually result in a cancellation as well. Paris-Roubaix will likely not take place. With the Tour fast approaching, what does it mean for the biggest cycling race in the world? Christian Prudhomme is optimistic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_172288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172288\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-172288 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2019\/02\/christian-prudhomme-profimedia-0406053483.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian Prudhomme is optimistic.\u00a0\u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is still more than a hundred days until the start of the Tour. The hunger for the race will be immense once activities are resumed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope it all works out. Be safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":177189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[578,2434,2933],"global-categories":[3366],"class_list":["post-177188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-christian-prudhomme","tag-david-lappartient","tag-mathieu-van-der-poel","global-categories-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UCI Suspends All Events on International Calendar and Other Important News from the World of Cycling - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. 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