Tour de France to go ahead at end of August after coronavirus delay

[muriel_volestrangler]

The postponed 2020 Tour de France will now start on 29 August, following the French government's extension of a ban on mass gatherings to mid-July because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Cycling's two other three-week Grand Tour races have also been rescheduled for later this year, as part of a plan by the UCI to stage all major cycling races this season.

The Giro d'Italia - which was scheduled to take place in May - and the Vuelta a Espana, originally set for September, will now be raced after September's World Championships.

The championships, which will be held in Switzerland, remain in their 20-27 September slot, which means the Tour de France will finish on the same day the championships begin.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/52275648

Lower down, we do get the realism, rather than optimism:

The UCI cautioned that the calendar will remain dependant on the "world health situation", with the body's president David Lappartient saying "we still have work to do to finalise the establishment of an entirely revised calendar".

[dhill926]

1. well, I doubt this will happen...

and even if it does, France, World championships, then the last 2 Grand Tours in quick succession? Gonna be some small fields for the last two....not to mention the weather...