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“The executive committee of the Colombian Cycling Federation in full, has made the decision to cancel the realization of Tour Colombia 2.1 for 2021, an event that will be retaken in the 2022 season,” the entity said in a statement it shared on Twitter.
Official statement to the @UCI_cycling on the cancellation of @TourColombiaUCI pic.twitter.com/3wgIlyZBrS
– FCC (@fedeciclismocol) December 19, 2020
He explained that the determination was adopted “due to the high number of active cases, outbreaks in the world and the difficulty of providing all the guarantees related to biosecurity protocols for the caravan ”that meets in Colombia in February.
Colombian health authorities reported this Saturday 13,990 infections that raised to 1’496,062 positive cases in the country, while the death toll is 40,268.
The maximum governing of the pedal explains that the pandemic has forced cycling and major sporting events to rethink the staging of its main protagonists, seeking prevention and reducing the risk of spread of COVID-19.
Remember that due to the quality and quantity of high-level runners, the test is attractive to the public that is present en masse at the departures, the route and the arrivals.
The Federation said it was analyzing the possible options to carry out the race. However, he stated that “The organization is aware of the high presence of fans attending in the cities where the caravan passes, a factor that makes it impossible to generate the biosecurity controls established by the UCI.”
This year the race was won by Colombian Sergio Higuita (Education First), followed by his teammate Daniel Martínez -who will go to Ineos from 2021-, while the third place on the podium went to Ecuadorian Jonathan Caicedo.
The presence of Chris Froome, Julian Alaphilippe, Bob Jungels, Nairo Quintana, Egan Bernal, Rigoberto Urán, Miguel Ángel “Superman” López, Fernando Gaviria and Richard Carapaz, have graced the race.
The first winner of this test was Egan Bernal (2018), who was succeeded by ‘Supermán’ López (2019).
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