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He told UCI President David Lappartient to TV 2 in a conference call Tuesday afternoon.
Just over an hour earlier, UCI had released a summary of what the 2020 season will look like, despite not being the organizer of the games or the order in which they can be completed.
The one-day Strade Bianche in Italy just launched on August 1, the Tour de France begins on August 29, and a number of attractions are squeezed into a season that ends with the Vuelta a España in late November.
– We will not ban viewers
Unlike other soccer games, where most games in the fall are expected to take place behind closed doors, the UCI leader won’t see the same at major cycling attractions.
– Would you recommend the organizers to organize trips without spectators in this situation?
– I don’t want “closed door” walks. One needs to “feel” the bike rides. But it may be possible to regulate crowds. In France, for example, it is not allowed to have events with more than 5000 spectators before
no later than September 1, so the Critérium du Dauphiné in August will refer to this. But I don’t want to see the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, Flanders, etc. without spectators. There is an opportunity to limit crowds,
But we will not ban viewers, Lappartient said of the trips that annually gather millions of people along the way.
Therefore, the tour will run from August 29 to September 20, while the Giro d’Italia will run from October 3 to 25.
Flanders around (October 18) and Paris-Roubaix (October 25) will go at the same time as the Giro, while the third and last trekker trip, Tour of Spain, will start on October 20.
Could have resulted in disaster
Several experts have questioned the realism of organizing a Tour de France in early August, and even in a country that has been badly affected by the virus, but Lappartient says he is “safe, but not
sure ‘to succeed.
Several runners TV 2 has spoken to say they are prepared for there not to be a single ride until the end of the year, but Lappartient defends the schedule that was unveiled on Tuesday, despite the risk of giving riders, teams and
supporting false hopes.
– Of course (it’s a risk, daily. Note), but we don’t have many options. We could have said in March that the season was over and that we were looking at the New Year, but we think it could have resulted in disaster for the riders, teams and organizers.
and sport in general. We want to save what can be saved. That said, we are fully aware that the situation is not clear. No one knows what the situation will be in two months. But it is our mission to prepare
the second half of the season as best we can. We hope it will be implemented.
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