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| cunego59 |
Posted on 05-05-2020 16:01
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The revised calendar fo the WT races has been released:
https://www.uci.org/docs/default-sour...9ad4a488_2
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 05-05-2020 16:21
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18 october can be pretty bad weather already in Flanders.
Also that's some really bad news for smaller races like Schaal Sels, Memorial Van Steenberger, etc. They need that Sporza live coverage for their sponsors, but if you overlap with Tour de France and Gent-Wevelgem, you won't get that.
So yeah, we get the big races, but we might get a very empty calender next year if all the smaller races get destroyed.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| DamianoXX |
Posted on 05-05-2020 16:32
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Does anybody know if Cyanide are planning to use the new calendar in PCM 2020, or if they use the original calendar and pretend covid-19 doesn't exist? |
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 05-05-2020 16:41
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DamianoXX wrote:
Does anybody know if Cyanide are planning to use the new calendar in PCM 2020, or if they use the original calendar and pretend covid-19 doesn't exist?
The way the DB is set up (at least as far as I know), it's not possible to have differing schedules from one year to another unless you edit the savegame. So if Cyanide would have the 2020 season the way it's going to be now with Corona, all following years would also just be August-November. So I don't think they will do that, no 
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 05-05-2020 16:57
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Giro, Roubaix & Vuelta all on the same day 
Will be interesting to see the specific breakdown of the Worlds to see what event overlaps with the Tour, and what riders want to go from said Tour immediately into the Worlds.
Womens calendar also confirmed including Roubaix making it's debut, and running the Giro Feminile alongside the Mens Giro should be cool. La Course now on TDF opening day, and Vuelta Challenge is 3-days
And of course, all subject to change. First big obstacle, get all these countries to ease their restrictions on events and get enough spaces on flights without bankrupting teams.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 05-05-2020 18:12
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We are in for a crazy autumn. Will be really weird to have the TDF starting when I return to uni, which is right around when the Vuelta usually starts.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 06-05-2020 00:42
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with so many clashes and so many races close each other, we can see poor startilst here and there, not meaning that this will be less spectacular races, because I'm expecting plenty of surprises by underdogs. (obviously if everything goes on like this calendar)
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| Shonak |
Posted on 06-05-2020 06:59
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Kruiswijijikik to use his super recovery to just ride through all GTs 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| roturn |
Posted on 18-05-2020 18:39
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Already quite some time ago and also before he joined EF Education.
Luis Villabos apparently had a positive in April 2019 when still being CT and is provisionally suspended. Sucks for EF Education obviously, who signed him couple month later, in especially in these times you never know how sponsors react to news like this. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 18-05-2020 18:42
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My mind’s so covid oriented when I read positive I immediately thought he got infected. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 20-05-2020 12:13
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Scratch RideLondon off the revised WT calendar. Whole event, both pro races + the public mass participation ride, all cancelled for the year. Now means there will be no high level cycling in the UK this year following cancellations of Yorkshire, Womens Tour and Tour of Britain.
One less clash for teams to deal with, but loss of a good prep race for GP Plouay.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 20-05-2020 12:53
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Scratch RideLondon off the revised WT calendar. Whole event, both pro races + the public mass participation ride, all cancelled for the year. Now means there will be no high level cycling in the UK this year following cancellations of Yorkshire, Womens Tour and Tour of Britain.
One less clash for teams to deal with, but loss of a good prep race for GP Plouay.
Wonder what will this mean for professional cycling in Britain since most British UCI teams (sans Ineos) and events under the UCI calendar are having difficulties in some way, shape or form even before the COVID-19?
Edited by ivaneurope on 20-05-2020 12:59
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 20-05-2020 15:09
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Means very little for Ineos really, their big exposure is through the Tour, and it's much more a passion/pr project than a real business growth move.
SweetSpot Group, the owners/organisers of ToB, Womens Tour and RideLondon, are fine. Everything being pushed to 2021, no real issue. TdY owned by ASO, so no issues there.
The worry is at the lower CT level, but with cycling being now much more heavily pushed by Govt. to ease pressures on public transport and roads there's reasonably good hope that in 2021 things come back and interest could grow.
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