{"id":2457217,"date":"2020-04-15T10:33:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T16:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324380"},"modified":"2020-04-15T10:33:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T16:33:40","slug":"tour-de-france-rescheduled-to-start-aug-29-and-end-sept-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/tour-de-france-rescheduled-to-start-aug-29-and-end-sept-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France rescheduled to start Aug. 29 and end Sept. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/AP20106421306479-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/AP20106421306479-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/AP20106421306479-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/AP20106421306479-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/AP20106421306479-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/AP20106421306479-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>The pack rides during the fourth stage of the Tour de France on July 9, 2019. The 2020 Tour de France will now start on Aug. 29 in Nice and finish on Sept. 20 in Paris and will be followed by cycling&#8217;s other two major races.<\/strong><br \/><em>AP Photo\/ Christophe Ena, File<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>PARIS \u2014 The Tour de France has new dates, and it will be followed by cycling\u2019s two other major races.<\/p>\n<p>Because of restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, the iconic race around France will now start on Aug. 29 and finish on Sept. 20. The Giro d\u2019Italia and the Spanish Vuelta, cycling\u2019s two other Grand Tours, will take place after the French race.<\/p>\n<p>The International Cycling Union announced the Tour\u2019s new dates on Wednesday after consulting with race organizer Amaury Sport Organisation. The race was originally scheduled to start on June 27 in Nice.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first time since the end of World War II that the race is not starting in July.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/at-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHolding this event in the best conditions possible is judged essential given its central place in cycling\u2019s economy and its exposure,\u201d the UCI said in a statement. \u201cIn particular for the teams that benefit on this occasion from unparalleled visibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The race\u2019s finish on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es will coincide with the start of the rescheduled French Open tennis tournament a short distance away on the clay courts of Roland Garros in western Paris.<\/p>\n<p>French cyclist Julian Alaphilippe, who led last year\u2019s race for long spells before fading to finish fifth, welcomed the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great news and a great joy. To be honest, I was starting to lose a bit of hope,\u201d he told France 2 television channel. \u201cIt\u2019s a great source of motivation for the riders and it should give the French a lot of pleasure \u2026 Whatever happens it will be a great celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UCI also announced that the dates for the world championships will stay from Sept. 20-27. They will be followed by the Giro, initially scheduled for May but previously called off, and the Spanish Vuelta, which is also owned by ASO and was to run from Aug. 14-Sept. 6.<\/p>\n<p>No official dates were yet given for those two races.<\/p>\n<p>The UCI said all the prestigious one-day road classics, including the Paris-Roubaix over the cobblestones, the Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge and Milan\u2013San Remo, will go ahead. Dates were not given but the suspension of all races on the UCI calendar was extended one month to Aug. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Postponing the initial Tour dates became inevitable when French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday that all public events with large crowds would be canceled until at least mid-July.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear, however, if the two-month delay will be enough. Macron extended France\u2019s lockdown to at least May 11, and the race would send hundreds of riders and team staff from around the world traveling across the country for three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Borders would have to be open, too, so racers like last year\u2019s winner \u2014 Colombian rider Egan Bernal \u2014 can travel to France.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s decisions were taken following a video conference meeting organized by the UCI, with all the principal representatives of professional road cycling consulted.<\/p>\n<p>UCI president David Lappartient praised them \u201cfor their collaboration and their commitment in these difficult times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have work to do to finalize the establishment of an entirely revised 2020 UCI International Calendar given the coronavirus pandemic that has shaken the world,\u201d Lappartient said, \u201cbut a first very important step has been taken today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/tour-de-france-rescheduled-to-start-aug-29-and-end-sept-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pack rides during the fourth stage of the Tour de France on July 9, 2019. The 2020 Tour de France will now start on Aug. 29 in Nice and finish on Sept. 20 in Paris and will be followed by cycling&#8217;s other two major races.AP Photo\/ Christophe Ena, File PARIS \u2014 The Tour de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2457217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 03:54:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}