From 3rd to 25th October. It is still too early to say, we do not know what the epidemic will be like after lockdown.”UCI president David Lappartient admitted the Tour is responsible for around 50 per cent of the visibility the sport and its sponsors receive each year.“I do believe we are able to have the Tour de France but I can’t say I’m 100 per cent sure, that would not be realistic,” said Lappartient, who expressed doubts over racing ‘behind closed doors’.“I would say if you invest in cycling, 50 per cent of your investment is around the Tour de France. Key dates for revised UCI World Tour road cycling calendar ... New dates for the Tour de France were announced in … New opening stages of Giro d’Italia 2020 have been confirmed The new route for the Giro d’Italia 2020 has officially been confirmed, after it was redesigned because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Riders, teams and organisers now have the dates they need to anticipate the resumption of racing on 1st August.“This is a very important step that the entire cycling community, financially impacted by the pandemic, has been waiting for to move forward.”New dates for the Tour de France were announced in mid-April, although doubts persist over the race, with organisers already needing to adapt the opening stages after the French government said no mass gatherings can take place in the country before September.In an interview with France Televisions, sports minister Roxana Maracineanu said no guarantees could be made with regards to the Tour.“Many people beg me to keep the Tour, even behind closed doors,” she said.

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The accompanying women's event, the Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta, would take place from November 6-8.Though British fans already knew they had lost the Women's Tour, originally scheduled for June, the men's RideLondon-Surrey Classic retains its original August 16 date, which is now also the final date of a shortened Criterium du Dauphine.The Tour of Britain, set for September, is not a WorldTour race so was not covered by this announcement, but organisers remain optimistic it can go ahead.The clash between the Giro and Vuelta is just one of several notable overlaps as the UCI tries to cram more than 100 days of competition into a period of 15 weeks following a lengthy shutdown due to the coronavirus.Two big races in Italy, the men's Tirreno-Adriatico and the women's Giro Rosa, overlap in mid-September, with both taking place at the same time as the Tour de France.UCI president David Lappartient said: "We have drawn up a solid, attractive and varied new calendar that is as realistic and coherent as possible.

Ph. "This has been achieved as early as was practicable and in line with information available today concerning the evolution of the pandemic.

If we don’t have a Tour de France that could be a disaster.”All rights reserved.

Of the 25, Eschborn–Frankfurt and the EuroEyes Cyclassics had dates still to be confirmed at the time of the calendar's publication.

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Credit: Velia Cammarano, a shot of the Giro in Naples: Now it's official Giro d'Italia 2020 will take place from 3rd to 25th October. Given the national and international situation, RCS Sport announces that the date of the Giro d'Italia 2020 is postponed.