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2020 Tour de France, ASO, Coronavirus, Features, News, UCI - August 21, 2020

Two strikes, team’s out: ASO reveals Tour de France COVID-19 protocols

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Amid growing concern about rising COVID-19 case numbers in France, Tour de France organiser the ASO has detailed the health measures it will take when the race commences in just over a week’s time. In an 18 page document shared with teams this week, the ASO has revealed the steps it will take in the …

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The Tour de France starts next week, but should it?

In two Saturdays’ time, two months late, the 2020 Tour de France will finally begin. On the wide boulevards of Nice, with the glinting blue of the Mediterranean at their backs, the riders and their entourage will head up into the hills surrounding the coastal city and set a course that will lead them to …

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After a string of horror crashes, riders protest over safety

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The resumption of the cycling season has seen chaotic racing, an upended Ineos hegemony, and eager anticipation for the competition to come. But over the past fortnight, there’s been one other constant: crashes. Fabio Jakobsen faces a long road back to health after suffering major injuries in a Tour of Poland sprint crash. His teammate, …

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The UCI just gave its highest award to a dictator

Last week was a big week for Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the president of Turkmenistan. The former dentist had a packed schedule of days full of adoration from his constituents, and rousing parades along the highways of the glitteringly white, eerily quiet capital city of Ashkabat. These long days of celebration were Turkmen Carpet Day (yes, really) …

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5 things to know about the UCI’s overambitious, overcrowded new calendar

Overlapping Grand Tours and Monuments, a calendar that stretches into November, rule changes to lineup sizes for some races (but not all of them) – there’s plenty to digest from the UCI’s Tuesday unveiling of its new WorldTour calendars for 2020. Condensing more than 40 events into little more than three months, the redesigned schedules …

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Two strikes, team’s out: ASO reveals Tour de France COVID-19 protocols

The Tour de France starts next week, but should it?

After a string of horror crashes, riders protest over safety

The UCI just gave its highest award to a dictator

5 things to know about the UCI’s overambitious, overcrowded new calendar

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