Brussels (AFP)

The organizers of the BinckBank Tour (ex-Tour du Benelux), the only World Tour stage event in Belgium and the Netherlands, are looking for a new date, following the postponement of the Tour de France (29 August-20 September ), the organizers announced on Wednesday.

The BinckBank Tour was initially scheduled from August 31 to September 6.

"We are going to ask the UCI for a new date. We don't know which one yet but we would like after the Tour de France and the Worlds (September 20-27)," organizer Gert Van Goolen told the agency. Belga press. "We are not alone in this case, the Monuments must also find their place".

"Next will be the WorldTour events. It will not be easy to find a place for each meeting in a period of time that is greatly shortened but we hope to be able to integrate our events into this puzzle", he continued, also reference to the Three Days of Bruges / De Panne, initially scheduled for March 25 but postponed following the Covid-19 crisis.

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