The final decision to cancel the Italian Siena race Strade Bianche came this afternoon. The decision was made as a consequence of the Italian government's message to exclude all public from sports events until April 3.
- I would have liked to go but am grateful that someone else made the decision for me. To me, it feels safe and completely based on our health, ”Hanna Nilsson said in a press release about the decision.
But the set race also affects Hanna Nilsson and Emilia Fahlin in several ways.
- It affects the competition program. But also another World Tour in two weeks in Italy that will probably also be canceled, Emilia Fahlin writes to SVT Sport and continues:
- These are important competition events that disappear in an Olympic qualifying period, but I hope the competitions that will come in Belgium in the future will go as planned.
How does it feel that important Olympic qualifying events are disappearing?
- It's sad when you put up an ideal competition program you thought of. And now there are fewer chances and opportunities to meet the qualification requirements. There are also important competitions that would have given shape to achieving the goals going forward this spring, writes Olympic site hunter Fahlin and then adds:
- But you just have to adapt, accept the situation and hope you get it good anyway.