The pandemic takes Paris-Roubaix ahead

• Opinion: bicycles in autumn

For the first time since

, this year

, the most prestigious classic on the cycling calendar

, will

.

The worsening health situation in

has forced the organizers to suspend what was to be the

' in the male category and the first in history in females.

It is the first definitive cancellation of one of the '

' of cycling.

have already been contested, while the

is scheduled to take place on October 18.

Traditionally celebrated on the

, the pandemic had forced its relocation on the calendar for October 25.

However, the announcement by the French Government that the metropolitan area of ​​Lille, in which Roubaix is ​​located, is going on high alert has forced ASO to resign from its organization.

Just a few days ago, the

, which was going to be run this Sunday in the Netherlands,

was also suspended

.

And the Tour of Spain?

The Paris-Roubaix was scheduled to be held on a day that aimed to be one of the most intense in the history of cycling.

Their dispute coincided with the last day of the Giro, a 15.7-kilometer time trial with a finish line in Milan and with one of the main

, starting in Biescas and finishing in the

passing through the Portalet and the Aubisque.

The cancellation of the 'Hell of the North' does not have to have a direct impact on the incursion into France of the Spanish round, at least for the moment, although it does put it on notice.

The

, but it is reinforced, the previous scenario.

If the health situation worsens, the Vuelta would be forced to give up that stage.

The organizers, yes, manage alternative routes to correct this possible problem.

The same happens with the

, which a day before, on October 24, has designed a queen stage that, afterwards, includes the Agnello and then the

(border peak) and the French ports

.

From Italy they already point out that the organization has provided the option of the Finestre, the mythical port in which Froome cemented his historic victory in 2018, as an alternative.

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