Giro 2020 SPOILERS !!

[Shadow]

If/when it is called off... do they declare whoever was in the lead at the time the winner, or not have an official result this year?

UCI rules state that a race must be completed in order for a winner to be declared.

 

[mjr]

If/when it is called off... do they declare whoever was in the lead at the time the winner, or not have an official result this year?

Discretion of the lead commissaire. I think ten stages will count. Fourteen certain, as the Vuelta is planned for only eighteen but is still a grand tour.

 

[mjr]

UCI rules state that a race must be completed in order for a winner to be declared.

I think you need to read them!

 

[Shadow]

Discretion of the lead commissaire. I think ten stages will count.

Do you have a UCI reference for this?

I think you need to read them!

That would be my comment to you!

Am attempting to find the relevant Section. The UCI rulebook is not the easiest document to search!

 

[rich p]

Do you have a UCI reference for this?

That would be my comment to you!

Am attempting to find the relevant Section. The UCI rulebook is not the easiest document to search!

I'd wait till it happens but that probably explains my lazy approach to life in general!

 

[matticus]

We went through this before the Tour de France - pretty sure it was down to the Comms.
Look at the results of the 2020 Paris-Nice.

(The Giro may of course have different rules ... but it probably doesn't.)

But that was while lockdowns were kicking off. Testing/isolation is a new problem for Grand Tours! I have no idea about the rules around teams pulling out.

 

[rich p]

It's an interesting group in the break today but not sure if they'll stay away

 

[mjr]

We went through this before the Tour de France - pretty sure it was down to the Comms.
Look at the results of the 2020 Paris-Nice.

(The Giro may of course have different rules ... but it probably doesn't.)

But that was while lockdowns were kicking off. Testing/isolation is a new problem for Grand Tours! I have no idea about the rules around teams pulling out.

Protecting health and safety by race termination is basically all down to the commissaires. It might be set out in some commissaire manual or briefing but it's not in the published rule book. I posted the references in the Tour discussion.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/tour-de-france-2020-no-spoilers.254222/post-6097790

Vegni implied it's one positive each at Ineos and ag2r:

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1315944749677850624

 

[rich p]

Ooof, 24% on this climb

 

[rich p]

Pozzovivo must fancy splitting this up for the GC

 

[mjr]

Keep up at the back there

No, I posted that because you didn't say how many positives at each.

 

[rich p]

There's a race going on, you two!

 

[mjr]

There's a race going on, you two!

Eurosport's showing adverts.

 

[nickyboy]

Are you tier 3?

There will be tiers before bedtime if Nibs wins (and Birdsong shipped over a minute today) and that delicious , and expensive, pint of Magic Rock doesn't miraculously appear

 

[Adam4868]

Thank feck Sagan won...can we get on with the race now.Good stage win !
Looks like Fuglsang is almost out of contention now,didn't even sprint for the line when he came in.Unlucky puncture has cost him big time.As for the rest...Almeida rode a gutsy ride to hang on there,Pozzovivo aswell.Kelderman has to be favourite for this now for me.