The 2020 Tour de France competition originally scheduled to be held from June 27 to July 19 will be postponed to August 29 to September 20. The competition route remains unchanged. The starting point is still nice and the ending point is Paris.
Xinhua News Agency, Paris, April 15 (reporter Xiao yazuo) the organizing committee of the Tour de France announced on the 15th that affected by the outbreak of the new coronavirus, the 2020 Tour de France competition originally scheduled to be held from June 27 to July 19 will be postponed to August 29 to September 20. The competition route remains unchanged. The starting point is still nice and the ending point is Paris.
On the morning of the 15th, amori sports organization, the operator of the Tour de France, finally finalized a new date after meeting and discussion with the International Cycling Federation.
With the worldwide spread of the new Crown pneumonia epidemic, many sports events including the Tokyo Olympic Games and the 2020 European Football Championship have been postponed or canceled. However, amorie sports organization has always said that it is still too early to discuss whether to postpone the world’s top cycling event.
However, as French president Macron announced in his 13th television speech that he would extend the national “city closure order” to May 11 and cancel all “large gatherings” before the middle of July “, it is no longer possible to hold this year’s round of law as planned.
Founded in 1903, the Tour de France is the most influential road cycling race in the world.