De store etapperittene må kuttes

TV 2s sykkelekspert Mads Kaggestad mener de store tourene må slankes.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 21, 2013 the pack rides at Paris' landmark Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees avenue during the 133.5 km twenty-first and last stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Versailles and Paris. - The Tour de France is not only a French monument, but also the economic heartbeat of professional cycling itself and analysts fear heavy consequences if the coronavirus crisis forces its cancellation. An announcement is expected this week on either a postponement or an outright cancellation of the 21-day extravaganza that is currently scheduled to start in Nice on June 27. (Photo by Jeff PACHOUD / AFP) Foto: Jeff Pachoud
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 21, 2013 the pack rides at Paris' landmark Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees avenue during the 133.5 km twenty-first and last stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Versailles and Paris. - The Tour de France is not only a French monument, but also the economic heartbeat of professional cycling itself and analysts fear heavy consequences if the coronavirus crisis forces its cancellation. An announcement is expected this week on either a postponement or an outright cancellation of the 21-day extravaganza that is currently scheduled to start in Nice on June 27. (Photo by Jeff PACHOUD / AFP) Foto: Jeff Pachoud

Med stans i all idrett og sykkelsport kom det i forrige uke signaler som mange har ventet på. Tour de France flyttes til 29. august med målgang i Paris den 20. september.Deretter venter VM-uka fra samme dag Tour de France går i mål. Planen er videre å arrangere Italia rundt og så presse inn Spania rundt før vinteren inntar Europa.På toppen av etapperittene er det i tillegg et uttrykt ønske å gjennomføre endagsklassikere som Milano-San Remo, Flandern rundt, Paris- Roubaix, Liege-