The organisers of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Strade Bianche, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tirreno-Adriatico, and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Milan-San Remo are set to be forc🙈ed to cancel the races after the Italian go🐽vernment called a halt to all sporting and public events for a month in an attempt to limit the spread of the coronavirus Covid-19.

RCS Sport had still been planning to put on the men's and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:women's editions of Strade Bianche and next week's Tirreno-Adriatico stage race because they are in central Italy, away from the northern regions of Lombardy, Venetoཧ and Emilia-Romagna where the virus has taken hold.

Instead, the organisation will be forced to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:reschedule the events at a later date, if possible. On Wednesday night, RCS Sport issued a statement noting that the Gran Fondo Strade Bianche had been cancelled, and that updates regarding its group of five upcoming races would be issued in the coming days, while consultations with the appro🌺priate authorities would commence on Thursday morning.

The move follows a drastic new measure introduced by the Italian government on Wednesday evening. In order to help fight the spread of coronavirus, the decree includes a halt to all public and sport event🅰s which cannot be held in a closed arena, and the closing of schools and universities for a month.

"Sporting event♑s and competitions of any order or discipline, carried out in 💃any place, public and private, are suspended," reads the decree.

"However, the holding of events and competitions, as well as the training sessions of competitive athletes, inside sports facilities behind closed doors, will be allowed. In all cases, sports association😼s and clubs are required to carr꧅y out appropriate checks to limit the risk of spreading the Covid-19 virus."

The Italian government's drastic decision means that some sporting events held in closed arenas – such as Serie A football matches – will be allowed to take place, but the nature of road racing means 🔯it is virtually impossible to limit contact between riders, the public and amongst race staff. 

The decree will stop the running of the RCS Sport races men's and women's Strade Bianche (March 7), Tirreno-Adriatico (March 11-17), Milan-San Remo (March 8) and the Tour of Sicily (April 1-4),  as well as the GP Larciano [Industria & Artigianato] (March 8), Popolarissima (March 15), the elite and junior races at the Women's WorldTour 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trofeo Alfredo Binda (March 22) a♛nd the Settimana 𓃲Coppi e Bartali (March 25-29).

Italian authorities confirmed on Wednesday evening that the number of positive tests for the coronavirus has risen to 2,703, with 107 deaths and 295 people in intensive care in hospitಞal, while at least 276 people have fully recovered from the virus. More than 80 per cent of the cases are in the northern Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia Romagna regions, but further isolated cases are being discovered across Italy hour by hour.

Teams skip races as doctors call for cancellations

Due to the risk of the coronavirus, a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:number of teams already said they would not travel to Italy, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mitchelton-Scott also announcing that they would skip Paris-Nice and the women's one-day races 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ronde van Drenthe, Danilitℱh Nokere Koerse and Trofeo Alfredo Binda.

Earlier on during a day full of coronavirus updates, 14 doctors from several teams – led by those from EF Pro Cycling – 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:called for teams to avoid racing due to a lack of a 'robu♏st plan' by the UCI and race organisers to address concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.

The UCI has since announced that, while they refused toౠ cancel races, race organisers must take a number of measures with the aim of limiting the risk of the coronavirus spreading further.

Such measures include increasing the distance between the public and riders, part🎐icularly in the start and finish zones and the respecting a strict medical protocol, and limiting the number of teams staying in the 🌜same hotel.

The UCI added no team would be penalised financially, or when their sp✃orting results are considered in rankings, if they are unable to take part in an🌃 event for a valid reason.

RCS Sport's Mauro Vegni 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:said earlier on Wednesday that heꩵ hopes the Italian races could take place on a later date in the 2020 season, rather than potentially be cancelled from the calendar altogether.   

"We intend to work alongside the UCI to find new slots in the calendar for these races, which we absolutel🐼y don’t want to lose," Vegni said. "We've got an alternative plan so the races aren't lost. They could be held after the Giro d'Italia in June or even in September."

Teams,🌠 several of which already stated that they would pull out of the Italian races, now face difficult decision about taking part in other March races on the calendar, including which riders will take part in Paris-Nice, should the French race go ahead.