USA Cycling announced on Wednesday it has been forced to cancel all of the elite national championships for the 2020 s💯eaꦑson except for December's cyclo-cross championships except for the MTB Marathon, which has been postponed to November.
Current champions will be allowed to wear their national champion's jerseys through the 2021 event. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ruth Winder (Trek-Segafredo) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Howes (EF Pro Cycling) won the eliteꦜ road races last year in Knoxville, while Amber Neben and Ian Garrison (Deceuninck-Quickstep) won the time trials. Travis McCabe and Emma Whiꦬte won the criterium titles.
"This update comes after months of working through numerous plans and options and is written with disappointment, as we are unfortunately forced to announce the cancellation of multiple National Championships for the 2020 seasꦚon," the press release stated.
"Throughout this time, we have worked to create alternative dates in the hopes that COVID-19 cases would decrease, sought alternative locations where ꧑needed, and looked to modify our events in order to mitigate risk and meet local regulations and requirements.
"As we have gotten closer to decision dates, it has become c🧸lear that many of the challenges in conducting safe and fair Nationals are insurmountable. In the end, we do not feel confident that we can ensure the safety of our participants, volunteers, staff, and h🌃ost communities."
The United States has seen a second spike of COVID-19 cases in some states, with Tennessee - which was due to host the professional road championships - showing a new high number of new cases this week. Florida, Arizona, South Carolina and Texas are among 📖the states struggling to stem the sp🐓read of the potentially deadly disease.
However, other states that saw earlꩵy surges - New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Washington DC - have managed to bring the infection rate back down.
The overall rate of💛 new infections in the US was deemed to be too high for the Council of the European Union to add it to the list of countries whose residents will be allowed to enter for non-essential travel, creating some travel headaches for US pros wishing to return for European racing when i🥂t resumes in late July.
USA Cy𒊎cling said the "challenges of obtaining local permissions and permits, having to heavily modify event formats, and facing financial concerns within both our organization and local organizing committees" led to the decision to cancel the championships.
The Pro, Amateur and Masters Road, Mountai♛n Bike, Elite, Junior and Masters Track and Gran Fondo championships have all been called off.
A decision on the Collegiate events fo💙r autumn is still pending.
"We are continuing to work🧜 through options for our fall Collegiate events, Marathon MTB, and Cyclocross Nationals and will continꦗue to communicate the status of these events."
