Milan - San Remo and the Giro to be Cancelled?

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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 5,846
    I'm waiting for Zwift to step in and organise some pro virtual races covering the impending gaps in the calendar. ;)
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,270
    pblakeney said:

    IIRC there is company in the UK researching treatment who think they may have a solution by July.
    If so, there is going to be a lot more grief before relief.

    Spoiler - they won't have a solution developed, tested and available by July. Not this July, anyway.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,270
    https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/02/covid-vaccine/607000/

    Basic gist - it won't be contained, you are probably going to get it, there won't be a vaccine this year.

    Wash your hands.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,805
    kingstongraham said:

    pblakeney said:

    IIRC there is company in the UK researching treatment who think they may have a solution by July.
    If so, there is going to be a lot more grief before relief.

    Spoiler - they won't have a solution developed, tested and available by July. Not this July, anyway.
    Yeah. That’s what I meant.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    RichN95. said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    jimmythecuckoo said:

    Is Tirreno under threat do we know?

    I believe so.

    It takes place below the Pisa-Florence-San Marino line that the Foreign office say is OK, but I imagine a lot of teams may pull out even if it goes ahead.
    If that logic is applied then Isn't that pretty much the end of the cycling season for the foreseeable future?
    After all Paris-Nice finishes as close to the affected area as Tirreno.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941
    Looking like the Ireland v Italy 6 nations match could be postponed



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  • ddraver
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    rick_chasey said:

    ddraver said:

    https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/2020/02/how-coronavirus-compares-flu-ebola-and-other-major-outbreaks

    (Watching the 2011 fillum Contagion is also interesting edutainment)

    Film spoiler.
    ...that wasnt the version I watched....

    Eventually Laurence Fishburne saves the world with the help of a maverick genius scientist. Mark Wahlberg dies a few sad looks into the camera watching his daughter at a fake prom


    I mention it because I watched/read something that said it's actually quite an acurate portrayal of how these things work (as opposed to World War Z which was...well, yep)
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,565
    I'd guess Strade Bianchi could be the first one to go - a week Saturday.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,738
    Case found in San Remo.

    Two hotels in quarantine.

    Game over I suspect for the race.
    _
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    gweeds said:

    I'd guess Strade Bianchi could be the first one to go - a week Saturday.

    The are some way below the quarantine line but the situation in Siena is getting desperate.
    Apparently the supermarkets have run out of pasta and loo rolls.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    edited February 2020
    blazing_saddles said:

    gweeds said:

    I'd guess Strade Bianchi could be the first one to go - a week Saturday.

    The are some way below the quarantine line but the situation in Siena is getting desperate.
    Apparently the supermarkets have run out of pasta and loo rolls.

    They're thinking of calling off the rugby and Rome is further south than Siena

    Update: The rugby in Rome has been postponed.
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 12,694
    Thought the next match is Ireland v Italy in Dublin? Or is it Italy v England on 14th March that's off?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    orraloon said:

    Thought the next match is Ireland v Italy in Dublin? Or is it Italy v England on 14th March that's off?

    Yes. You are right. My mistake. It's in Dublin
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 8,744
    The school my kids attended up to GCSE has just had a school trip return from an area of Italy that has had cases but not one that is in lockdown - they've decided not to isolate the kids involved or to encourage them to self isolate. My kids are friends with some of the 6th formers from this school and a few of my football team are also in that 6th form and I'll be seeing them tonight at training. This kind of contact must be being repeated throughout the uk, Europe and the world - seems pretty pointless cancelling bike races when the genie is out of the bottle.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    edited February 2020
    RichN95. said:

    orraloon said:

    Thought the next match is Ireland v Italy in Dublin? Or is it Italy v England on 14th March that's off?

    Yes. You are right. My mistake. It's in Dublin
    Dublin for my Summer holidays then. :D

    Dumb decision, imo.
    Seems they never even considered the closed door option, like Italian football and those games are going ahead still. If not, why not?
    The next logical step is to stop all flights to and from Ireland and Italy.
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  • david37
    david37 Posts: 1,313
    DeVlaeminck said:

    The school my kids attended up to GCSE has just had a school trip return from an area of Italy that has had cases but not one that is in lockdown - they've decided not to isolate the kids involved or to encourage them to self isolate. My kids are friends with some of the 6th formers from this school and a few of my football team are also in that 6th form and I'll be seeing them tonight at training. This kind of contact must be being repeated throughout the uk, Europe and the world - seems pretty pointless cancelling bike races when the genie is out of the bottle.

    thats inline with the advice https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-specified-countries-and-areas/covid-19-specified-countries-and-areas-with-implications-for-returning-travellers-or-visitors-arriving-in-the-uk
  • Longshot
    Longshot Posts: 940
    blazing_saddles said:


    The next logical step is to stop all flights to and from Ireland and Italy.

    Steady on there sunshine! Don't be giving them ideas!
    You can fool some of the people all of the time. Concentrate on those people.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 8,744
    Yeah I know not criticising the school just an example if how this is likely to hit us all sooner rather than later - doesn't seem long ago the Chinese were forcibly taking people into quarantine.
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,270
    Will a lack of a rugby match really stop rugby fans travelling to Dublin if they already have plane tickets? They may even do some congregating and socialising.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,158
    edited February 2020
    blazing_saddles said:

    RichN95. said:

    orraloon said:

    Thought the next match is Ireland v Italy in Dublin? Or is it Italy v England on 14th March that's off?

    Yes. You are right. My mistake. It's in Dublin
    Dublin for my Summer holidays then. :D

    Dumb decision, imo.
    Seems they never even considered the closed door option, like Italian football and those games are going ahead still. If not, why not?
    The next logical step is to stop all flights to and from Ireland and Italy.

    The Six Nations have postponed before (Foot and Mouth). It's unlikely to disrupt the tournament too much, it won't effect other fixtures. But you can't play a champions league game in a few months time, it knocks everything out of place.
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    blazing_saddles said:

    RichN95. said:

    orraloon said:

    Thought the next match is Ireland v Italy in Dublin? Or is it Italy v England on 14th March that's off?

    Yes. You are right. My mistake. It's in Dublin
    Dublin for my Summer holidays then. :D

    Dumb decision, imo.
    Seems they never even considered the closed door option, like Italian football and those games are going ahead still. If not, why not?
    The next logical step is to stop all flights to and from Ireland and Italy.
    It's on the balance of risk though. The main rugby-following area of Italy is in the North East. Put that along with shoving fans from that area into an arena in close proximity to hundreds of other people and it's not a difficult decision. The risk of transmission is much lower from the rest of Italy and with the average traveller who will have contact with many fewer people after arrival.

    The closed door option wouldn't be popular with the unions or 6 Nations if there's a possibility they could play it later in the year. A football season with dozens of fixtures is a different beast.

    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,816
    salsiccia1 said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    RichN95. said:

    orraloon said:

    Thought the next match is Ireland v Italy in Dublin? Or is it Italy v England on 14th March that's off?

    Yes. You are right. My mistake. It's in Dublin
    Dublin for my Summer holidays then. :D

    Dumb decision, imo.
    Seems they never even considered the closed door option, like Italian football and those games are going ahead still. If not, why not?
    The next logical step is to stop all flights to and from Ireland and Italy.
    It's on the balance of risk though. The main rugby-following area of Italy is in the North East. Put that along with shoving fans from that area into an arena in close proximity to hundreds of other people and it's not a difficult decision. The risk of transmission is much lower from the rest of Italy and with the average traveller who will have contact with many fewer people after arrival.

    The closed door option wouldn't be popular with the unions or 6 Nations if there's a possibility they could play it later in the year. A football season with dozens of fixtures is a different beast.

    The rugby season was already log jammed after the world cup. This weekends Pro 14 matches have already been cancelled and the likelihood that more matches will follow.
    These matches will be crucial for European cup qualification, so also have to be played.

    In short, the backlog is going to become one massive headache.

    Surely it would have been easier to stop the 7 Italian fans from traveling. :p
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  • shipley
    shipley Posts: 549
    I’m equally worried about the Strade Bianchi.......love that race
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,805
    Sporting events? Imagine the uproar if Easter holidays get cancelled!
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,329
    Think we'd probably better get used to this, we'll likely see a lot more of it it this season. The virus *will* spread, and areas with outbreaks will see travel bans/event cancellations. We might just get the spring classics (minus MSR), but I doubt this is all over soon, so the Giro will be threatened and by the time we get to July....
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,091
    edited February 2020
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    ....

    Never has your user name been more apt.

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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    edited February 2020
    ignore

    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    blazing_saddles said:

    Surely it would have been easier to stop the 7 Italian fans from traveling. :p

    Good luck with getting Italians to do what they're told... ;)

    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • TheBigBean
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    gsk82 said:

    This virus is less contagious than flu and only slightly more deadly. Over the past couple of months flu will have killed far more people globally than this virus has. If it had originated in the west no one would think anything of it.

    https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/


    Coronavirus Cases:
    80,348
    Deaths:
    2,707
    Recovered:
    27,889

    Closed Cases
    30,596
    Cases which had an outcome:
    27,889 (91%)
    Recovered / Discharged
    2,707 (9%)
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