Major cycling races Giro and Vuelta overlap in revised calendar
The Tour de France, the most prestigious race of them all, is pushed back two months to August 29
05 May 2020 - 17:53
Paris - A revised cycling calendar from the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Tuesday revealed that the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana will overlap by six days, while there was also a brand-new women’s version of the sport’s toughest one-day race.
The “Hell of the north” Paris-Roubaix has been fixed for October 25, with the first women’s version of the gruelling, mud-splattered slog on cobbled mining roads...
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