Lappartient: New World Championships venue to be announced on September 2

Bernard Hinault leads Italy’s Gianbattista Baronchelli en route to the Frenchman’s victory in the road race at the 1980 World Championships in Sallanches, France. Could Sallanches again be the venue for the 2020 Worlds?
Bernard Hinault leads Italy’s Gianbattista Baronchelli en route to the Frenchman’s victory in the road race at the 1980 World Championships in Sallanches, France. Could Sallanches again be the venue for the 2020 Worlds? (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

The UCI president, David Lappartient, has taken to social media to announce that the venue for the 2020 Road World Championships will be announced on Wednesday, September 2, a day later than originally suggested, as cycling's governing body work to secure a venue that will provide a hilly road race course comparable to the cancelled Worlds in Switzerland.

Upon announcing the cancellation of the World Championships in the Swiss towns of Aigle and Martigny on August 12 – due to the Swiss government's coronavirus restrictions preventing the gathering of more than 1,000 people – the UCI announced that it would "work towards finding an alternative project to ensure the 2020 edition of the event can take place, with the priority being in Europe and at the dates initially scheduled".

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