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Kuurne Brussels Kuurne 2013 logoKuurne-Brussels-Kuurne cancelled as snowfalls make conditions too dangerous
Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, due to take place today, has been cancelled as a result of heavy snowfalls overnight in Belgium, as well as forecasts of further snow and rain potentially resulting in icy roads and making conditions dangerous for riders.
The GP Lugano in Switzerland is another race to have fallen victim to the weather, with the safety of participants a priority.
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- chrisonabike 2 sec ago
That assertion is at the heart of this and "road safety" generally. We have a conflict of purposes between:...
- Bigtwin 7 min 22 sec ago
Didn't happen did it? They came into my shop a couple of years back and said it was "on the way", but never heard anything more.
- Steve K 39 min 52 sec ago
Very parochially, I've still not forgiven Pearson's for abandoning their roots by leaving Sutton.
- Gd29 48 min 25 sec ago
Warner Bros makes 8 year term agreement... withdraws after 4 taking the whole thing down....
- Pub bike 1 hour 22 min ago
That may well be so but in this specific case following the link to the article the first paragraph states "A "devastated" owner of a bike shop in...
- BikingBud 1 hour 23 min ago
Kind of like the idea but feel it is getting a bit too much into "Enemy of the State"...
- Pub bike 1 hour 27 min ago
At that weight a lot of care must have (hopefully) been taken to make sure the metal is thick enough where it needs to be e.g. where the seatstays...
- Paul J 1 hour 47 min ago
Just go to Aliexpress and buy your electric pump from there from a middleman who is much closer to the factory, and charges a noticably lower markup.
- mark1a 1 hour 58 min ago
Sorry to hear this, it could be due to a diesel spill. I sometime see vehicles that have been filled to the brim and then it as it turns a corner...
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Sensible decision. Looking at the pictures it would have been asking for a serious incident. Riders should not be asked to take this sort of risk. The costs to the organisers must have been high, so clearly the decision would not be taken lightly. The race was cancelled once in the 80s and once in the 90s, it's a chance you take with very early season races. Just look at Perfs RR here in south England, that's even earlier and has not been too bad for cancellations but usually has cold poor conditions. This year's was even reduced in distance because of the freezing rain and floods starting on the circuit.
Yeah, I mean who would have thought that riding at pro race speed over snow-covered cobbles and up snow-covered hellingen would be dangerous
I managed to get out on my bike... jessies
I wonder what "Le Blaireau" thinks about that?
