EWS Rounds 1 and 2 Postponed due to Coronavirus
The EWS has today announced it will be postponing the first two rounds of the 2020 series until November.
Although South America has not been too affected by the virus, Colombia has this morning announced it will be asking visitors from France, Spain, Italy and other affected countries to self-isolate when they arrive in the country. With no end in sight for the spread of the virus, the decision has been taken to postpone the events until the end of the year.
Round 3, due to take place at France's Montagnes du Caroux on May 23, is still scheduled to go ahead.
The full release from the EWS is below:
Press Release: EWS
The Enduro World Series (EWS) has announced that the first two rounds of the 2020 season in Colombia and Chile have been postponed in an effort to help contain the global spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus).
Round one scheduled to take place in Manizales, Colombia at the end of the month has been moved to the weekend of 7-8 November whilst round two that was due to take place on April 4-5 in Farellones, Chile will now take place on 14-15 November 2020.
South America currently has a very low incidence of confirmed cases of Coronavirus, but with riders travelling to the events from across the globe the decision has been made to delay the races until later in the year in the interest of everyone’s safety.
 | In order to best protect all staff, riders, fans and act in the most responsible way possible in the world’s current situation, we have made the decision to postpone our first two rounds. We hope the early decision of this date change helps to remove stress from a situation that is causing us all a great deal of difficulty. We look forward to getting our season started in May and thank all of our partners and staff for their support in these challenging times. |
| The planet faces a fairly delicate health situation. This situation has globally affected multiple massive events, mainly sports. For the global well-being of athletes and spectators, and for recommendations of local, national and world authorities it is out of our hands and we have no choice but to delay the EWS Manizales. The party is postponed! |
| We as Montenbaik see this as an opportunity, since we will have the last race of the year of the Enduro World Series. This gives us more time to surprise everyone even more with the best trails and a high-level event. |
More details about the postponed races will be available in the coming days on www.enduroworldseries.com.
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Banshee Titan vs Raaw Madonna V2 vs Privateer 161 please!
Shut up and take my dignity.
They actually make crank kickstands that are permanently attached to the crank. They look like funny little antennas on either side of the crank.
I think I will skip the crank kickstand trend that will be starting soon.
Though I could see a slick kickstand of some sort being popular on e-bikes, as I imagine they are far more annoying to lean up on stuff, due to the extra weight.
Positive part is that we're all healthy and living in a place that's not affected. Hopefully this pandemic ends soon!
Blaming 'the media' for everything is getting old.
The NBA is a multi-billion dollar entity.
They dont suspend a season because they saw an article on CNN ffs
Sick screen name though!
This is just getting silly at this point.
At the moment, nobody has any absolutely solid info and each country seems to be treating this differently - the only thing that is clear is Italy’s death rate is over 800 out of 12000 confirmed cases so it seems the right thing to do to cancel / postpone stuff like bike racing.
I am not so against the bans, cancelations or postponements but to think by November life will be back to normal is f*cking silly.
Caution is a good standpoint - but i have never heard of a bad case of measles cancelling bike shows and expos.
In my opinion, most forms of media have used a virus as click bait and created levels of concern disproportionate to the actual threat.
I really can’t be bothered to say more than the fact that in the USA in one year there are 34million cases of ‘flu’ with 20000 deaths - that’s right 34million cases. Use your imagination as to what happens if corona hits 34million Americans. At the low estimate of a 2% death rate that’s 680000 deaths.
Sure though, it’s just like the flu. All of the worried governments are scaremongering.
Even the slowest of people should be able to see this math and understand.
You know who else is at a larger risk?
Obese people. How many obese people live in this country?
Alot.
It's bad enough i can't watch EWS for awhile but WC and rampage? I may cry
I'm going to spend this evening deciding which it is.
Aah right, I suppose they should just ‘learn to be healthy’ and they will be ok like the mini trump genius we have here who obviously has no loved ones that are elderly or with a compromised health.
Although it appears that those with other health conditions are most suceptible, there are some cases where people that are otherwise healthy have become very ill or even died. It is also not a matter of "being healthy to not catch it", but rather if you are healthy you are more likely to fight it off. You will still spread it while you are fighting it off.
I bet you are the guy at the party who is an “expert” at everything.
There, I fixed it.
That being said, at least here in the US, people *say* they agree with all the cancellations but those same people are still going to Disneyland, Costco and Wal-Mart to stand in line, in close proximity, to a bunch of people they don't know. Oh and I was just in Tucson last weekend to ride and all the bars & restaurants are SLAMMED. Obviously people are only concerned about having enough toilet paper.
Go tell the Italians the near 200 people dying every day are dying from panic.
Read that 6% of closed cases are dead so how