Really disappointed to see this. I always loved watching the race. Was nice to have a well covered race with great streaming online.

Can someone explain why it is safe for Ironman to have a race for thousands of unvaccinated people and their families on May 1st, but unsafe for Tour of Utah and UCI to have race for several hundred vaccinated racers in August? Ironman/Private Equity clearly care more about $$$ than the health of their customers. Let’s resume racing in the fall when we are all vaccinated and we aren’t putting the health of our fellow racers and hosts at risk.

The Redlands Classic also posted today that they are cancelling the 2021 race instead of trying for a fall date.

Don’t believe cancellation has anything to do with COVID

FYI, per the article:

“Due to the challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and the Tour of Utah Ultimate Challenge are postponed in 2021. We continue to plan for resuming these events in 2022,” Steve Miller, chair, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, told Cyclingnews.

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DFL > DNF > DNS

i read it but not buying that line - state goes mask free 4/10/2021 and vaccines open to anyone 16 and older now with open availability
late July date for stage race seems very doable

i will continue to wear my mask for foreseeable future

It could be that some of the sponsors of the event have been hit hard by COVID and cut back their contributions. So even if the they don't there's much actual risk from COVID, it could still explain why they are mentioning COVID as the reason for the cancellation. I'm just speculating so that could be way off.

I don’t know anything about ToUtah specifically but I do think I am seeing companies kind of blame changes/shifts/whatever on Covid when I suspect the reasons are really more likely $$. It doesn’t much matter but that’s my sense of it.

agree
it seems that there would be appetite for a return to stage race here in US, especially with ToC gone
as I said i was kinda hoping that Utah would get to fill May time frame - how gorgeous would that be here !!

Brasil is mask free and never in lockdown so far. that doesnt mean they are in good shape