Brasil Ride, in Bahia, is postponed to 2021

Scheduled for October, the 11th edition of the ultramarathon is postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic

13.07.2020 | 2.505 visualizações

July, 2020 - A new scenario was designed around the world, after the WHO (World Health Organization) declared a pandemic in March, due to Covid-19. Since then, all sports have been stopped, with some of them returning in recent weeks. In Brazil, so far, no cycling races can be realized before the beginning of August. Taking into account the rules defined by the entities that govern sport abroad and in Brazil, UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) and CBC (Brazilian Cycling Confederation), as well as organs of the state government of Bahia and Porto Seguro City Hall, the Brasil Ride organization opted to postpone the 11th edition of the ultramarathon to 17-23 October 2021.

"Obviously this wasn't the news I would like to give, but it is the most prudent for the moment. After a great analysis involving UCI, CBC, the State of Bahia and Porto Seguro City Hall, as well as our work team, thinking about the new protocols required, we concluded that it is neither safe nor feasible to hold the event in October 2020. So we postponed it to 2021. I'm very sorry, but I believe that people's safety and well-being is the most important ", explains Mario Roma, founder of Brasil Ride.

"Brasil Ride is an event that requires 300 people working and another 500 competing in the seven days, in addition to more than 2,000 cyclists in the Marathon that ends the competition, on Saturday, in a weekend that Arraial d'Ajuda reaches 8,000 visitors. There are almost 6,000 meals served during the event, in other words, those who has ever been there knows what we are talking about. It would be impossible to be done. Two giant structures in Guaratinga and Arraial d'Ajuda. Maybe in October things will be better, I hope so, but it is not right for us to let athletes plan for something that isn't certain to happen ", he adds.

Brasil Ride organization is at all athletes disposal to answer any questions through it channel br@brasilride.com.br. According to Temporary Measure No. 948 from April 8, 2020, published in the Official Federal Gazette, for those who registered in our events, there are the following guidelines:

- Regardless of date, your registration will prevail.

- If you are unable to attend on a new date, you can transfer your registration to another athlete.

- You will have your credit to participate in other events held by Roma Sports MKT during 2020 and 2021.

The organization of Brasil Ride has the understanding of everyone in this delicate social moment. "It is unthinkable, in the current situation and in the short term (30 to 60 days) and medium term (60 to 100 days), to carry out a stage race in Brazil safely. Everyone who knows Brasil Ride knows the one and only rule: #RESPECT. And it is based on this rule that we developed the largest Premium Stage Race in the World, and based on that same rule that I sadly decided not to hold the Brasil Ride 2020", says Roma.

New race in the calendar - Still on Monday (13), Mario Roma announced a new competition that will be part of the Brasil Ride mountain bike calendar. "I don't think we lost. We gain with our health and more: we will have a new stage race in 2021, in Minas Gerais State. Soon we will present more informations about what we have prepared, which for sure "Seems Easy But It's Not". Thank you for your understanding, and I am sure that you share my opinion that preserving our health and that of everyone around us is priceless, since our health is essential for us to have fun and be happy, without health we have nothing", concludes Mario Roma.

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Prologue in Arraial
(Josue Fernandez / Brasil Ride)
The Start in Guaratinga
(Fabio Piva / Brasil Ride)
Mario Roma
(Mario Jordany / Brasil Ride)
Discovery Marathon
(Fabio Piva/ Brasil Ride)

Brasil Ride, in Bahia, is postponed to 2021

Scheduled for October, the 11th edition of the ultramarathon is postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic

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