Cycling is facing the brunt of climate change. It depends on countryside to create its spectacle

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Cycling is facing the brunt of climate change. It depends on countryside to create its spectacle

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Cycling is facing the brunt of climate change. It depends on countryside to create its spectacle

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robolemmy

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I think it's inevitable that the entire season will have to be rearranged so that all racing happens in the spring and fall. Summer racing is eventually going to kill someone.

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Yeah - I'm also pretty sure that the Tour de France this year already has killed people. They rode in a massive heat wave and we had millions of people out there for hours in the sun wanting to watch the peloton.