In 2016, Greg Van Avermaet won Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro. In 2021 he would like to defend his title in Tokyo, although that could cause problems. Although golden Greg does come up with a plan now.
Japan and Tokyo are requesting a two-week quarantine of athletes who want to participate in the 2021 Olympic Games.
For the time being they do not want to budge, although the IOC is putting pressure on reducing the quarantine period to five days (read it HERE again).
Two weeks delay
But Greg Van Avermaet is already thinking along constructively and is now coming to Sporza also with a proposal: “Postpone the road race of the Olympics to the end.”
“A lot of riders who want to participate in the Olympic road race are also the riders of the Tour de France and then a lot of riders would have to pass. And there are no qualifications or preliminary rounds, so maybe it is possible.”
