This year's Tour of Estonia has three stages planned, and this is one of the many reasons why the Ladies Tour of Estonia will be cancelled this year.
According to the main organizer Indrek Kelk, it is not possible to organize a three-stage men's cycling tour and a women's competition at the same time in the current economic situation.
In addition, roadworks are taking place on the Ülenurme-Roiu road and the Estonian Aviation Days are taking place in Lange at the same time, which means that the usual women's tour route could not be used.
"Cancelling the women's tour was a difficult decision, but unfortunately it was influenced by several factors - both the economic situation and the fact that we would have had to find a completely new route for women," explained Kelk.
The new route and the resulting entry into the city from the north would have required significantly more resources than before for traffic management changes, securing the route, and would have affected many times more ordinary road users than the previous route.
