2021 Isle of Man TT motorcycle race canceled due to COVID-19

The Isle of Man TT, one of the world's great motorsports events, is canceled for 2021. The announcement came this morning from the motorcycle race's organizers and Isle of Man government, the decision made due to concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The event was scheduled to take place from May 29 to June 11, 2021 but the organizers do not have certainty that the novel coronavirus health crisis will be resolved by then. Though there's still six months until the race, they called it early to minimize disruption of travel plans.

"The TT relies on thousands of volunteers and officials across a wide range of organizations, and we could not move responsibly towards operating to that date and commit to welcoming tens of thousands of people to the Island in June, despite the progress towards a vaccination program globally and on the Island," said Laurence Skelly, Minister of the Isle of Man's Department for Enterprise in a statement.