Tour de France 2022: Racers pull out due to new Covid hit, mass tests loom
2 years, 5 months ago

Tour de France 2022: Racers pull out due to new Covid hit, mass tests loom

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Champion Tadej Pogacar said after Saturday’s stage that he fears Covid-19 could wreak havoc on this year’s Tour. Aigle: Covid-19 forced Frenchman Guillaume Martin out of the Tour de France on Sunday, a day after the first pair of cases were reported on the race. The Tour de France doctor told AFP at Aigle Sunday that the entire peloton would be tested Sunday evening after their arrival at Chatel in the Alps. — EF Pro Cycling July 10, 2022 The peloton left raced under a cloud on Saturday after Norwegian Vegard Stake Laengen from Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates and Frenchman Geoffrey Bouchard of AG2R Citroen tested positive for the virus and were withdrawn.

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Chris Froome out of Tour de France after testing positive for Covid
2 years, 5 months ago

Chris Froome out of Tour de France after testing positive for Covid

The Independent  

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Tour de France 2022: Jonas Vingegaard seizes lead with soaring mountain triumph of Stage 11
2 years, 5 months ago

Tour de France 2022: Jonas Vingegaard seizes lead with soaring mountain triumph of Stage 11

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An exhausted Pogacar looked broken as he crossed the line seventh, 2min 51sec adrift at the summit of the 9.2 percent, 11.5km ascent of the Col du Granon in the southern Alps Serre-Chevalier : Jonas Vingegaard climbed into the Tour de France overall lead in a mountain stage win for the ages on Wednesday as defending champion Tadej Pogacar wilted …

Tour de France 2022: Tadej Pogacar extends lead by winning stage seven
2 years, 5 months ago

Tour de France 2022: Tadej Pogacar extends lead by winning stage seven

Firstpost  

Pogacar punished all his key rivals except Vingegaard, with Geraint Thomas losing 14sec and Adam Yates 29, as some riders dismounted and pushed up the punishing finale. Plancher-les-Mines : Already wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey defending champion Tadej Pogacar overtook the last of a breakaway and his key rival Jonas Vingegaard in a last gasp burst atop a steep …

Coronavirus cases force leader, teams to leave Tour de Suisse race
2 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus cases force leader, teams to leave Tour de Suisse race

The Hindu  

An outbreak of COVID-19 cases caused chaos at the Tour de Suisse on Friday with the race leader, at least two teams and several more riders pulling out of the Tour de France warm-up. Overall leader Aleksandr Vlasov tested positive one day after winning the fifth stage, the Russian rider's team said. Four positive tests, including 2012 Olympic road race …

Tour de France 2021: Tony Martin, who was hit by roadside fan with sign, out after second crash
3 years, 5 months ago

Tour de France 2021: Tony Martin, who was hit by roadside fan with sign, out after second crash

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Wednesday’s stage saw the Jumbo rider fall into a ditch just outside the Provence town of Sorgues shortly after the departure for a double ascent of the Tour’s most famous climb, the Mont Ventoux. German rider Tony Martin exited the Tour de France by ambulance early on stage 11 on Wednesday after suffering face and leg injuries when tumbling into …

French Open 2021: Having COVID-19 was tough for five to six weeks, says Daniil Medvedev
3 years, 6 months ago

French Open 2021: Having COVID-19 was tough for five to six weeks, says Daniil Medvedev

Firstpost  

Medvedev had to withdraw from the Monte Carlo Masters when he tested positive on 13 April and only won one match in his next two tournaments ahead of the French Open. Daniil Medvedev said on Monday he struggled from the effects of Covid-19 for “five to six weeks” after testing positive for the virus in April. The Russian second seed …

Giro d'Italia: EF Pro wants to discuss whether to press on - Sports News - Sportstar
4 years, 2 months ago

Giro d'Italia: EF Pro wants to discuss whether to press on - Sports News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

The EF Pro cycling team says it wants to discuss with organisers and fellow competitors whether it is worth pressing on with the Giro d'Italia following this week’s COVID-19 cases. The team’s general manager Jonathan Vaughters denied reports that it had asked for the race to be called off but warned that it could become chaotic if there were further …

French Open 2020: Alexander Zverev says negative for COVID-19 after Roland Garros controversy
4 years, 2 months ago

French Open 2020: Alexander Zverev says negative for COVID-19 after Roland Garros controversy

Firstpost  

Zverev said he “should not have played” after his French Open last 16 loss on Sunday to Italian teenager Jannik Sinner and complained of feeling “completely sick”. Paris: Germany’s Alexander Zverev said Monday he had tested negative for Covid-19, a day after he had played a match at Roland Garros despite feeling unwell. “I wanted to update everyone that I …

French Open 2020: Spain's Fernando Verdasco 'outraged' at tournament organisers over COVID-19 ban
4 years, 2 months ago

French Open 2020: Spain's Fernando Verdasco 'outraged' at tournament organisers over COVID-19 ban

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Fernando Verdasco said he underwent “multiple” tests including in Rome and Hamburg, all of which were negative until he tested positive in Paris on Tuesday. Paris: Veteran Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco said Friday he was “outraged and frustrated” after being disqualified from the French Open after one failed Covid-19 test which he claims fell between a steady stream of …

Tour de France: 156 riders pass COVID-19 tests - sports news
4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France: 156 riders pass COVID-19 tests - sports news

The Hindu  

The remaining 156 Tour de France riders were authorized to keep racing on Tuesday after the latest coronavirus tests. All 785 tests on Sunday and Monday of riders and staff members of the 22 teams returned negative, Tour organizers and cycling governing body announced before Stage 16 in the Alps. The latest screening around the race’s second rest day was …

Tour de France: Roglic strengthens lead - sports news
4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France: Roglic strengthens lead - sports news

The Hindu  

Primoz Roglic tightened his grip on the Tour de France overall lead as he dropped defending champion Egan Bernal in the final ascent of a gruelling 13th stage in the Massif Central on Friday. - French hopes end - Bernal saw Roglic and Pogacar fade in the distance as his face turned into a mask of pain in the last …

Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme tests positive for COVID-19; all remaining riders negative
4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme tests positive for COVID-19; all remaining riders negative

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Prudhomme’s positive test might have an impact on French political affairs as it came only days after he spent two hours in his car following a stage in the Pyrenees in the company of Prime Minister Jean Castex. The remaining Tour de France riders were cleared to continue racing ahead of Tuesday’s Stage 10 after undergoing COVID-19 tests, but the …

Tour de France: Team staff, race director test positive for Covid-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France: Team staff, race director test positive for Covid-19

The Hindu  

Four teams at the Tour de France face a nervous week after each learning on Tuesday that a staff member had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, as one more positive within a week would see the whole team excluded from the race. French health authorities and organisers Amaury Sport Organisation have said that should two members of a team, …

Tour de France: Race director Christian Prudhomme tests positive for coronavirus as all teams cleared to continue
4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France: Race director Christian Prudhomme tests positive for coronavirus as all teams cleared to continue

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All Jumbo-Visma cyclists negative for Covid-19; Go-ahead for Tour de France
4 years, 3 months ago

All Jumbo-Visma cyclists negative for Covid-19; Go-ahead for Tour de France

NL Times  

Good news for the Jumbo-Visma team participating in the Tour de France, as all its cyclists tested negative for the coronavirus during the first day of rest. At the same time, Tour director Christian Prudhomme tested positive for the virus. The organization for the Tour de France had all participating cyclists tested for an active infection of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus …

It’s a stressful rest day as Tour riders face COVID-19 tests - sports news
4 years, 3 months ago

It’s a stressful rest day as Tour riders face COVID-19 tests - sports news

The Hindu  

It’s a rest day like no other for the Tour de France bunch. The price paid for the race to be run is a heavy sanitary protocol which includes mandatory COVID-19 testing for riders and teams staff members on rest days. After four staff members of the Belgian team Lotto-Soudal were sent home following abnormal coronavirus tests on the eve …

Tour de France riders await coronavirus tests day
4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France riders await coronavirus tests day

The Hindu  

Tour de France teams were crossing their fingers as the peloton headed for the first rest day's battery of coronavirus tests which could trigger team exclusions on Monday. Tour rules state that should two members of a team, staff or riders, test positive for coronavirus, the whole outfit will be kicked out of the race. In any case, if somebody …

Tour De France Riders Await Coronavirus Tests Day
4 years, 3 months ago

Tour De France Riders Await Coronavirus Tests Day

News 18  

Tour de France teams were crossing their fingers as the peloton headed for the first rest day’s battery of coronavirus tests which could trigger team exclusions on Monday. “We’re crossing our fingers,” Cofidis team manager Cedric Vasseur told reporters. In any case, if somebody tests positive for COVID, they will be out of the Tour.” Team UAE Emirates sports director …

Tour de France: Peters wins Stage 8 in Pyrenees
4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France: Peters wins Stage 8 in Pyrenees

The Hindu  

Nans Peters won the eighth stage of the Tour de France following a long breakaway in the Pyrenees, while fellow Frenchman Thibaut Pinot saw his hopes of winning the race vanish. READ | Yellow jersey holder Adam Yates and other Tour contenders, including defending champion Egan Bernal and favorite Primoz Roglic, rode some seven minutes further back. Featuring three punishing …

Delayed but alive, Tour de France sets off from Nice
4 years, 3 months ago

Delayed but alive, Tour de France sets off from Nice

India TV News  

The strangest Tour de France ever finally set off on Saturday from the Riviera city of Nice in an extraordinarily subdued atmosphere, amid fears the race could be stopped well before it reaches Paris. The sight of the 176 riders on the starting line was already seen as a big win by organizers and French government officials relieved the mega-event …

French authorities harden COVID-19 rules at Tour de France
4 years, 3 months ago

French authorities harden COVID-19 rules at Tour de France

India TV News  

French authorities have made it harder for Tour de France teams to reach the finish line in Paris by deciding they will be expelled from the race if two or more of their members, including staff, test positive for COVID-19 within a week. Under the UCI protocol announced Friday, it would have been up to organizers to decide whether to …

Cycling: Tour de France Teams to be Expelled for Two Covid-19 Positives in Entourage
4 years, 3 months ago

Cycling: Tour de France Teams to be Expelled for Two Covid-19 Positives in Entourage

News 18  

Teams will be expelled from the Tour de France if at least two members, including staff, test positive for the coronavirus, Christian Prudhomme told AFP Saturday. The announcement comes on the opening day of the 21-stage slog around France and reinforces a growing sense of doom for the 2020 Tour with positive PCR swab test numbers growing by the day …

UCI relaxes COVID-19 exclusion rules at Tour de France
4 years, 3 months ago

UCI relaxes COVID-19 exclusion rules at Tour de France

Associated Press  

Cycling’s governing body has relaxed the Tour de France’s COVID-19 exclusion rules on the eve of the race’s opening stage following complaints from teams that feared their riders would be unfairly excluded from the race. “In the case of two or more riders from the same team testing positive for COVID-19 within a period of seven days at a Grand …

Tour de France 2020: Grappling with staging the world’s toughest bike race in a pandemic
4 years, 3 months ago

Tour de France 2020: Grappling with staging the world’s toughest bike race in a pandemic

CNN  

CNN — It’s set to be a Tour de France like no other. “The Tour de France will not stop if there’s a positive case, even if nobody knows whether it will be completed or not,” International Cycling Union president David Lappartient told Reuters. Documents obtained by cycling website VeloNews – which were confirmed to CNN as accurate by race …

Sports in Europe adjust to new reality
4 years, 3 months ago

Sports in Europe adjust to new reality

China Daily  

Residents resume exercising in Barcelona, Spain, on May 2 after the government eased lockdown measures. Cycling's governing body, Union Cycliste Internationale, or UCI, has released guidelines to serve as a template for teams, organizers, race officials, the media and fans of men's and women's road racing. Cycling website VeloNews reported that the general aim is to test everyone before a …

Sports in Europe adjust to new reality
4 years, 3 months ago

Sports in Europe adjust to new reality

China Daily  

Residents resume exercising in Barcelona, Spain, on May 2 after the government eased lockdown measures. Cycling's governing body, Union Cycliste Internationale, or UCI, has released guidelines to serve as a template for teams, organizers, race officials, the media and fans of men's and women's road racing. Cycling website VeloNews reported that the general aim is to test everyone before a …

Cycling: Tour de France Ready to Roll Out After a Delay of Two Months
4 years, 3 months ago

Cycling: Tour de France Ready to Roll Out After a Delay of Two Months

News 18  

The Tour de France rolls out of the French Riviera next Saturday with peaks, plains and rigid coronavirus protocols standing between the 176 riders and the final dash along the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Colombia's 23-year-old defending champion Egan Bernal will defend his title as sole captain of Ineos, who ruthlessly axed both four-time winner Chris Froome and 2018 champion Geraint …

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