Not one of those 166 staying riders in the Tour de France peloton have tested positive for Covid-19 after the most recent round of testing, however, Tour race director Christian Prudhomme has and will currently quarantine for seven days. Prudhomme rides at the No 1 vehicle from the race convoy and had the French prime minister Jean Castex in his own car with him. Tour organisers ASO additionally supported four favorable Covid-19 evaluations, not between passengers, at four distinct teams. Together with the chance of groups being sent home when they had 2 or more positive evaluations in their positions, speculation reached fever pitch prior to the beginning of phase 10 from Ile d’Oleron into Ile de Re once ASO eventually published a statement in 11.50am BST. The announcement said that staff and riders from 22 teams, in addition to officials at the”race bubble” — 841 individuals in total — failed studying Sunday and Monday, their initial evaluations because the grand exit in Nice on Aug 29. No cyclists tested positive. The announcement included that a member of personnel at every of Ineos Grenadiers, Mitchelton-Scott, Cofidis and AG2R La Mondiale had tested positive, and a single”technical support supplier” who had {} the race. These four groups are now perspiration, using Covid-19 protocols dictating any group found to possess 2 borders in their positions inside a period need to depart the race. The next type of testing is scheduled to the next rest day at Isere following Monday. ASO’s announcement was shortly followed by a second confirming earlier reports that Prudhomme had tested positive for Covid-19. ASO were swift to figure out that Prudhomme hadn’t been a part of this”race bubble” — his first function in the Tour also entails meeting and greeting VIPs — he had”been in direct contact with any of those cyclists or their entourage”. François Lemarchand, that had been at the No 1 vehicle at Paris-Nice before this season, will require over in-race responsibilities from Prudhomme for another week, together with Prudhomme working liberally. Formerly on Tuesday an ambulance has been seen in the Deceuninck-QuickStep resort. The Belgian team stated that among the group members had needed to be retested following an”mistake” in the laboratory. Total results and standings following Tadej Pogacar wins point nine.
