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EsCiclismo.com · Road Competition · 10/13/2020
The rest day of the 103rd edition of the Giro d’Italia served, among other things, to carry out a total of 571 PCR tests on cyclists, assistants and other race personnel, including organizers, journalists, … Sunday and Monday to the Covid-19 test.
The results have not been long in coming and have been in line with what was already expected after the positive from Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), who left the race before the start of the eighth stage.
In total, this Tuesday eight positives have been reported in Covid-19, distributed among various teams.
Thus, as reported by RCS Sport, the organizer of the Giro d’Italia, “two cyclists, one from the Sunweb team and the other from the Jumbo-Visma team, tested positive for Covid-19 and were entrusted to the doctors of the respective teams , who ordered their isolation measures. “
They are Australian sprinter Michael Matthews (Sunweb) and Dutch climber Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma).
RCS also notes that “six staff members, four from Mitchelton-Scott, one from AG2R La Mondiale and one from Ineos Grenadiers, tested positive for Covid-19.”
A total of eight positives spread over five teams (Mitchelton-Scott, Sunweb, Jumbo-Visma, AG2R La Mondiale and Ineos Grenadiers), a situation that leaves more uncertainty than certainty about the possibility that the race will arrive ‘safely’ the next October 25 to Milan. For the moment the Mitchelton-Scott has already announced that he is leaving the race, not being of the game in the tenth stage of this Tuesday. Neither Matthews and Kruijswijk, although their teams are still in the race.
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