Corona cases number 9 and 10 at the Tour de France

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 · 19.07.2022

Corona cases number 9 and 10 at the Tour de FrancePhoto: Philippe Lopez/AFP/dpa/Archivbild
Radprofi Aurelien Paret-Peintre ist positiv auf das Coronavirus getestet worden.
The 109th Tour de France reports corona cases number nine and ten.

The two French professional cyclists Aurélien Paret-Peintre and Mikaël Chérel tested positive and had to abandon the race.

AG2R severely decimated by corona cases

This was announced by the French AG2R-team before the 16th stage. The day before, the UCI had already announced that two riders had tested positive in the mandatory corona tests. However, both riders were asymptomatic, meaning that their exclusion was not yet final.

The AG2R team now only has three of its original eight riders in the race. One of these is the Luxembourger Bob Jungels, who tested positive shortly before the start of the Tour, but subsequently passed the test. ninth stage to Chatel won.

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