The UCI said Friday that a team won’t be automatically sent home from the Tour de France if two of its riders test positive for the virus within a period of seven days as was initially planned
Team Ineos rider Colombia's Egan Bernal attends a training session one day before the start of the 107th Tour de France in Nice on Aug. 27, 2020.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.
Initially, the Tour’s COVID-19 protocol stipulated that teams would be expelled if two or more of their riders or staff tested positive for the virus within a seven-day span. Under the new rules that will also be implemented at the Spanish Vuelta and Giro d’Italia, staff members will not be counted. Four staff members of the Belgian team Lotto-Soudal were sent home Thursday after “non-negative” coronavirus tests. The team said a mechanic and a member of the rider support staff returned “one positive and one suspicious result.” Both left the race bubble along with their roommates.
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