The Ineos Grenadiers team of Egan Bernal, Mitchelton-Scott, AG2R La Mondiale and Cofidis would possibly be just a case of COVID-19s far from being kicked out of the Tour de France, however, there is still confusion as to whether Monday’s positive check A Day off would force them out of the race.
Positive control of the team, of course, left them on edge. Mitchelton-Scott’s Adam Yates wore the yellow jersey of the race leader for 4 days last week and points to mountain level victories, AG2R-La Mondiale team leader Romain Bardet is recently fourth overall, while Cofidis also has a lot to play with Guillaume Martin in the overall 3rd position.
Tour de France organizers ASO and the UCI showed that 4 staff members from the 4 groups tested positive for PCR smear tests for coronavirus on Sunday and Monday around the first rest day. France, Christian Prudhomme, also tested positive for COVID-19 and left the breed.
It is not known whether the 4 positives were shown through secondary checks carried out through the cell control unit created through the organizer of the France ASO tour. One team involved told Cyclingnews that secondary checks were only planned for runners, with an HIV-positive blood test. to better perceive the progression and prestige of your positive COVID-19.
According to the medical protocol agreed for the Tour de France, if a team has two positive instances between its runners and within seven days, it will be out of the race. Before the Grand Départ in Nice, the groups tried to restrict the rule However, the French medical government cancelled an agreement between ASO and the ICU and said that two instances in a team bubble of 30 runners and members would result in the expulsion of the race.
The first day of rest tests were conducted on Sunday and Monday, and the test circular of the moment is also expected to take its place for two days. If two positive problems arise strictly in the seven-day window, this can cause the “two- Shot the rule of withdrawal from the equipment and have a radical effect on the Tour de France.
One of the 4 groups with positive results told Cyclingnews that they understood that the seven-day era ended before the next test run at the time of the day of rest, but it turns out that the French medical government needs the opposite, with L’Equipe suggesting that “if only one member of the 4 groups has some other positive (at the time of the rest day) , you’ll have to pack. “
The team used an analogy and described Ineos Grenadiers, Mitchelton-Scott, AG2R La Mondiale and Cofidis as yellow card, with a yellow card at the time that led to the expulsion.
In theory, if the strictest rule is implemented and an Ineos Grenadiers staff member is positive at the circular time of acircular testing next Monday’s rest day, the team will leave the Tour de France, although the 2019 winner, Egan Bernal, wore the chef’s yellow shirt of course.
The acting director of the race, Francois Lemarchand, who replaced Prudhomme, said before the departure of the 11th level on Wednesday that groups that had tested positive would be excluded if there were others from “the next battery of tests”.
However, one source told Reuters that organizers can reset the seven-day window and cancel the “yellow cards” on the first day off after consulting with the French government.
“But first, there will be a dialogue between the fitness authorities, the control of the hiking race and the International Cycling Union to make the decision,” Lemarchand added.
The 4 affected groups remained discreet about who had failed the tests and when exactly the positive member had been tested.
Cyclingnews has understood that Ineos Grenadiers has fired a moment the member of the Tour de France after sharing a room with the positive case, even though the member of the moment tested negative.
Various groups performed internal saliva-based tests and devised their runners and tested negative. However, the official PCR swab test was 4 positives.
Cofidis team manager Cédric Vasseur told hounds to leave Tuesday before level 11 exit because he was out of the race bubble.
AG2R-La Mondiale director Vincent Lavenu is said to be angry with “those who would like a team to leave. “He told Reuters that the positive member had returned home to isolate himself and that his roommate had also been sent home despite negative proof.
“We don’t expect additional testing until the test battery in Grenoble,” Lavenu told Reuters. “I don’t think we charge any more tension every day to please those waiting for the expulsion of a team. “
Before tuesday’s start to the stage, Lavenu said: “This shows that the lucky dive forgives no one. You just have to sense that this can happen to anyone. No one deserves to be stigmatized because it is a matter of bad luck in spite of all the measures taken Four cases of 660 people tested: the ratio is very low Measures are not enough to protect the platoon 100% Our game is serious, but no one can be safe The purpose is to finish the Tour with the team in the most productive mood imaginable. There’s the race, but also this big weight that weighs on everyone. We have to deal with that. “
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