Tour de Suisse 2022

Multiple cases of Covid-19 have caused chaos at the Tour de Suisse cycling race in Switzerland, forcing three teams and numerous riders to pull out.

However, after three months of falling infections, new coronavirus infections have started rising again slightly, most likely due to two new Omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5. A total of 16,610 new cases were reported on June 14 for the previous seven-day period. Tour de Suisse organisers have decided to continue the race despite the growing number of Covid-19 cases. Most European countries have so far detected low rates of the two subgroups.

An outbreak of COVID-19 cases caused chaos at the Tour de Suisse on Friday with the race leader, three teams and about 30 riders pulling out of the Tour de ...

“In the interest of the health of all riders and staff at the (Tour de Suisse), leaving the race is considered the most sensible decision by the team management and medical staff,” Alpecin-Fenix said. Bora-Hansgrohe teammate Anton Palzer also tested positive Friday morning. An outbreak of COVID-19 cases caused chaos at the Tour de Suisse on Friday with the race leader, three teams and about 30 riders pulling out of the Tour de France warm-up.

COVID-19 is running unabated across the peloton at the Tour de Suisse, and scores of riders are being impacted.

Bahrain Victorious pulled its entire team out of the race Friday, and EF Education-EasyPost is down to just two riders. Vlasov is out of the Tour de Suisse a day after winning a stage and grabbing the race leader’s jersey, while the UAE team decided to pull its entire team after Marc Hirschi also left the race with the virus. “For team safety reasons and the wider cycling community the team has decided to withdraw from the race,” read a note from the team Friday morning.

UAE Team Emirates, Bahrain Victorious, Alpecin-Fenix, Bora-Hansgrohe, Israel-Premier Tech and EF Education hit by growing summer wave of virus.

UAE Team Emirates were hit by two cases of COVID-19 in 24-hours. However, then Diego Ulissi at the Tour de Suisse also tested positive for COVID-19 and the whole team was withdrawn from that event. The team will continue to test for COVID-19 twice daily. So did Søren Kragh Andersen, Casper Pedersen, and Cees Bol of Team DSM. Alpecin-Fenix said they had two team members return positive COVID-19 tests and they all pulled out. UAE Team Emirates (opens in new tab)first withdrew two riders from each race and then, after another positive COVID-19 test within the Tour de Suisse team, removed the whole squad from that event.

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#Tourdesuisse2022 (link is external) At the start of 2022 he took on the role of news editor. This decision was taken in consultation with the management of the Tour de Suisse. 2/3 "The riders sharing a room with the positive cases are deemed high-risk contacts, so in the interest of rider, team and community health, we decided it is best that they also be withdrawn. Yesterday, Adam Yates and the entire Jumbo-Visma squad left the race following positive tests. A statement by the race organisation is expected later this morning. That’s going to make it a rather rare sight and the chances of two turning up for the same club ride are slim. A bubble is not magic, but it at least limits contamination. But all the teams still in the race have agreed to restart, there is no other decision on today's stage." It feels like coming back in February-March. Since yesterday, we have seen the return of masks everywhere," he said. I loathe the self-important, bluging-calved, Lycra-clad, road-hogging behaviour of Serious Cyclists on their 10-grand-racers — mowing down pedestrians and yelling obscenities at Nissan Micras". Nico Denz got the nod ahead of Clément Champoussin, while José Herrada and Quinn Simmons were third and fourth respectively.

EF Education-EasyPost, UAE Team Emirates and BORA-hansgrohe are the latest teams to be hit by a Covid-19 outbreak.

Along with our support staff, these riders have no symptoms and multiple negative tests during this Tour de Suisse. However, we will continue testing twice per day.” No staff tested positive. EF Education-EasyPost, UAE Team Emirates and BORA-hansgrohe are the latest teams to be hit by a Covid-19 outbreak and have withdraw riders from Tour de Suisse and the Tour of Slovenia.

"It's just crazy," Welsh cyclist Geraint Thomas said at the Tour de Suisse on Friday, after around 30 riders were forced to abandon the race.

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"All the remaining teams agreed to start and there is no further decision on today's stage. Four teams decided to withdraw including the one yesterday so there's 18 teams. All the teams know the rules.

Bahrain Victorious withdrew from the Tour de Suisse after being notified of positive COVID-19 results from a round of tests conducted on Friday, ...

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