(Reuters) – Bahrain Victorious withdrew from the Tour de Suisse after being notified of positive COVID-19 outcomes from a spherical of tests performed on Friday, the staff mentioned.
Their withdrawal follows Jumbo-Visma’s choice to tug out of the race on Thursday resulting from an analogous COVID-19 outbreak and comes simply two weeks earlier than the Tour de France begins in Copenhagen on July 1.
“The medical staff performed fast antigenic tests on all riders and workers this morning after an remoted case of COVID-19 signs for one of many riders,” Bahrain Victorious mentioned in a press release https://bahraincyclingteam.com/bahrain-victorious-abandon-tour-de-suisse-due-to-covid-19-case.
“Since then, the 2 riders who deserted the race forward of stage 5 after gastrointestinal points additionally returned positive COVID-19 tests this morning.
“Following the recommendation of our administration, medical staff and the race organisers, the staff will withdraw from the race.”
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
