this International Cycling Union (UCI) has decided this Tuesday to tighten all regulations against Covid-19 in consideration of a new regulation, the Tour de France, which has been made public as all runners begin to participate in the competition. Copenhagen For the purpose of the French tour dispute, which began with an individual time trial in the Danish capital on Friday.
Positive catastrophes at the Tour of Switzerland and increases in infections across much of Europe caused yesterday to declare an extraordinary check on teams this Wednesday that they must deliver to all their runners, technicians, assistants and cooperating staff. With the antigen test These tests will be repeated over two rest days and must also be passed by the official. race control stewards because they are the people closest to the runners.
Likewise, UCI is not required but every two or three days during the Tour this Tuesday technicians and assistants In this case, retake the antigen tests, even if the runners are exempt.
new status
However, to avoid chaos in the event of significant contamination, the UCI has withdrawn regulations that allow it. lap direction expel a team from a race when at least two riders test positive. A team will now be able to continue competing if they overcome two infections, and this should always be confirmed with a PCR test if the presence of the virus is discovered in nasal antigen tests.
this Tour is worried While it’s true that since fifty were abandoned on the Tour of Switzerland, many riders went home with common sense, without testing positive and fearing getting infected and not being able to compete in the French round.