Covid cases rise and force Tour de France to tighten restrictions for yet another year

July 14, 2024

COVID-19 positives haven’t gone anywhere, in the peloton or the real world. A positive at the Critérium du Dauphiné denied vital Vingegaard lieutenant Sepp Kuss his Tour start, with David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek) also testing positive.

That meant positives at the Tour were somewhat inevitable. People in the race and in the accompanying travelling circus fly in from around the world, carrying their own strains of COVID-19, their own germs, and the physical stress of 21 days (plus so-called rest days) of work. Escape Collective