Covid tests completed as Tour de France holds its breath

Egan Bernal, Primoz Roglic and the rest of the peloton has undergone a second wave of Covid-19 swab tests with the samples sent to Paris for analysis, the Tour de France testing centre confirmed to AFP on Monday’s rest day.

Any team returning two or more positive PCR tests, be they riders, managers, doctors, masseurs or mechanics, risks being excluded from the remainder of the race.

• Froome unsure if Tour de France organisers can prevent mass gatherings
• Tour de France remains on schedule

The original idea was to ban teams where two riders tested positive but two days ahead of the Grand Depart on 29 August, as much of France went on red alert with the pandemic numbers rising, the French government requested that it also include support staff.