Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) has deserted the Tour de France, climbing off the bike early on Friday’s stage 13.
The Spaniard, who lay eighth total at 7:09 behind race chief, teammate Tadej Pogačar, had lately examined constructive for COVID-19, in keeping with a report by the Spanish newspaper AS.
Ayuso reportedly returned a check exhibiting low ranges of the virus. He arrived on the stage begin in a separate car from his teammates and has been consuming meals with diminished contact with different crew members.
The 21-year-old had been seen racing in the direction of the again of the peloton within the early kilometres of stage 13 from Agen to Pau. He stopped his debut Tour simply because the assaults and accelerations had been flying on the entrance of the peloton within the crosswinds 25km into the stage.
The withdrawal implies that Pogačar is now down a key lieutenant for the weekend’s upcoming mountain assessments within the Pyrenees, in addition to for the Alps later within the race.
More to come back…
