Effects of coronavirus on professional races

[Pantani_lives]

All the riders will be tested this evening or tomorrow on the resting day, so the results will probably be known before the start on Tuesday. The other riders of M-S had a negative test, but we'll have to wait to know if there are others. Hopefully not.

 

[Finn84]

Two other riders from Mitchelton-Scott have already abandoned so it is possible that room-mate was already out.

 

[Red Rick]

I'm not so scared. Riders getting confectious diseases is unlikely to be a new thing, and it's not like this is infinitely more contagious than the common cold or the flu, and we quite rarely see entire pelotons (or indeed large parts) falling victim to the same disease during a race...

COVID mostly relies on super spreaders so if theres none of them in the peloton I think they should be fine.

 

[RedheadDane]

(This is about the effect on coronavirus on professional races, more specifically; the effect on the schedule.)

Looks like we're not the only ones being slightly confused about which races is going on when.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1315833310602555393

View: https://twitter.com/hornerakg/status/1315833310602555393

 

[Netserk]

Kruijswijk positive. A Sunweb rider too.

I understand intra-team spread of the virus, but it is unclear if the new cases are because the bubbles have been compromised or if it is passed on between teams.

 

[SafeBet]

Not looking good.

 

[tobydawq]

Why does it have to be the big favourites (do NOT mention the word voodoo)?!

I really hope the Sunweb rider is not Kelderman or Matthews.

 

[tobydawq]

Four Mitchelton staffers positive so the team withdraws. Seems like a sensible decision.

 

[SafeBet]

Any info on who the Sunweb rider is?

 

[tobydawq]

Any info on who the Sunweb rider is?

No. It's freaking annoying.

 

[Pantani_lives]

With five positives in a week M-S had to withdraw, even if there isn't a strict rule about this.

Kruijswijk comes completely out of the blue. He has no symptoms. He has a lot of bad luck in his career. His attempts to win the Giro seem doomed...

 

[Climbing]

No. It's freaking annoying.

Seems pretty obvious who is... virus looks pretty precise till now...

 

[tobydawq]

Seems pretty obvious who is... virus looks pretty precise till now...

Hmm, if it was Kelderman wouldn't you think they would have announced it by now?

 

[FjPavels]

Joint RCS Sport-UCI announcement regarding the 11th and 12th October testing campaign

www.uci.org

Press release about the testing

 

[SarahtheDane]

Seems pretty obvious who is... virus looks pretty precise till now...

A sprinter to make the podium at this rate?

 

[Red Rick]

Kruijswijk positive. A Sunweb rider too.

I understand intra-team spread of the virus, but it is unclear if the new cases are because the bubbles have been compromised or if it is passed on between teams.

Van Emden was interviewed and he said Jumbo had been at a buffet where there had been people from outside the apparently shambolic bubble.

 

[SarahtheDane]

COVID mostly relies on super spreaders so if theres none of them in the peloton I think they should be fine.

I just wanna stress again, while it's true that for some reason some people are more likely to contaminate the people they're around than others, a key ingredient to being a super spreader is surrounding yourself with a lot of people. Which these riders of course are doing.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Any info on who the Sunweb rider is?

It will be Matthews. Then they will start winning stages.

 

[yaco]

It is Matthews.

 

[tobydawq]

Damn.

 

[SarahtheDane]

Van Emden was interviewed and he said Jumbo had been at a buffet where there had been people from outside the apparently shambolic bubble.

Why on earth would they eat from a buffet?

 

[yaco]

Why on earth would they eat from a buffet?

The team never ate from the Buffet - They ate separately from other teams and visitors at the hotel.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

(This is about the effect on coronavirus on professional races, more specifically; the effect on the schedule.)

Looks like we're not the only ones being slightly confused about which races is going on when.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1315833310602555393

View: https://twitter.com/hornerakg/status/1315833310602555393

Maybe he has forgotten which race he actually won

 

[BlueRoads]

So three riders tested positive by now and two of them were among the top contenders for the win and the third is another big name? What are the odds?

 

[SarahtheDane]

So three riders tested positive by now and two of them were among the top contenders for the win and the third is another big name? What are the odds?

Nibali's doing?