And Matthews might even be negative after allCovering positives and sending home Kru, Yates and Matthews, sure buddy...
They are never very specific about this though. Perhaps they felt much safer because the second wave had yet to pick up?That's not very nuanced. Riders are under contract, they cannot "just go home" if they want. De Gendt said that there were several riders coughing yesterday, and that the Tour was organized much better regarding rider safety.
Or they're so sure nothing will happen that they've been allowed to do their own thingInteresting. Boaro and Campenaerts up the road bodes will for some GC action...
Coughing is by many riders considered a sign of top formThey are never very specific about this though. Perhaps they felt much safer because the second wave had yet to pick up?
Riders can cough for a number of ailments.
Matthews was a mistake, they only wanted to eliminate Nibali's competition.And Matthews might even be negative after all
I checked what the 7 day moving average of new cases was in France on the second Wednesday of the Tour and it was higher than the 7 day moving average for Italy now even accounting for population (something like 7300 cases on average in France vs about 5500 in Italy).They are never very specific about this though. Perhaps they felt much safer because the second wave had yet to pick up?
Riders can cough for a number of ailments. It's much colder now than during the Tour for instance.
Ah yes, only reading the headlines. The objectively most stupid thing one can do except when I do itA lot of judging here, but have those people read the actual interview with De Gendt? He said that he doesn't think the organizers are telling the whole truth, with which he was specifically referring to the statement that all of the 17 policemen found positive were not helping in the Giro, but in the Giro-E. He didn't say they're hiding positive cases.
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Thomas De Gendt voelt zich "onveilig" in de Giro: "Het gaat de slechte kant op"
Thomas De Gendt (33) is vandaag in Cesenatico van start gegaan voor de 12e rit van de Giro, maar dat was met frisse tegenzin. De renner gaf in een openhartig gesprek met onze reporter aan dat hij zich "onveilig" voelt. "Het gaat de verkeerde kant uit. Ik heb het gevoel dat de organisatie dingen...sporza.be
They'll get away with it because they will fail miserably later anyway and everyone will forget.Top tip to Movistar: if you're going to do a 5 second Sticky Bottle on an uphill drag a) try to do it while the helicopter isn't right in front of you and b) at least have the rider take the bottle rather than chuck it back in the team car
This, I think it's easier to believe that some positives were covered up durning the Tour...Covering positives and sending home Kru, Yates and Matthews, sure buddy...
You haven't read the article, and you're commenting about "suspecting", "having the impression" etc. OK.
We're all not in this Giro, and De Gendt, from what I've heard in other interviews, is far from the only one commenting on safety standards etc.