Posted on 07/16/2024 6:16:51 AM PDT by Enlightened1
The Tour de France stepped up protective measures, to "limit health risks" in the face of a resurgence of Covid-19, which has affected several riders in recent days.
Masks must now be worn by everyone, including organisers, guests and journalists, who may be "in contact with the riders and members of the cycling teams" before and after the stages, said organisers Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO).
Several riders, including Britain's Tom Pidcock and Spain's Juan Ayuso, team-mate of yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar, have already retired after testing positive.
Pogacar said before the start of the race that he had been affected by the virus in mid-June while 2018 winner Geraint Thomas is continuing the Tour for the time being despite "slight symptoms".
Several riders such as Remco Evenepoel, who is third overall, have already started wearing masks again over the last few days with the Belgian explaining he was doing so because the journalists in front of him were not wearing them.
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Morons.
“Covid Restrictions Brought Back At Tour De France”
So they’ll be wearing masks when trying to race?
Just STOP testing
I thought they had learned years ago that masks don’t work. We had done away with them here years ago in all kinds of situations, but the other day I ran into a person(behind a glassed in partition) I needed to talk to. Said person was wearing a mask, the only one I’d seen around here in ages, & the voice was so muffled, it was almost impossible to understand this person. Stupidity at it’s finest!
Is it really so wrong to catch the common cold or possibly come down with bronchitis or pneumonia?
Leftist commies are clearly still in charge in France!
“Just STOP testing”
It’s a great way to eliminate the competition.....Sepp Kuss, probably the best American rider in the tour was held out for testing positive for covid.
There’s probably no more political sports body than the UCI.
Froggies. What can you expect? They imported Christian hating arsholes in order to burn their cities and attack citizens.
Burn, baby, burn.
People need to read Meryl Nass on Substack, she debunks Covid, and Bird Flu. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/yes-lab-made-and-lab-held-viruses
Yup—stop testing and Covid goes away.
Easy Peasy.
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