The Back to Burgos It was the first cycling test that has taken the start in Spain since the world of sports stopped all its activity in mid-March due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The first stage in Burgos was uneventfully played off the asphalt, but on the second day of competition the threat of viruses has set off all the alarms.
Three cyclists have had to get off the bike because they were in contact last Saturday with a person who had tested positive for coronavirus. Colombian cyclists from UAE Team Emirates Sebastian Molano, Cristian Muñoz and Camilo Ardina they have not taken the start of the second stage of the Vuelta a Burgos between Castrojeriz and Villadiego.
According to EFE
All of them have given a negative result in the first virus test, but “as a precaution” it was decided not to join the platoon.
The coffee runners remain isolated in a hotel in Burgos and, according to what the EFE agency has learned, all of them have given a negative result in the first test for the virus, but “as a precaution” it was decided not to join the platoon. In any case, the Tour of Burgos has already ended for Molano, Muñoz and Ardina.
Juan Sebastián Molano and Cristian Camilo Muñoz on their arrival in Barajas. (Getty)
From the whole of the United Arab Emirates they have affirmed that the three runners gave a negative result in the test that was carried out in the days prior to the test, but following the protocol of the team itself and the International Cycling Union, the decision was made not to participate in the Burgos race.
In this way, there are already five cyclists separated from the race for fear of contagion, since the three Colombians join Itamar Einhorn and Alex Dowsett of Israel Startup Nation, who did not take the start of the first stage of the Vuelta a Burgos. At the moment, none of the runners has tested positive.
Homage to his partner
“It was very hard not to have Sebastián Molano”
The first stage of the race, played in the city of Burgos, was won by the Austrian Felix Grobschartner and there was an accident in which Gijs Leemreize lost part of a finger and Sebastian Henao suffered a dislocation of the right shoulder.
Memory of Gaviria to his teammates after winning the second stage
The collective work has been key in the victory of the Colombian Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) in the second stage of the Cycling Tour of Burgos, disputed this Wednesday, the winner was declared before the journalists, alluding to the three losses suffered by his team before departure.
“We have decided not to control the leak,” said the Colombian, aware that it was going to be a difficult stage, with three fewer riders and a five-unit break that has been absorbed less than fifteen kilometers from the finish line.
Gaviria crosses the finish line first in the second stage of the Vuelta a Burgos. (EFE)
For Gaviria, “it has been very hard not to have Sebastián Molano”, one of his regular ‘pitchers’ to the sprint, isolated in a Burgos hotel with his companions Cristian Muñoz and Camilo Ardina, as a preventive measure for having had contact recent with a person who has tested positive for Covid after PCR.
However, “luck and legs” have accompanied him after “attacking at the right time” in a long sprint, about three hundred meters from the finish line. The winner of this second stage has had a memory for the three companions who have not been able to take the start, who “wanted to be running to help the team” and whose isolation will condition the rest in the way of being in the hotel, so “We will have to take more care, cover ourselves with the mask.”
