The Giro registers two other positives for coronavirus. The Colombian cyclist Fernando Gaviria (UAE) and a member of the staff of the French team AG2R are infected. Gaviria is the first runner to be reinfected, as he had the disease in March, during the Tour of the Emirates. The two affected have been isolated and the race continues today with the celebration of the sixteenth stage. Portuguese Joao Almeida is the leader, with Pello Bilbao in fifth place.
In total, 492 controls were carried out during the second rest day. Gaviria is well, “completely asymptomatic”, according to his team, and has already started the quarantine. His case is a reinfection, something not very frequent. . That the UAE sprinter has the virus again raises concern. Having passed the disease does not guarantee immunity.
During this season he has achieved six victories, three stages in the Tour of Colombia, one in the Vuelta a Burgos, another in the Tour de Limousin, in addition to the Giro Toscana. So far this Giro has not been at the level of the best sprinters.
It is the fourth corridor of the Giro that is separated by the pandemic. Before they fell Simon Yates, Steven Kruijswijk and Michael Matthews. In principle, there will be no more anti-covid test rounds in this edition of the pink round, which will end on Sunday in Milan.
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