QuickStep-AlphaVinyl's Tour de France success hit by COVID-19 cases amongst staff
Belgian team hit by seven cases in a week

Celebrations for Yves Lampaert’s success in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France opening time trial turned t꧃o fear and concern at QuickStep-AlphaVinyl late on Friday night after new cases of COVID-19 emerged amongst key teamꦰ staff.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:QuickStep-AlphaVinyl revealed♑ that lead directeur sportif Tom Steels tested positive late in the day, forcing Luca Bramati to dash from Italy to take his place in the team cꦦar.
The team’s press officer Phil Lowe then confirmed to Cyclingnews that he was also positive after aಌ late-night test, while team manager Patrick Lefevere has revealed that mechanic Lounes Verschaeve and food manager Karolien Rector have also tested positive recently. 𝄹;
Communications manager Alessandro Tegner and osteopath Steven Vrancken both tested posit﷽ive befor🎉e travelling to the Tour de France and stayed at home.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tim Declercq tested positive on arrival in Denmark and was quickly 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:sent home and replaced ಞby French national champion Florian Sénéchal.
QuickStep-AlphaVinyl📖 are targ🙈eting sprint victories at the Tour de France with Fabio Jakobsen.
That means QuickStep-AlphaVinyl has suffered seven pos🎉itive cases in six days, five of them at the Tou𒀰r de France Grand Depart in Denmark.
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“However beautifully the Tour has started, the fear iꦯs still there. COVID is going around in our team and that is genuinel🐈y stressful. Every time my phone rings, I hold my heart. We're getting more than our fair share right now,” Lefevere said in his latest blog for Nieuwsblad.
“Fortunately, the staff largely work separately from the riders but it is not all that reassuring. It also punches holes 🧔in our organisation. If you take someone with you to the Tour,🌠 it is because that person has added value.”

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