Sick Aleksandr Vlasov abandons Giro d'Italia on stage 10
R🤡ussian GC contender was dropped🐭 early on long stage to Viareggio

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleksandr Vlasov has joined the growing list of riders to abandon the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d’Italia. The Bora-Hansgrohe rider 𓂃was seen struggling amongst the team cars on the climb into the Apennines and then climbed off with 130km to race.
His 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bora-Hansgrohe team confirmed Vlasov had abandoned via social media, saying: "Unfortunately, Aleksandr Vlasov has just abandoned the race." The team later confirmed to that Vlasov tested positive for COVID-19 after t🔜he🏅 stage.
Vlasov wa﷽s the Bora-Hansgrohe leader alongside Lennard Kämna. He was sixth overall at 1:03 down on new race leader Geraint Thomas after the Cesena time trial.
He was targeting the Gir꧙o d’Italia after Bora-Ha𝔍nsgrohe won the 2022 Corsa rosa with Jai Hindley. He finished fifth overall in the 2022 Tour de France and was fourth in the 2021 Giro d’Italia.
10 riders have now left the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia after testing positive for COVID-19, with others leaving due🐓 to illness and injury. Of the 163 riders that finished Sunday’s ti🐠me trial to Cesena, 11 riders have now left the Giro d’Italia, reducing the peloton to 152 riders.
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) announced he꧑ was positive for COVI๊D-19 late on Sunday night after winning the time trial and taking back the maglia rosa.
He travelled home on Mond🤪ay morning, becoming only the third rider to abandon the Giro while wearing the maglia rosa. In 1969 Eddy Merckx left the Giro after a positive anti-doping test, while Marco Pantani was disqualified in 1999 after failing a blood haematocrit test. Merckx was later cleared of any wrongdoing and went on to win that year’s Tour de France. Pantani never returned to his best and died in ও2004 due to a lethal combination of cocaine and medicines.
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Before the start of the rain-soaked stage 10 from Scandiano to Viareggio, Israel-Premier Tech announced that their GC leader Dome𓃲nico Pozzovivo wouldn't take the start. His teammate Mads Würtz Schmidt 💖also left the Giro due to illness.
Alpecin-Deceuninck announced that Oscar Riesebeek departed after spiking a fever, coughing, having diarrhea, and other issues, but he tested negative for COVID-19, Influenza and RSV, suggesting a bacterial lung infectio🦩n.
Intermarché-Circus-Wanty also a💎nnounced that Sven Erik Bystrøm had left the race due to COVID-19, despite having said he would race on with minor COVID-19 symptoms. Jayco-AlUla rider Callum Scotson also another non-starter due to illness.
🇮🇹 #GiroUnfortunately, @ale_vlasov has just abandoned the race.

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