Sivakov to miss first shot at French road title
Ineos rider sick but COVID-19 negative

Pavel Sivakov will miss his first chance to contest the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:French Road Championships, announcing on social media that he is sick with a fever and will not take the start. The F𝐆rench championships will take place in Cholet this week with the men's road race held on Sunday.
The Ineos Grenadiers rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:changed his nationality from Russian to French in March. The UCI barred Russian licensees from racing in the World Championships afterও R🦩ussia invaded Ukraine.
Sivakov was born in Italy🥃 and raised in France and said the country feels like his home.
"I have wanted to become a French national for some ♒time and had ꦇmade the request to the UCI, but given what is happening in the Ukraine at the moment, I wanted to fast track this," he said at the time.
The change made him eligiblꩵe to compete for France. "To now have t✃he opportunity to race as a French national in international events makes me incredibly happy," Sivakov said in March. "It would be a dream to race in Paris at the 2024 Olympics for France."
However, on Tuesday he reve⛦aled that he is suff🅺ering from illness.
"Unfortunately I am forced to give up the French Championꦓships, sick, suffering from fever and other symptoms since last Sunday, I wo෴uld not be able to take the start of the two events... No Covid following several negative tests."
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Sivakov is not on Ineos Grenadiers' Tour de France list, having finished the Giro d'Italia in 16th place after helping Richard Carapaz in his unsuccessful bid t🃏o win a second title.

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