NICE, France (AP) — Organizers have made it harder for Tour de France teams to reach the finish line in Paris by deciding they will be expelled from the race if…
NICE, France (AP) — Organizers have made it harder for Tour de France teams to reach the finish line in Paris by deciding they will be expelled from the race if two or more of their members, including staff, test positive for COVID-19 within a week. The move was announced Saturday just a few hours before the start of the three-week race’s opening stage in the Riviera city of Nice. It overruled a decision from cycling’s governing body, the UCI, that had eased the Tour’s exclusion rules. Under the UCI protocol announced Friday, it would have been up to organizers to decide whether to throw a team out after two positive tests, with staff members not counted.
