The race organization, whose methods have been singled out by an association of Belgian doctors, is carrying out new Covid tests on the whole peloton this Sunday and Monday.
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Sunday evening, at the end of the stage between Rodez and Carcassonne, all the riders (then the staffs, Monday) of the teams will pass a new antigenic test organized by the race organization. This will be the second and last battery of tests conducted by ASO since the start of the event in Denmark. The first had resulted, a week ago, in a negative result for all the athletes.
Tests “unworthy” of an organization according to Belgian doctors
These results had fueled the suspicion of the association of sports doctors and the effort of Belgium (SKA), considering that these tests had not all been carried out in “the rules of art“. “The swab is not inserted far enough into the nose“, lamented the association on Thursday, not tender with the management of the event”It is unworthy of an organization like ASO“, added Tom Teulingkx, president of the SKA, surprised at the zero points while the tests carried out by the teams had…
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