The exclusion of a team from the Tour de France, which will start on Saturday afternoon in Nice, will be pronounced if two cases of coronavirus are detected there, including in the management, said race director Christian Prudhomme . 

The exclusion of a team from the Tour de France will be pronounced if two of its members, including management, are positive for Covid-19, the director of the Tour Christian Prudhomme told AFP on Saturday.

A decision taken "by the interministerial crisis unit"

The International Cycling Union (UCI) proposed on Friday that such an exclusion only occur if two of the eight riders were positive. "We remain at two cases out of 30 people from the same team over a period of seven days", declared Christian Prudhomme, adding that the decision "had been taken by the interministerial crisis unit".