"Tour of France" loses its manager's services for 8 days due to the Corona virus

Today, the organizing committee of the Tour of France learned that its director, Christian Brodome, was infected with the "Covid-19" virus, and he must stay away from the race for a week.

The sources pointed out that the results of the tests of the participating cyclists are negative, and they can follow the circumnavigation, whose tenth stage begins this afternoon.

The director of the cruise, who will be replaced by Francois Le Marchan, will return to his post after the second day of rest, next Monday.

Prodom, who did not show symptoms of infection with the virus, told (AFP): I will leave the circumambulation for eight days, "adding," I will do the same as any French employee in this kind of case. "

Tests conducted during the first day of rest at Charente-Maritime confirmed that several members of the technical staff of the teams were infected.

However, no team has seen more than one positive case, so there will be no collective exclusion.

According to the health protocol decided by the authorities before the start of the circumnavigation on August 29 in Nice, a team participating in the Tour of France will be excluded from the competitions in the event that two of the 30 people in its ranks are injured, including officials and technical equipment.

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