Spain's Mas out of Tour de France with COVID

22.07.2022 - 15:51 channelnewsasia.com

Spain's Enric Mas has pulled out of the Tour de France after contracting COVID-19, his Movistar team said on Friday."Enric Mas will not start the 19th stage of the Tour after testing positive for COVID.

The Mallorcan is in good health," Movistar said in a statement.The 27-year-old, sixth overall last year and fifth in 2020 and also a two-time Tour of Spain runner-up, was 11th in the overall standings, 24 minutes and eight seconds behind overall leader Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark.Friday's 19th stage is a 188.5-km flat ride from Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors.

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Tour de France on Sunday, ending the reign of two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar after a gruelling three weeks and 3,350km of relentless struggle. The 25-year-old former fish-market worker claimed his first Tour de France title, a year after his break-out performance when he came second to Pogacar. "This victory is huge for me, it's incredible," said Vingegaard as he stood on top of the podium on a sun-kissed Champs Elysees. "There are so many people I want to thank but I don't know where to start," he added, reserving particular praise for organisers who started the race in his native Denmark. Vingegaard also hailed teammate Wout van Aert as "phenomenal" and "the best rider in the world", as he was flanked by second-placed Pogacar and 2018 champion Geraint Thomas, who was third.

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