The German road bike champion Maximilian Schachmann also tested positive for Corona a few days after the Tour de Suisse and has to worry about taking part in the Tour de France.
He has already canceled his start at the German championships at the weekend in Sauerland, where he wanted to defend his title from last year. “The effects on a possible Tour de France nomination cannot yet be assessed,” said his Bora-hansgrohe racing team. Schachmann was actually scheduled for the 109th Tour of France, which begins on July 1 in Copenhagen. The Bora team wants to announce its squad on Sunday.
There were numerous corona cases at the Tour de Suisse last week. More than 40 drivers had to end the race prematurely. There were also three positive tests in Schachmann’s team during the tour, including the Russian Alexander Wlassow, who even had to leave the race as first overall.
Schachmann, on the other hand, had finished the Tour de Suisse and finished tenth overall. Now the setback. The native of Berlin only had a corona disease at the beginning of the year and then a serious infection.