“Due to a persistent cold that started a few days ago and didn’t get better during the rest day, Kämna will not start in the Tour again,” his team reported via Twitter. Bora-hansgrohe also said all daily tests for Covid-19 were negative.
Kämna was on the attack several times in this Tour de France. For example, the German was in the lead for a long time in the seventh stage to La Super Planche des Belles Filles, but was overtaken just before the finish by the later stage winner Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. In the tenth stage to Megève, Kämna finished tenth from a long flight and just missed the yellow jersey.
He was in 26th place in the general classification, more than an hour from Jumbo-Visma’s Dane Vingegaard.