Tour of Switzerland, also Ulissi positive at Covid. Team Emirates retires

Covid-19 is not a little affecting the Tour of Switzerland and that of Slovenia. Shortly before the start of the legs of the two WorldTour races, the UAE Team Emirates announced that it had “recorded two cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, specifically in relation to Marc Hirschi (involved in the Tour of Switzerland) and Mikkel Bjerg (competing in the Tour of Slovenia) “. “Both riders left their respective competitions. All the other athletes and staff members present in the two races immediately underwent tests: for all of them negative response,” added the UAE Team Emirates.

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UAE Team Emirates, who also stopped Suter, Hirschi’s roommate, also made it official that Diego Ulissi tested positive. And after this other case, the UAE team left the Tour of Switzerland.