It didn’t even end this Thursday White Stonesor of the Sierra of Pandera nor the brutal outcome andn Sierra Nevada at a height of 2,512 meters. At this stage the judge the return It will end up being Covid. As has been the case throughout the season, it was known that the threat of coronavius would haunt the squad of the Spanish round, but what no one counted on was the high capacity of contagion. This Thursday five runners did not start. Three team members Kern Pharma –Roger Adrià, Héctor Carrtero and Pau Miquel– and two of the best cyclists in general: the British Simon Yate and the French Pavel Shivakov.
Several casualties, including the collapse of Julian Alaphilippe, They left the platoon with only 160 units, they started on August 19 Utrecht (Netherlands) 182 runners. For more than one and two cyclists and team managers, this edition of La Vuelta will be very long and the suffering may be unbearable. As an example, the uncertainty that exists around young people John Ayuso, after he pulled out of the time trial after suffering a headache and later yesterday admitted he had muscle discomfort during the night. So far, he has avoided the coronavirus, which no other 20 platoon mates have been able to do.
A quiet guest, but terrifying and deadly for the race, who can appear at any time, even when no one expects him, as happened in Enrique More three days after the end of the Tour. Precisely, the Balearic admitted that “”there is concern about Covid; in my case it’s also true that I had it recently and experts will know better than me if I can get infected again in such a short time. I hope everything happens. well for us in that sense. To continue…”, while at his side Alexander Valverde He recognized that “Covid is still there. They may not be as aggressive as before, but in the face of anything positive, you have to leave the race.”
Runners, teams, and the organization itself follow a strict protocol, which has so far failed to contain the coronavirus. A worrying scenario director of La Vuelta, Javier Guillen. “There is a very clear UCI (International Cycling Union) protocol to follow. We know there will be Covid, but the drop is bigger than we expected. There are many asymptomatic and those with symptoms are very weak. The teams are keep analyzing and that’s why they come out positive.”
Some positives that so far are changing the progress of the test – not only in the race, but in the preparation of the return of runners who have previously tested positive and are performing below their level – and still have 10 stages left to reach Madrid next September 11.
Source: La Verdad
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