The Italian Filippo Gannadouble time trial world champion, abandoned the tour in italy tflush give positive for Covid-19as announced by his Ineos team before the start of the eighth stage this Saturday.
“Filippo Ganna will not start the eighth stage of the Giro after testing positive for Covid-19. He has mild flu symptoms,” the British team said. “The Philippines will rest and fully recover before continuing the rest of the season,” he added.
The departure of the Italian, time trial world champion in 2020 and 2021, is a heavy blow for Ineos as many riders are candidates to fight for the pink jersey.
Second in the prologue, Ganna himself has big ambitions for this Sunday’s 35km individual time trial between Savignano sul Rubicone and Cesena.
He is the fourth rider to withdraw from this 106th edition of the Giro due to positive Covid-19 after Frenchman Clément Russo (Arkéa-Samsic) on Thursday and Italians Nicola Conci (Alpecin) and Giovanni Aleotti (Bora) on Friday.
In the days before the start of the Giro, last Saturday, other riders had to withdraw for the same reason, including three of Primoz Roglic’s teammates in the Jumbo-Visma team.
On Saturday morning, French team Groupama-FDJ announced the withdrawal of Lars van den Berg due to illness. Dutch cyclist tests negative for Covid.
Source: La Verdad
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