abandonment of Guillaume Martin from the northern Cofidis team, positive for Covid

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“It’s a huge disappointment, he could do well”, confides Cédric Vasseur, the manager of the northern team Cofidis. Guillaume Martin will not be at the start of the ninth stage of the Tour de France this Sunday noon. His abandonment was confirmed within one hour of departurein Aigle, Switzerland.

Three positive tests, the rest of the team is negative

The Norman rider first carried out two positive tests with the northern team doctor on Saturday, before an emergency test this Sunday morning by the mobile unit of ASO, the organization of the Tour de France. This last test confirmed his positivity. The other riders of the team as well as all the staff have also been tested: they are all negative. The management of Team Cofidis explains thatA new compulsory test will be carried out after the rest day scheduled for Monday.

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The third abandonment in less than two days

Guillaume Martin, very disappointed, sent a message of encouragement this morning to his teammates. 14th overall on this edition, he was the first Frenchman on the Tour last year, which he finished in eighth place. He is the third rider to leave the race for reasons of Covid, after the Frenchman Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R Citroën) and the Norwegian Vegard Stake Laengen (UAE), a teammate of the yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar.


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