ALMS: Geoffrey Bouchard became the first Tour de France rider to drop out of the race with COVID-19[feminine]said his AG2R-Citroën team on Saturday.
“During the (seventh) stage (Friday), I didn’t feel well. It’s a huge disappointment because we were about to reach my favorite terrain, the mountains,” Bouchard said in a statement. ‘crew.
Bouchard, 30, won the mountain classification at the 2019 Tour of Spain and at the Giro d’Italia last year.
AG2R-Citroën said the rest of the team, from which Bouchard was isolated, tested negative for COVID-19.
“During the (seventh) stage (Friday), I didn’t feel well. It’s a huge disappointment because we were about to reach my favorite terrain, the mountains,” Bouchard said in a statement. ‘crew.
Bouchard, 30, won the mountain classification at the 2019 Tour of Spain and at the Giro d’Italia last year.
AG2R-Citroën said the rest of the team, from which Bouchard was isolated, tested negative for COVID-19.