Tour de France 2022: Enric Mas Nicolau drops out of Stage 19 after returning positive Covid-19 test
Enric Mas Nicolau has dropped out of Stage 19 of the Tour de France after returning positive Covid-19 test.
The 27-year-old Movistar rider was leading the charge for his side, sitting in 11th place in the General Classification, 24 minutes behind leader Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).
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He finished sixth in last year’s Tour and fifth in 2020, but his best results have come in the Vuelta a Espana, where he has twice finished second.
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But the man once tipped as the next Alberto Contador will now miss out on Stage 19’s flat 188.3km ride from Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors as well as the remaining two stages.
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The Tour de France has been plagued by a wave of Covid-19 cases.
Last week, Magnus Cort (EF Education–EasyPost) and Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) withdrew from the race after testing positive.
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