Tour de France in doubt after Covid red alert issued before Grand Départ in Nice

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  • Alpes-Maritimes region, where race starts, on red alert
  • Prime minister: ‘France must prevent a new lockdown’

The 2020 Tour de France, scheduled to start in Nice on Saturday, is edging closer to collapse after the Alpes-Maritimes region, site of the opening stages of the race, was placed on red alert owing to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tensions surrounding the race ramped up further still on Thursday evening after the Lotto-Soudal team announced two of their team’s support staff has tested “non-negative” for Covid-19 and had been sent home from Nice. “Safety remains priority number one,” the statement read.

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