The Tour de France will continue.
No team has identified a positive Covid-19 case to the immense relief of the organizers who postponed the announcement of the results by more than two hours.
Since Tuesday morning, all the teams have been informed by ASO, the organizer of the event, of the results of the Covid tests concerning them and carried out on the entire team (riders, technical staff, medical staff, mechanics, assistants) .
All were instructed not to communicate anything to the outside.
Transmitted to the chief doctor of the Tour de France, Florence Pommery, the results of the tests were communicated to ASO and to the UCI, the International Federation which is observing the process.
Gradually, the teams therefore received the green light from ASO and were able to go to the island of Oléron, the start of the tenth stage which will reach the island of Ré.
But ASO's procrastination can be explained by the case of the Deceuninck - Quick Step formation, that of Julian Alaphilippe.
A positive case has been notified to the team.
A priori, that of the bus driver.
As required by the procedure, it was retested a second time.
And this test invalidated the first ...
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The Belgian team was therefore able to reach the island of Oléron.
Whatever happens, she could have taken the start because the regulations specify that a team is ejected from the event from two positive cases over seven days.
The second test will take place in Isère on Monday September 14 for the next rest day.
