LONDON, April 17 — Team Ineos boss Dave Brailsford says he will pull his riders out of the rescheduled Tour de France if he feels precautions against the coronavirus are not sufficient. Organisers on Wednesday announced that the tour would be raced from August 29 to September 20, postponing...
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LONDON, April 17 — Team Ineos boss Dave Brailsford says he will pull his riders out of the rescheduled Tour de France if he feels precautions against the coronavirus are not sufficient. The new dates follow President Emmanuel Macron’s extension of a ban on large public gatherings until mid-July. he would pull out of the event if he felt that precautions against Covid-19 were not panning out in a “measured, intelligent and responsible way”.“Whilst the race is on, we will plan to participate, but equally we will monitor the evolving nature of how things play out, as we did prior to Paris-Nice. This is a sensible, responsible and reasoned approach.
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