COVID-19

Reuters reports strict anti-COVID measures will be enforced as masks, distancing, and 'bubbles' return to the Tour de France.

The Argentine race returns to the calendar for the first time since 2020.

The Bora-Hansgrohe team details its immediate and longer-term approach to the virus.

His racing schedule is uncertain and it is not guaranteed that the Irish sprinter will compete again in 2022.

Lotto Soudal has seen half its team go home due to COVID-19 positives.

UAE Team Emirates reports that Ayuso's viral level is low enough that it presents a 'low risk of infectivity.'

Boy van Poppel and Santiago Buitrago the latest to leave due to the virus.

Rate of positives close to double that of the Tour de France.

Evenepoel hit a pre-Vuelta training camp in Calpe to get used to Spain's summer heat and humidity.

Bora-Hansgrohe rider says he has 'no way of knowing' how he got infected but describes being able to smell the breath of fans as the peloton rides by.

The BikeExchange-Jayco rider is the 16th to leave with COVID-19 since the race began.

The Irishman pulled out of the Spanish grand tour ahead of his time trial start.

So far, 14 riders have abandoned the Vuelta a España after catching COVID.

Quick-Step workhorse Serry's departure leaves Vuelta leader Remco Evenepoel short of key climber.

Seven positives in four days will worry organizers.

AG2R-Citroën loses two riders after Jaakko Hanninen and Andrea Vendrame test positive for COVID-19.

Two positive cases in two days will raise caution levels at race.

Hoole tested positive after developing a sore throat overnight.

Spanish grand tour adopting same COVID-19 rules applied during the Tour de France this summer.

Updated: 135 riders lined up for final stage into Paris as Boivin and Izagirre bow out; COVID-19 positives responsible for 44 percent of abandons.

A cruel time to quit the race for Israel-Premier Tech's Canadian climber. The team will race into Paris with four riders.

The French team is down to three riders for the closing stages of the 2022 Tour de France, Bora-Hansgrohe's Kämna and Cofidis' Walscheid also exit.

Neither rider is in the top-20 and both will face further testing prior to Tuesday's stage 16.

Cort wakes up with fever and headache while Clarke returns positive in routine test.

Team manager Joxean Fernández Matxin leaves race due to virus.

Yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard raises the fear of COVID, but fans and riders celebrate the return of the Tour's most famous climb.

'“If the doctor and the UCI say that he can start then I suppose they know what they’re doing,' says Pogačar's team boss.

Experienced race head also comments on COVID-19 cases, Pogačar and the race for the yellow jersey.

Pogačar points to huge crowds and mass contacts as problem after Bennett, Majka tested positive Tuesday.

Welshman sits fourth overall as the race moves deeper into the Alps on stage 11.

Tour rookie says Ineos Grenadiers must be tactical in its numbers because 'we are not racing crap riders' at Tour de France.

UPDATED: UAE Team Emirates sees its second rider leave the Tour de France with COVID-19, Majka positive but stays for now.

The Australian is the fourth rider to depart after contracting coronavirus during the Tour de France.

The news comes as relief for the riders in the peloton who could have faced expulsion from the race.

With a 30-person bubble and regular tests in 'amplified' battle against virus, UAE Team Emirates medical director explains protocol.

More worry following Martin departure as riders talk about testing and their concerns.

Two more riders out of the Tour de France ahead of the second rest day.

Pogačar shook off an early crash that sent Kevin Vermaerke home and put Nairo Quintana and others to the ground.

Tadej Pogačar's teammate Vegard Stake Langen and climber ace Geoffrey Bouchard become first riders struck by coronavirus.

Richard Plugge asks fans to respect riders as Tour returns to France.

Quick-Step's lead sport director and media officer both went home Saturday, and the team is racing with urgency.

Officials release the Tour start list Thursday and the field includes 22 teams and 176 riders.

Bob Jungels allowed to race after UCI medical team rules he is not infectious, despite a positive COVID-19 test Wednesday.

Team boss confirms American rider Larry Warbasse would not be selected as a replacement following recent COVID bout.

Matteo Trentin returned a COVID-19 diagnosis Wednesday and Marc Hirschi will replace him.

Jumbo-Visma is among several teams hit by COVID just days ahead of the start of the 2022 Tour.

'In view of the evolution of the international health situation and on the eve of the Tour, it has become necessary to reinforce measures in force.'

The Belgian domestique is out days before the race starts.

Three-time world champion returns to racing on Sunday at Slovakian national championships: 'Peter is very good, he’s really good'

Peter Sagan, Adam Yates, Aleksandr Vlasov among victims of Suisse COVID wave yet to be confirmed for France.

Jumbo-Visma set to stagger Tour de France lineup reveal due to COVID-19 situation.

Slovak star infected for third time, exits Tour de Suisse: 'I have no symptoms, and I feel well.'

Staff scramble to reconfigure schedules as top workhorses like Rohan Dennis and Sepp Kuss miss crucial pre-Tour efforts.

COVID-19 is running unabated across the peloton at the Tour de Suisse, and scores of riders are being impacted.

Pogačar's team sends home four riders from Slovenia and Suisse as spike in cases raises alarm bells before start of the Tour de France.

Bahrain Victorious pull team out of Tour de Suisse as COVID spike continues unabated.

Wave of COVID cases sweeps across the Tour de Suisse, with Jumbo-Visma, three from Team DSM and Joey Rosskopf also leaving.

The team plays down how this could alter its Tour de France roster.

The 23-year-old Portuguese rider was poised in fourth overall in GC ahead of stage 18.

American team down to five riders as its Giro d'Italia takes another blow.

Sagan set to race Tour de Suisse after what coach says was a 're-set mentally and physically' in wake of string of setbacks and poor performances.

Spanish champion Mavi Garcia had been a favorite for the race but she is among those to have contracted coronavirus.

Triple world champ back on bike, scheduled for Tour de Suisse, Tour de France.

The American rider was called up to the monument this week after Tadej Pogačar had to travel home.

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig will also miss the race following a positive COVID-19 test earlier in April.

Trek-Segafredo team loses major opponent after Vos ruled out of Paris-Roubaix Femmes on morning of race.

'When I tested positive this morning, the world came crashing down for a moment,' says Dutch rider.

Belgian star to make racing return after missing Tour of Flanders and Amstel Gold Race.

Team cuts rider after just eight days of racing due to ‘multiple contract breaches.’

Belgian home-crowd favorite is out for Sunday's monument, and will be recuperating from coronavirus.

Riders continue to struggle with illness and fitness ahead of Sunday's De Ronde: ‘We are all chasing shape.’

2018 winner Tiesj Benoot will lead Jumbo-Visma at Strade Bianche.

Spiking omicron cases is putting the peloton on edge ahead of the spring classics and major stage races.

The Colombian sprinter has been replaced by Pascal Ackermannat the UAE Tour after testing positive for the virus.

The omicron variant is catching out riders and teams at a much higher pace than during the first two seasons of the pandemic.

The two-time Tour de France winner tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

Two teams exit the early season Spanish race just days after BikeExchange-Jayco also pulled out for COVID outbreak.

The coronavirus pandemic is here to stay, for a little while longer at least. How will it impact races and riders in 2022?

Belgian riders Quentin Hermans and Xaydee Van Sinaey will miss out on worlds; two Bora-Hansgrohe riders to miss Mallorca.

New Belgian COVID regulations give renewed hope that classics racing may see spectators at the roadside this spring.