30 riders abandon Tour de Suisse today. Here is the list:

The sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse will likely be a day to remember for years. However, not for good reasons... A total of 30 riders have abandoned the race before the stage even began, off the back of an extra 16 the day before as Covid-19 is rampaging through the peloton.

Although not all abandons are related to Covid, the grand majority are riders who tested positive and their respective teammates for precaution reasons in some cases. 94 riders took to the start of the sixth stage, without race leader Aleksandr Vlasov who was one of the victims.

Here are the 30 riders who did not take to the start today:
Alpecin-Fenix ("2 unnamed riders")

Stefano Oldani

Jimmy Janssens

Silvan Dillier

Xandro Meurisse

Sjoerd Bax

Joel Suter

Matteo Trentin

Rui Costa

Diego Ulissi*

Marc Hirschi*

Marc Soler

Alessandro Covi

Louis Vervaeke*

Gianluca Brambilla

Aleksandr Vlasov*

Anton Palzer*

Tom Pidcock*

Alex Aranburu

Sebastian Berwick*

Reto Hollenstein

Stephen Williams

Yukiya Arashiro

Filip Maciejuk

Edoardo Zambanini

Johan Price-Pejtersen

Rigoberto Urán*

Hugh Carthy*

Stefan Bissegger*

Alberto Bettiol*

* Confirmed positive Covid-19 test