Covid -19 has infected many riders in Tour de Suisse and Aleksandr Vlasov is one of them. Aleksandr Vlasov will not compete in the Tour of Switzerland's sixth stage. The stage five winner tested positive for the coronavirus and will be forced to abandon the race. Teammate Anton Palzer will also be forced to withdraw from the race due to covid infection.
The Russian climber won the fifth stage of the race and was coming into the mountains in the lead of the race, but has been stopped on his tracks with an infection that has come from an outbreak in the race. Teammate Anton Palzer also abandoned the race after testing positive.
These are only a few of the many cases that have been revealed this morning in the Tour de Suisse, which has caused several other teams and riders to abandon the race.
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- Let Torito have a shot at it
Rafionain-Glas03-11-2026 - A great route, much more exciting than the Tour de France. Monte Livata is an interesting one, because they experimented with it at the 2026 Baby Giro, and it was fantastic. 4 km at 10%, then 10 km at 6.5% made for a great spectacle. The stage 16 is horribleRafionain-Glas03-11-2026
- I remember when Mark went through that. He was really experiencing lows and thought about quiting many times. It took him a long time to recover. I, like many others were overjoyed when he came back. I hope Lafay has been tested. I wish him the best.Paggss03-11-2026
- That sucks for him. I've always wondered what guys like him do after retiring from cycling - go back to uni? He's still a very young manCrashjames03-11-2026
- Good Point, I wonder if he's been testedmhfrvz03-11-2026
- A busy boy!Lozza03-11-2026
- I hope 2027 is his year.mij03-11-2026
- why does he have to? many GT riders from Froome to Contador to Indurain didn't do them.mij03-11-2026
- I think Jonas would have lost the TDF by 4+ minutes (at the least) and might not have even been in the top 3. Too much talent in the younger riders to say anyone not named Pogačar would have been top 3md197503-11-2026
- this is just stupid. you already have 23%, gravel is over the topabstractengineer03-11-2026
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🇨🇭 #TourdeSuisse2022 Unfortunately, @ale_vlasov and @AntonPalzer will not start the Tour de Suisse today, due to their positive Covid tests during routine testing.
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