Ciccone removed from Trek-Segafredo's Tirreno-Adriatico roster after positive COVID-19 test
'Trek-Segafredo will provide maximum support to Ciccon♋e 🥂while waiting for his full recovery' say team

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trek-Segafredo announced Thursday that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giulio Ciccone has been removed from their roster for the upcoming 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tirreno-Adriatico, set to start on September 7, aft💧er returning a positive test 🐭result for COVID-19 in a swab test taken on August 31.
The team confirmed that all teammates that were in contact with Ciccone 💛at a recent training camp have tested negative for the virus.
"Trek-Segafredo confirms that its rider Giulio C🐠iccone has returned a positive COVID-19 test result," re🅘ad a team statement. "The test was completed on August 31 in compliance with the UCI regulations prior to his participation at Tirreno-Adriatico. The Italian stage race was an important objective for Ciccone in his preparation for the Giro d'Italia."
Ciccone was scheduled to compete at Tirreno-Adriatico, held from September 7-14 with a team that includes oveꦑrall contender Vincenzo Nibali along with Julien Bernard, Gianluca Brambilla, Koen De Kort, Antonio Nibali and Pieter Weening. The Italian was using the event as preparation for the Giro d&꧋rsquo;Italia, held from October 3-15.
Ciccone last competeꦬd at the Italian National Championships, where he placed 26th on August 23 and then joined his teammates at Trek-Segafredo at team camp to prepare for Tirreno-Adriatico.
The team confirmed that this was Ciccone's last contact with his teammates but that all riders and staff had followed strict social-distancing protocols while at camp,🌜 and that the rider tested negative for COVID-19 after a routine check.
"Ciccone's last contact with his Trek-Segafredo teammates was on the evening of the 23rd at a team camp dinner, during which, as per team policy, social distancing was mꦬaintained," Trek-Segafredo stated.
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"Like all memberܫs present at the team camp and as further team policy dictates, Ciccone slept in a single room. As part of the team'🔯s internal COVID-19 protocol, all riders and staff present had swab tests upon arrival at the camp. All tests, including Ciccone's, were negative."
Despite the negative test, the team was in consultation with med🅠ical staff, and allowed Ciccone♈ to return home after he cited symptoms of fatigue. In compliance with the UCI COVID-19 protocol, Ciccone underwent a second test on August 31 ahead of his expected participation at Tirreno-Adriatico. This test returned positive for COVID-19.
"Due to symptoms of fatigue expressed by Ciccone, the medical staff, despite the negative test performed for COVID-19, decided 🤡to allow the rider to return home where he could continue to train individually," Trek-Segafredo stated.
"On August 31, in compliance with UCI regulations prior to his participation at Tirreno-Adriatico, Ciccone returned a positive COVID-19 test. As a precautionary step, all the riders and ❀staff at the camp Ciccone had previously attended were ꦗalso tested that same day (August 31), with all delivering negative results."
Trek-Segafredo confirmed that a second COVID-19 is sc✃heduled for team members on September 3 and that the team will provide maximum support to Ciccone while waiting for his full recovery.

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