Ineos will seek to rule out a false positive for COVID-19 by Richard Carapaz | Other Sports | sports

Bad news arrived this Saturday from France with the Richard Carapaz tested positive for COVID-19, one week after his announced participation in the National Road Championship which will be held on February 20 in Quito.

Carapaz ran this week the Tour of Provencea competition that subjected the batch of runners to routine tests. The carchense tested positive and had to leave the French roundwhich played its third stage this Saturday.

“Unfortunately, due to a positive COVID-19 test, Richard Carapaz will not take the start today in the Tour de la Provence”, reported the British squad.

santiago roseropresident of the Ecuadorian Cycling Federation, made contact with Carapaz and confirmed that the tricolor rider “no symptoms”.

The main thing, revealed Rosero, is that the Ecuadorian cyclist “is in good health”and that before the negatives of the rest of his companions in the French test, led by his partner Filippo Ganna, Ineos will subject the carchense to new tests.

“Your team will repeat the test to rule out a false positive,” Rosero said.a situation that opens the possibility of traveling this week to be in the nationals, an event of which it is one of the main attractions.

Rosero added that “The wish” of Carapaz “is to be in the National Championship”which will run on Sunday February 20 in the commercial area of ​​Quito.

Richard Carapaz and Miryam Núñez lead the pack for cycling nationals

The national competition will have this year the presence of the WorldTour riders, as Jonathan Caicedo (EF Education-EasyPost), as well as the corridor of the ProTeam Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli and the defending champion Alexander Cepeda.

with them will be Miryam Núñez, national road and time trial champion, signed this year by the Massi-Tactic UCI Women’s Team, from Spain.

The batch of local riders will be completed by cyclists from the continental teams Movistar-Best PC and Banco Guayaquil-Ecuador, which have in their ranks the experienced Byron Guama or Jorge Montenegrowho will defend the title of national champion in the time trial.

For this 2022, the Federation expects the participation of about 90 cyclists for tests of online route and individual time trial in sub-23 and elite categories, women and men, tests registered in the International Cycling Union. (D)