Tomares (Seville), 6 Sep (EFE) .- Colombian Jhoan Esteban Chaves (EF Education and learning) and Belgian Maxim van Gils (Lotto Soudal), this 1 with the covid, did not start off in the sixteenth phase of the Vuelta 2022, a working day in between the Cadiz metropolis of Sanlúcar de Barrameda and the Sevillian town of Tomares with 189.4 kilometers nearly flat.
Concerning the withdrawal of Van Gils, the group reveals that it was soon after “possessing communicated his favourable to Covid through the relaxation day” Concerning Chaves, 3rd in the 2016 lap and second in the similar 12 months, however, he does not clarify the purpose.
With these two new dropouts, a complete of 142 riders began on Tuesday in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, 42 fewer than the 184 who did so at the begin of the race in Utrecht (Netherlands).
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