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A botched coronavirus quarantine: Troubling tales from UAE Tour

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A laundry room on the ground level of the W Hotel in Abu Dhabi was turned into a makeshift quarantine area, fitted with 20 mattresses. There was one person inside. Not a rider, or a member of team staff. She looked like someone from the hotel staff, or a guest. She lay in the far …

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Vale Nico Portal; more coronavirus cases from UAE Tour: Daily News Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers. We come to you today with some sad news out of Andorra – much-loved Team Ineos sports director Nicolas Portal has died of a heart attack at just 40 years old. The former pro’s passing has triggered an …

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UAE officials announce six more coronavirus cases from UAE Tour

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Dubai (AFP) – The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced six more coronavirus cases linked to an abandoned cycling event, saying that two Russians, two Italians, one German and a Colombian had been infected. The UAE Tour was abandoned last Thursday after two Italian staff members with one of the teams tested positive for the …

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Ineos director and former pro Nicolas Portal dies at home in Andorra

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Nicolas Portal, Ineos’ grand tour director sportif and a former professional racer, has died. Portal was at his home in Andorra when he died, apparently of a heart attack. He was 40 years old. Portal rode as a professional with AG2R from 2001 until 2010, ending his career with Team Sky. He then transitioned into …

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Multiple teams still “held against their will” in UAE hotels

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Three pro teams remain locked in their hotel in Abu Dhabi, “held against our will,” according to Cofidis president Thierry Vittu, given trainers to stay fit but disallowed from getting their bikes out of the basement to actually ride them. “We are treated as if we have the plague, our rooms haven’t been made up …

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