Having lost Remco Evenepoel from the Giro d'Italia at the weekend, while he was leading the race, Soudal-QuickStep have now lost for more riders from the Italian Grand Tour due Covid-19.
The team has announced on Wednesday morning the riders were on their way home having all tested positive for the virus. Jan Hirt, Josef Cerny, Louis Vervaeke and Mattia Cattaneo are all unable to continue in the race.
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Team doctor Toon Cruyt said: "After the positive of Remco on Sunday Evening, we had two more riders who were feeling unwell on Monday morning, but were negative on antigen tests.
"Therefore a PCR test was carried out on the seven remaining riders, the results of which showed that the four guys were positive. We will continue to monitor and implement our testing protocol on the three riders and staff that remain at the race."
