Michael Mørkøv felt 'guilty' he might have spread coronavirus

In total 167 tests carried out at the UAE Tour have now come back negative

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Danish rider Michael Mørkøv has said he felt "guilty" that he may have spread the coronavirus to his Danish team-mates at the track World Championships after having left the UAE Tour where there were two suspected cases.

Mørkøv has been cleared to race after the UCI said it had been "guaranteed" that he had not been in contact with the two individuals suspected to have the virus at the UAE Tour.

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Having trained as a journalist at Cardiff University I spent eight years working as a business journalist covering everything from social care, to construction to the legal profession and riding my bike at the weekends and evenings. When a friend told me Cycling Weekly was looking for a news editor, I didn't give myself much chance of landing the role, but I did and joined the publication in 2016. Since then I've covered Tours de France, World Championships, hour records, spring classics and races in the Middle East. On top of that, since becoming features editor in 2017 I've also been lucky enough to get myself sent to ride my bike for magazine pieces in Portugal and across the UK. They've all been fun but I have an enduring passion for covering the national track championships. It might not be the most glamorous but it's got a real community feeling to it.