‘The team made the right decision’: Alex Dowsett pulled from Vuelta a Burgos as precaution after team-mate tests positive for coronavirus

Dowsett has since been re-tested but has been forced to miss his first race of the new season

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Alex Dowsett has been forced to pulled out of the Vuelta a Burgos after a team-mate tested positive for coronavirus.

British time trial champion Dowsett was set to restart his season with Israel Start-Up nation in Spain, but the team have had to taken action after one of their riders not down to compete in Burgos was confirmed to have Covid-19.

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