'It can ruin the whole Tour': Caution for Tadej Pogačar as teammate tests positive at Tour de France

The Slovenian increased his lead by four seconds on stage eight

Tadej Pogacar
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Tadej Pogačar has admitted that Covid-19 is "a big scare" after his teammate Vegard Stake Laengen was forced out of the Tour de France due to a positive test result.

Thoughts of the pandemic returned to the forefront of everyone's minds on Saturday morning with Laengen and Geoffrey Bouchard of AG2R Citröen both abandoning the race, and subsequently heightening the tension amongst the peloton ahead of a mandatory round of tests on Monday's rest day.

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