Tadej Pogačar’s teammate abandons Tour de France after testing positive for Covid

Spanish climber Juan Ayuso returned positive test result, but was initially cleared to continue

Juan Ayuso
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Spanish climber Juan Ayuso has abandoned the Tour de France after testing positive for Covid. 

According to an initial report from Spanish outlet AS, Ayuso - a teammate of the current race leader Tadej Pogačar - recently tested positive in an internal team Covid test. However, due to the test returning "very low positive values" he was initially able to continue to ride. 

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