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Overall leader Remco Evenepoel out of Giro d'Italia with COVID-19

Reuters
Updated
QuickStep's Remco Evenepoel celebrates wearing the maglia bianca jersey
QuickStep's Remco Evenepoel celebrates wearing the maglia bianca jerseyReuters
Overall leader Remco Evenepoel (23) abandoned the Giro d'Italia on Sunday after testing positive for COVID-19, the Belgian rider said on Sunday.

"It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that I will be leaving the Giro d'Italia due to COVID-19 after taking a routine test, which unfortunately was positive," Evenepoel, who had regained the Maglia Rosa by winning Sunday's individual time trial, said in a statement.

The new race leader is Britain's Geraint Thomas.

Three-time Vuelta champion Primoz Roglic is second overall, two seconds behind with Thomas's Ineos-Grenadiers teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart in third place, five seconds off the pace.

Ineos Grenadiers were without two-time time trial world champion Filippo Ganna after the Italian tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of stage eight.

Monday is a rest day on the Giro. Tuesday's stage 10 is a 196-km ride from Scandiano to Viareggio, which features a long climb before a fast‑running and technical descent.

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