Alpecin-Deceuninck withdraw from Tour de Pologne due to five COVID-19 positives

LUBLIN, POLAND - JULY 30: David van der Poel of The Netherlands, Sjoerd Bax of Netherlands, Tobias Bayer of Austria, Senne Leysen of Belgium, Jakub Mareczko of Italy, Stefano Oldani of Italy, Fabio Van Den Bossche of Belgium and Team Alpecin-Deceuninck during the team presentation prior to the 79th Tour de Pologne 2022 - Stage 1 a 218,8km stage from Kielce to Lublin / #TdP22 / #WorldTour / on July 30, 2022 in Lublin, Poland. (Photo by Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)
Alpecin-Deceuninck at the team introduction to begin 2022 Tour of Poland on July 30 (Image credit: Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)

Alpecin-Deceuninck has withdrawn from the Tour de Pologne after five staff members tested positive for COVID-19. The team added that test results for riders were ‘all negative’

“We are sorry to announce our withdrawal from Tour de Pologne after 5 COVID cases within our team staff on site,” the team posted to social media just hours after the completion of stage 3 in Przemyśl.

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Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).