BikeExchange-Jayco withdraw from Valenciana after positive COVID-19 tests

TORRALBA DEL PINAR SPAIN FEBRUARY 02LR Christopher Juul Jensen of Denmark and Team Bikeexchange Jayco and Mikkel Honor of Denmark and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl compete during the 73rd Volta A La Comunitat Valenciana 2022 Stage 1 a 1667km stage from Les Alqueries to Torralba Del Pinar 735m VCV2022 on February 02 2022 in Torralba Del Pinar Spain Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images
The BikeExchange-Jayco team during stage 1 of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (Image credit: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

BikeExchange-Jayco have withdrawn from the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ahead of Friday's third stage after two members of the squad tested positive for COVID-19. 

The team reported that the two test results came on Thursday evening as part of the daily testing protocols in place at the race. All riders and staff have now left the race and medical staff are working to move team members into quarantine, the team reported.

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Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.