PARIS—The Tour de France survived its first round of in-race Covid-19 testing on Tuesday, despite four team staffers inside the race’s traveling bubble testing positive along with the Tour’s director. No cases were discovered among the 166 riders in the peloton, with nearly two weeks remaining in the race. The staffers were scattered across four teams—AG2R, Cofidis, Ineos, and Mitchelton-Scott—leaving them on thin ice for the rest of the Tour. French government rules that stipulate organizers must send home any team that registers...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 08, 2020 12:56 UTC