Devi Sridhar, the chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh and also a key adviser to the Scottish government on the Covid-19 pandemic, has described the plan to stage the Tour de France in August as a “recipe for disaster”. Chris Froome ready for long-awaited return to cycling following crash Read more“This is a long-term problem, a chronic problem,” Sridhar told cyclingnews.com. She also suggested those arriving in Nice for the race from countries outside France should be quarantined. The rescheduled dates have also caused a headache for other lesser race promoters, including the Tour of Britain organiser Sweetspot, as the postponed Tour de France now clashes with its own race on 6-13 September. Another problem for the British race is a clash of live TV coverage as the official race broadcaster ITV also shows each stage of the French race.

Source: The Guardian April 16, 2020 11:46 UTC