Leader Aleksandr Vlasov positive for Covid, carnage on the Tour de Suisse

In addition, EF Pro Cycling announced the withdrawals of Rigoberto Uran, Hugh Carthy, Stefan Bissegger and Alberto Bettiol, all of whom tested positive and, above all, the entire workforce of Bahrain-Victorious (including former leader Stephen Williams), of UAE-Team Emirates (including Marc Hirschi and Diego Ulissi) and Alpecin-Fenix ​​are leaving the race this Friday morning for the same health reasons. A little later in the morning, Alex Aranburu (Movistar), Gianluca Brambilla (Trek-Segafredo) and Louis Vervaeke (Quick-Step) in turn extended the list of non-runners. Like several European countries, Switzerland is experiencing a strong epidemic rebound as summer approaches.