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Daniel Ostanek

Threat of COVID-19 continues to stalk the Giro d'Italia peloton

Jos Van Emden, himself a COVID replacement for Jumbo-Visma, is the latest rider to miss the Giro d'Italia after catching the virus

COVID-19 has struck the peloton once again in the run-up to the Giro d'Italia, with Bahrain Victorious the latest team forced to change their plans after suffering a case of the virus, while Jumbo-Visma have also been forced into another reshuffle.

The Dutch squad have called up climber Sam Oomen to fill in for Jos Van Emden, who himself was a late replacement after Robert Gesink and Tobias Foss caught COVID-19 earlier this week. Oomen himself missed last month's Liège-Bastogne-Liège after coming down with the virus.

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