Jesús Herrada to miss Vuelta a España after coronavirus positive

Jesús Herrada at the 2020 Tour de France
Jesús Herrada at the 2020 Tour de France (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Cofidis climber Jesús Herrada will not line up at the rescheduled Vuelta a España when it starts in Irun, in the Basque Country, on Tuesday, following the announcement by his team on Friday that the Spanish rider had tested positive for COVID-19.

The French WorldTour team posted on social media that Herrada had tested positive for the coronavirus following a PCR test performed on Wednesday. The 30-year-old is apparently nevertheless feeling well, and Herrada wrote that he had subsequently tested negative on Friday, but will nevertheless be replaced in the Vuelta squad by Natnael Berhane.

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