Viviani: The important thing is that cycling starts up again

Elia Viviani at Paris-Nice.
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Elia Viviani (Cofidis) has expressed hope that riders in Italy will be permitted to train on the road again as soon as lockdown restrictions begin to be eased. Italy has been in a state of lockdown since March 9 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The current confinement is due to be expire on May 4 and there are reports that the country will gradually ease some restrictions in the weeks that follow.

“I’d like to point out that we, the riders, aren’t a danger to anyone. Cycling stopped to avoid increasing the pressure that was already on the hospitals, not because this virus is spread by cyclists,” Viviani said, according to L’Équipe.

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