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World champ Sagan tests positive for COVID

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Peter Sagan's start to the cycling season has been further delayed after a positive COVID-19 test.
Camera IconPeter Sagan's start to the cycling season has been further delayed after a positive COVID-19 test.

Triple world champion Peter Sagan is one of three Bora-Hansgrohe riders to have tested positive for COVID-19.

Christopher Edler, the German team's chief doctor, said on Saturday that Sagan, his brother Juraj and Erik Baska had tested positive several times via independent PCR tests.

"All three are exhibiting mild, general symptoms of illness and at this time are able to remain in domestic quarantine in accordance with state guidelines until they recover," Edler added.

"There remains close communication with the medical team. Once quarantine has been completed, further comprehensive medical evaluations are planned."

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All three Slovakians tested positive while on a private training camp in Spain.

"For a few weeks now, my brother Juraj, our teammate Erik Baska, and I have been training in Gran Canaria," Peter Sagan said via team press release.

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"On January 29, we had a PCR test done in a local laboratory in order to be able to fly back home.

"Unfortunately, the results weren't what we would have hoped for and all three of us tested positive for COVID-19. We are all feeling well but, obviously, since that day, we have remained in quarantine. From the moment we received the positive test results, we have had the full support of the team and I'd like to thank our manager Ralph Denk and our medical department for this."

It's not the first misfortune to befall Peter Sagan this year, having been caught up in a training camp crash on his birthday last month.

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