July 12, 2022 EF Education - Easypost's Magnus Cort Nielsen celebrates on the podium after winning stage 10 REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
RODEZ, France: Magnus Cort Nielsen and Simon Clarke became the latest COVID-19 casualties on the Tour de France when the two stage winners were pulled out of the race by their respective teams on Sunday.
"Magnus Cort woke up this morning with a headache and fever and has since tested positive for COVID-19. He will not start stage 15 of the Tour de France.
His medical evaluation is ongoing," his EF-Easy Post said in a statement.
Dane Cort Nielsen won the 10th stage in Megeve.
Clarke won the fifth stage of the Tour in Arenberg.
Clarke's and Cort Nielsen's withdrawals mean that eight riders have now been pulled out of the Tour because of COVID-19.
Slovenia's Primoz Roglic, the 2020 runner-up, abandoned the Tour on Sunday to recover from injuries sustained in a crash during the first week of the race.
