Cycling-Paris-Nice gets underway amid coronavirus fears

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German rider Maximilian Schachmann, seen here on March 8, 2020, won a four-man sprint to take the overall lead going into Monday’s second stage.The Paris-Nice stage race got under way under tight scrutiny amid coronavirus fears on Sunday as contact with the riders was kept to the bare minimum.

Fans were not allowed near the team buses at the start of the 154-km stage around Plaisir, 30 km west of Paris, and a maximum of two teams will be sharing hotels throughout the week-long race. The pre-race news conference was cancelled and there was no post-stage press involvement apart from a brief broadcast interview with stage winner Maximilian Schachmann of Germany.Schachmann won a four-man sprint to take the overall lead going into Monday’s second stage.Seven World Tour teams pulled out over coronavirus fears and organizers Amaury Sport Organisation voted in two other outfits to partly make up for the absence of riders such as defending champion Egan Bernal.

Sixteen people have died from coronavirus in France, the head of the country’s public health service said on Saturday, while there have been 949 confirmed cases.

 

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