This morning the Tour de France roster came out without his name, tonight the list of Italian national championship participants came out without his name: both early summer objectives slipped away in one fell swoop for Alessandro Covi.

He himself, with a laconic and almost resigned post, explains it: "No national championships, no Tour de France: two viruses in 10 days have knocked me out. It will be what it will be...".

The last race for the Varese-born Jayco AlUla rider was the Tour Auvergne Rhône Alpes in preparation for the Tour, but who knows, it could be right there that he contracted the viruses...