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Britain's Tom Pidcock is out of the Tour de France because of Covid-19.
The 24-year-old, who narrowly missed out on a second Tour stage win when he finished second on stage nine, will not start Saturday's stage 14.
Pidcock is set to defend his Olympic mountain bike title on 29 July and also compete in the road race on 3 August.
A statement from his Ineos Grenadiers team said: "A disappointed Tom Pidcock will not line up for stage 14 of the Tour de France today.
"Tom is experiencing symptoms of Covid-19 and under advice from our medical team will now return home to recover."
Pidocck is the third rider to withdraw from this year's Tour because of Covid after Juan Ayuso, team-mate of race leader Tadej Pogacar, and Michael Morkov, Mark Cavendish's lead-out man.
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