The Burgos BH team that was going to run the Vuelta in an image captured on the day of the race’s presentation. /
The positive result in Covid of Manuel Peñalver leaves him out of the competition
BH Burgos will start the Vuelta a España this Friday with seven runners after the positive result in Covid given by one of its members, Manuel Peñalver. Thus, the cycling team will face the team time trial that kicks off La Vuelta 2022 with one less rider.
The cyclists who are part of Burgos BH in this competition are Jetse Bol, Óscar Cabedo, José Manuel Díaz, Jesús Ezquerra, Victor Langellotti, Dani Navarro and Ander Okamika.
All the tests carried out, apart from the positive result of Manuel Peñalver, have been negative, so the La Vuelta COVID-19 prevention service “has given its consent so that they can face the competition,” as stated in a The Burgos team communicated.
Manuel Peñalver is in “perfect health, asymptomatic, but very disappointed not to be able to compete in La Vuelta”, according to the same source. In these previous days he had shared a room with Ángel Madrazo, who has also been discharged.
