The DSM team for the prestigious race was confirmed on Thursday. It was announced on Monday that the Tromsø resident Leknessund tested positive for covid-19 after traveling around Switzerland. There he took his first victory on the world tour on the second stage. He was number 13 overall after being among the top ten from the start until the last pace stage. There he was number 15. It has been expected that Leknessund will be part of the field that starts the Tour de France on July 1 with a 13.2 kilometer long individual pace stage in Copenhagen. After that, two more stages will be run in the country before the cycling elite moves over to France. DSM squad for the Tour de France: Romain Bardet (France), Alberto Dainese (Italy), John Degenkolb (Germany), Nils Eekhoff (Netherlands), Chris Hamilton (Australia), Anderas Leknessund (Norway), Martijn Tusveld (Netherlands) and Kevin Vermaerke (USA).
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Andreas Leknessund gets a place in the Tour de France despite coronary heart disease – news Troms and Finnmark
