{"id":90,"date":"2024-07-15T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/blog\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T09:45:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T04:00:27","slug":"aussie-riders-tour-pullout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/news\/aussie-riders-tour-pullout\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s Harper pulls out of Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/8850media.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Tour-de-France-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The pack rides during the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, on Tuesday. <em>Photo: Tour de France official website<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Harper of Australia has withdrawn from the Tour de France ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s 16th stage, his team said, as COVID-19 infections continue to hit cycling&#8217;s marquee event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jayco Alula team said that Harper \u201cis suffering from COVID symptoms, and following medical advice, he will return home to rest and recover properly for the next goals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harper&#8217;s withdrawal marks the latest case of coronavirus at the three-week race, following those of Juan Ayuso \u2014 a teammate of race leader Tadej Pogacar \u2014 Tom Pidcock and Maxim Van Gils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tour de France organisers have reintroduced protective measures against the virus, including mandatory mask-wearing for all those who might get in contact with riders and team staff during the race. <em>(Agencies)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harper&#8217;s withdrawal adds to the list of coronavirus cases at the race, which includes Juan Ayuso, Tom Pidcock, and Maxim Van Gils.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"8850 Media","author_link":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/author\/usr_8850\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Tour-de-France-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 ago","modified":"Updated 2 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 15 \u091c\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0908 2024","modified":"Updated on 13 \u0905\u0917\u0938\u094d\u091f 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 15 \u091c\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0908 2024 19:12","modified":"Updated on 13 \u0905\u0917\u0938\u094d\u091f 2024 09:45"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}