Petrucci cleared to race in Dakar after false COVID positive

The KTM rider tested positive for coronavirus in the first mandatory PCR for all members earlier this week.
KTM then subjected Petrucci, who has been confined since Thursday, to a high-precision blood test to rule out infection. The result, which came back in the early hours of Thursday evening in Saudi Arabia, was negative.
Thereafter, the doctors gave the Italian the go-ahead to make his …Keep reading