FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - The 209.5-km Stage 12 from Toulouse to Bagneres-de-Bigorre - July 18, 2019 - General view of the Col de Peyresourde. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - It is too soon to decide whether the Tour de France can go ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic, but if it does it may be without roadside spectators in order to minimise infection risk, the French sports minister said.
Following the postponement of the Euro 2020 soccer Championship and the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Tour de France - which takes place in June and July - is one of the last major global sporting events that has not yet been cancelled or postponed.
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