Tour de France Cyclist Says Many Riders Are ‘Suffering With Mysterious Breathing Problems’

Another professional athlete has had to drop out of his sport this week after developing a “mysterious” sickness during a competitive event.

French cyclist Victor Lafaywho had to quit the Tour de France early says he had to leave because breathing difficulties that were also experienced by other cyclists in the Tour.

Following the difficulties he experienced during the 13th stage Lafay told reporters : “I feel like I don’t have enough oxygen, pain everywhere, legs, etc., no strength, and it’s only getting worse after each stage”

After finishing last, Lafay decided to quit the tour entirely saying he can no longer keep up with the pack. He also said that this was a ‘strange’ Tour de France.

Nearly all professional French athletes have been vaccinated against covid, and most of the elite cycling teams in this year’s Tour de France have close to 100% vaccine compliance.

Infowars reports: In an interview with French newspaper La Parisien, Cofidis’ cycling team’s Victor Lafay, 26, admitted the weather was extremely hot, but said he quit the race because he couldn’t breathe.

“The heat, again, is fine. We are well supplied, we water ourselves, we have ice cubes. I didn’t find it horrible today. After that I didn’t finish the stage,” he stated.

After that stage of the race, however, Lafay quit because in his words it was “impossible to breathe.” He says he also spoke with other racers who quit who experienced the same phenomenon.

“I talked about it in the peloton, there are many who have it. Castroviejo (Ineos), he told me it was the same, Pierre Rolland (B&B Hôtels KTM) too, Naesen (AG2R Citroën) who retired had also told me about it. We are all negative to the Covid tests. So either we’re negative but we still have it, or it’s something else. We talk a lot about the Covid, but there may be something else. In any case, we all have the lungs screwed up. And when the muscles are not oxygenated, after a while it can no longer work.”

Lafay also spoke with French sports network Eurosport about his difficulty breathing.