Camouflaged in the tall grass, it prepares, sneakily, to pounce on the first prey. Dog, cat or human, she bites her without remorse and delights in her blood. The tick bites, but above all, it is likely to transmit diseases, such as Lyme. An illness suffered by Belgian rider Arnaud De Lie, as announced by Lotto-Dstny, his team, this Thursday March 28.
“We feel empty,” says Stéphane Tempier. A former mountain bike rider now aged 38, he was diagnosed in 2022. “Cycling is already hard on a daily basis, but then… At high intensity, the body no longer keeps up. Even recovery is difficult. The Federation doctor saw that physically I was not well. On the bike, but outside of training too. So he carried out analyses, he targeted Lyme disease. »
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