Tour de France star's savage sunburn after home workout

Spanish cyclist Enric Mas has shown off some of the side effects of having to train at home.

Mas has been continuing his training from the confines of his own home because of the coronavirus crisis.

However the Tour de France star has illustrated the dangers of such training.

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Mas posted a photo on Instagram on Tuesday showing the savage sunburn he received to his back.

“There is no confinement for the sun… it burns you on your home balcony as much as it does on the road,” he wrote.

The outline of his singlet top and heart monitor produced a lovely tan across Mas’ back, with the rest of his skin a bright red colour.

Some of his 104,000 Instagram followers thought his back resembled the Danish flag.

“New Danish champion,” one user commented.

Another wrote: “Cyclist’s tan line fashion for 2020”.

While another user simply wrote: “Ouch.”

Tour de France postponed

After weeks of holding out hope that the Tour de France would be able to go ahead as planned, the world’s most famous cycling race was finally added to the list of sporting events postponed by the coronavirus pandemic.

The three-week race could still take place this year, however, with French newspapers reporting late Tuesday that a new start date has been set for August.

Both L'Equipe and Le Parisien said organisers are now hoping to stage the race from August 29-September 20.

That new time slot would see the race end on Champs-Élysées just as the rescheduled French Open tennis tournament starts a few miles away in western Paris.

Tour organiser Amaury Sport Organisation did not immediately reply to a request for confirmation from The Associated Press.

But local authorities in Haute-Savoie region tweeted that the last of the mountain stages will pass through its rugged and daunting climbs on September 17 on the race’s 18th stage.

The Tour was set to start on June 27 in the Riviera city of Nice.

But that effectively became impossible on Monday night when French President Emmanuel Macron announced in his speech to the nation that all public events with large crowds have been canceled until at least mid-July.

“Given that it’s now impossible that the Tour starts at its planned date, we are consulting with the (International Cycling Union) to try and find new dates,” ASO had said earlier Tuesday.

The last time the Tour was not held as planned was 1946, with the nation still emerging from World War II. It was also stopped during WWI.