Trek Segafredo's Cohen de Cote revealed that many Andorra-based pro riders have chosen to train indoors for at least the next week in order not to offend local residents who are forced to respect strict stay-at-home orders.

While Italian professional and Olympic riders are allowed to train outdoors, Spanish professional riders are not allowed for legal and insurance reasons. Other countries such as France, Belgium, and the Netherlands have not yet banned training, but may do so if the coronavirus outbreak worsens.

Andorra, despite being an independent small country high in the Pyrenees between Spain and France, is usually subject to major Spanish policy decisions. Andorra announced its first coronavirus case on March 2 and now officially has 16 infected and numerous suspected cases. Spain has far more cases, and on Monday closed its borders to all but Spanish residents returning home and those with legitimate reasons to travel.

"There is a WhatsApp group of all English-speaking riders in Andorra, and although it has not been banned yet, we have decided not to go out anymore," de Cote told the Belgian newspaper De Telegraaf, suggesting that, as happened in Italy, there are problems on the roads between local residents and cyclists De Courts told the Belgian newspaper De Telegraaf, suggesting that there are problems on the roads between local residents and cyclists, as happened in Italy.

"People still don't want us to come out. In a small country like Andorra, as cyclists we have to respect public opinion. If we now ride in groups on public roads for training, we are bound to get abuse. It does not do us any good. I think it would be in our best interest to train indoors for a week or more so that people don't hate us."

Many of the big-name professional riders are based in Andorra, some with families. Tour de France champions such as Egan Bernal and Robert Gesink have switched to indoor rides or limited their training because of the lack of racing.

De Cote recently opened a restaurant in Andorra and has had to make tough financial decisions. As such, he is gaining a better understanding of how the people of Andorra feel about professional cyclists.

"We had to close our restaurant because of the coronavirus. We had to lay off employees, but we still have to pay the rent and electricity for the restaurant and pay their wages," he said.

Meanwhile, cyclists were happily riding along the road." From the perspective of ordinary people, it is understandable that this would seem wrong."