While Spanish riders have been ordered to stay home due to travel restrictions across Europe to control the spread of the coronavirus, Italian professional and Olympic riders can train alone as long as they carry a self-certification document proving their reason for being outdoors.

However, some Italian riders have faced verbal abuse from an uninformed public who believe they are not complying with the strict laws and regulations regarding mobility.

Some recreational cyclists have attempted to go out for rides, but on Sunday a group in Cesena near the Romagna coast was fined and others were stopped and ordered to stay home.

Italian legislation does not stop isolated outdoor physical activity, but cycling for sport and fitness reasons is widely discouraged to avoid the risk of accidents and injuries that could exhaust vital medical resources. [Bardiani-CSF team member Filippo Fiorelli wrote on Facebook.

." Professionals can go to training, so read and learn the statutes before you do something stupid and put us all in the hospital!" And.

Spain ordered an initial two-week alert over the weekend, ordering the public to stay home to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus, following a sharp rise in Covid-19-positive cases and deaths. People are only allowed out of their homes to do necessary work, to buy food locally, for medical needs, or to care for the elderly or other people in need. As in a growing number of European countries, schools, bars, restaurants, parks, and stores that are not needed will be closed.

The Spanish Sports Council confirmed that several cyclists were stopped and fined on Sunday. Fines of between 500 euros and 3,000 euros will be imposed for being outdoors unnecessarily.

Carlos Macias, Madrid's medical director and avid cyclist, posted a message on the Vuelta a España Twitter account explaining the dangers of cycling during the coronavirus crisis.

"Stay home and put your bike aside," Macias pleaded. If a cyclist has an accident and needs an ambulance or a bed in the intensive care unit, you are taking away ambulances from people who really need them." [But if something happens to you in the next 48 hours, the person left without intensive care may be you, riding your bike right now. Please, park your bike and stay home."

Enric Mas, a Spanish professional from Movistar who lives in Andorra, posted a photo on his Instagram account with the refrain "#mequedoencasa (I am home)." Other players, however, wanted clarification as to whether they could train as well as the Italian pro, since training is part of their job.

The Spanish Association of Professional Cyclists believes that the decree allows its members to train outdoors, but questions remain. Gorka Izaguirre of Astana explained the issue to the Basque media.

"We are in contact with the ACP and we have been told that because of our profession we can go outside. But there is no official document that assures us of anything," he reportedly said.