The UAE Tour in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, was canceled Thursday with two stages remaining, and the floor of the hotel where he and his teammates were staying remains sealed off due to fears that race officials have contracted a coronavirus.

Gordou told L'Equipe on Monday: "On Friday, we were allowed to go anywhere we wanted in the hotel: the gym, the pool, socialize with other guests. [That night, the results of the tests came back and they were all negative. But at 7 a.m. Sunday morning, the government security staff decided to lock down our entire floor and we were not allowed to leave our rooms. We still don't know why," he said.

A Twitter post by his Groupama-FDJ team on Monday evening seemed to shed a little more light on the team's extended stay in the United Arab Emirates.

"The riders and staff in the UAE are still confined to their hotel rooms awaiting the results of the second medical test on Sunday, despite the first test result being negative.

"Five of the 12 tests have already been notified to the team and all were negative. The remaining seven are currently being analyzed.

According to L'Equipe, Gaudo's teammates Miles Scottson, Jacopo Guarnieri, and Bruno Almirail all tested negative in the first round of tests and were allowed to return home, while Gaudo, 2016 Milan - San Remo champion Arnaud Demare, Ignatas Konovalovas, Ramon Sinkeldam, and eight staff members were subjected to further tests.

Other teams on the UAE tour are now able to depart, but the players and staff of Groupama-FDJ and the same French World Tour team, Cofidis, and the Russian professional team, Gazprom-RusVelo, will be at the Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi Yas Island hotel for an extended stay: "Despite being given permission to return home and the last test being negative, the team decided to extend their stay in the UAE and return home after testing everyone's condition and making sure they are not infected.

On Monday, the players had weights brought to their rooms, and while waiting, they did strength training and played board games to pass the time. [Shampoo, shower gel, towels, and trash cans. Food is left in plastic bags outside the hotel room doors and the hallways are like giant trash cans"

. The hallways are like giant trash cans."

"But there is one interesting thing. When food is brought to our room, we open the door, but in less than five seconds, the people who brought the food run down the hallway again to avoid any contact with us."