the dutch Dylan van Baarle, Jumbo-Visma rider, will not participate next Sunday in the Tour of Flanderssecond in cycling’s “monuments” of the season, after not recovering in time from the fall he suffered last week at the E3 Saxo Classic.
“Dylan van Baarle will not start next Sunday’s Tour of Flandersafter not being able to recover in time from the physical problems he was experiencing,” announced Jumbo-Visma through social networks.
A “significant” loss for the Dutch team recognized by the Belgian Wout van Aert, the leader of Jumbo-Visma and will lose one of his main squires in the Tour of Flanders.
“Losing Dylan on Sunday is a loss for the team. It’s a shame, but your health first. He was always one of the best riders in the longest classics, like the Tour of Flanders, so now it’s up to us to make up for his loss as much as we can,” Van Aert told the Jumbo-Visma website. .
Despite the absence of Van Baarle, second last in the Tour of Flanders and current champion of Paris-Roubaix, the Dutch team will try to extend their dominance in the classics in “De Ronde”, after chaining victory in the E3 Saxo Classic, the Ghent-Wevelgem and the Through Flanders.
“We have a strong team with many riders who can aim for successas we have shown in recent weeks and I am confident that on Sunday we can do the same”, concluded Van Aert, who is already second in the Tour of Flanders in 2020.
Along with the Belgian, who is looking for his second “monument” after winning Milan-San Remo in 2020, the Jumbo-Visma team at the Tour of Flanders will consist of the French Christophe Laporte, the Dutch Tim van Dijke, the Belgian Nathan Van Hooydonck, Tiesj Benoot, Tosh Van der Sande and the Italian Edoardo Affini.
Source: La Verdad
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