Exit Cian Uijtdebroeks (21) within the Giro. The virus circulating inside Visma-Lease a Bike is now additionally killing our fellow countryman. “I’ve no phrases to explain my disappointment. Attributable to sickness I’ve to go away the Giro,” Uijtdebroeks posted on Instagram.
“The Giro must proceed with out the largest smile from the peloton,” stated the Dutch crew. “We remorse to announce that Cian Uijtdebroeks has been compelled to desert the race. Cian has not been feeling properly in current days and after yesterday’s stage (Tuesday, ed.) he turned sick. We want you a speedy restoration.”
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Uijtdebroeks leaves the Tour of Italy as chief of the youth classification, which means that the white jersey now belongs to Antonio Tiberi. His crew beforehand misplaced Christophe Laporte, Robert Gesink and Olav Kooij on this Giro.
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“An enormous setback, additionally for the crew”
After Uijtdebroeks’ retirement, his Visma-Lease a Bike crew has barely 4 riders within the Tour of Italy. “We’re extraordinarily upset that we needed to take Cian out of the race,” sports activities director Marc Reef responded on the Dutch crew’s channels. “After Olav’s victory three days in the past, we thought we nonetheless had all of the trump playing cards in our fingers,” says Reef. “However now we have misplaced each guys with whom we had huge targets. That may be a enormous setback, additionally for the crew. We had ready for this Giro for months.”
Visma-Lease a Bike solely has the Slovenian Jan Tratnik, the Hungarian Attila Valter, the Italian Edoardo Affini and the Dutch substitute Tim van Dijke within the race. “There are nonetheless eleven days to go, and we have now 4 riders who’re nonetheless wholesome, who’re prepared and have additionally been making ready for months. Yesterday (Tuesday, ed.) we confirmed with Jan (within the flight, ed.) all the pieces we are able to nonetheless do. We nonetheless have the purpose of going for a stage win. We’re nonetheless right here to combat for the alternatives that may come.”
For the 21-year-old Uijtdebroeks, the Giro was his second main tour. On the finish of final season he made his debut with an eighth place within the Vuelta. Uijtdebroeks was fifth within the rankings at 4:15 from rosette wearer Tadej Pogacar.
