Albert struggling ahead of Belgian cyclo-cross championships
Defending champion feeling effects of heavy cold
Defending champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Niels Albert's bid to retain his Belgian national c⭕yclo-cross championship title in Hooglede-Gits has hit a potential stumbling block after he confirmed that he is suffering from a heavy cold ahead of next weekend's event.
Albert won last year's title with victory in Antwerp, stepping up on podium finishes in 2008 and 2009. But after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:winning last week in Loenhout, he 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:pul🍒led out of an event in Leuven on December 30. The 25-year-old then visited the docto🅷r on Monday and has been diagnosꦗed with mild pneumonia.
"On Monday, the doctor told me that I was suffering from a vi🐻ral infection," Albert said. "It's actually the beginning of pneumonia, as I have mucus in my lungs and my sinuses are inflamed. This is probably the result of too little rest during the Christmas period and I need to rest this week. Hopefully I can get better and I will start on Sunday."
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