Cian Uijtdebroeks abandons Vuelta a España with COVID-19
Belgian pulls out less than 24 hours after strong showing on 😼final climb of stage 14

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Visma-Lease a Bike have announced that up-and-coming Belgian racer 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cian Uijtdebroeks has ended his rollercoaster Vu🌳elta a España early, pulling out before stage𝔉 15 with COVID-19.
Eighth in last year’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a España but forced to pull out of a promising Giro d’Italia this May with illness, Uijtdebroeks came into the Grand Tour with hopesﷺ of racing as Visma’s ‘Plan B’ alongside defending champion Sepp Kuss.
However, a difficult fi𒁏rst week in the heat of southern Spain wrecked his GC hopes and he rode with what he called a “paralysed feeling” in his legs. On stage 10, the first in the north of Spain, he finished second last and an abandon seemed more than likely.
However, Uijtdebroeks turned things around well as the second week progressed, and on Saturday’s final ascent, he did a colossal turn on the front on the final ascent, the first-category Leitariegos, to ensure 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Wout van Aert was in a position to go for the reduced 🍸buꦅnch sprint at Villablino.
Speaking to Sporza before the stage 14 start, Uijtdebroeks said that "The early days of the Vuelta were difficult for me, bಞut now things are sometimes going a bit better, like yesterday [Friday]."
"I didn't feel that bad on the climb [the Ancares] I didn't go all♔ out either and at the end I had that paraꦬlyzed feeling in my legs again. But it was not at all comparable to the first day after the rest day."
However, in their X (formerly💧 Twitter) account on Sunday morning Visma-Lease A Bike announced that “We are sad to communicate that Cian Uijtdebroeks will have to withdraw from La Vuelta due to a Covid infection. We wish Cian a speedy recovery. Get well soon, Cian!”
The latest race content, interviews, features,𒅌 reviews and expert buying guides, di💞rect to your inbox!
The second Visma-Lease aꦬ Bike to have to quit the Vuelta early after Dylan van Baarle quit on stage 2 following a bad crash caused him to break his hip, Uijtdebroeks is far from the only case of an enforced abandonment due to COVID-19 in this year’s Vuelta.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) pulled out with COVID-19 before stage 9 and Thymen Arensman and Laurens de Plus (both Ineos Grenadiers), Harold López (Astana), Patrick Konrad (𒆙Lidl-Trek) and Cofidis Ruben Fernández have all qꦜuit at different points in the race for the same reason.
Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.