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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Dumoulin (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giant-Alpecin) was forced to abandon the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Volta a Catalunya during stage 3 ꩵtoday as he continues to suffer from a flu bug that he picked up at Paris-Nice.

Dumoulin also withdrew from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Milan-San Remo before the ಞstart of the Italian Monument on March 19, but he started Catalunya thinking he had put the worst behind him.

"At the beginning of the week, I wasn't feeling sick anymore and the plan was to try and get stronger day by day,” Dumoulin said in a statement released by his team. “We were going to use this week to build up my fitness, but it turned out to be different. My condition got worse over the first two stages and today I didn't have the legs 🃏to continue."

Dumoulin, who is preparing for the Giro d’Italia in May, just ℱmissed winning the opening prologue at Paris-Nice, coming in as runner-up one second behind Michael Matthews. He finished 12th overall there after beginning to feel ill during the final two days of the ra🎀ce.

“From Saturday to Sunday I had a sore throat and didn't feel completely well during Sunday's closing st🌠age, and once home itꦜ continued to get worse,” he said before Milan-San Remo.

Dumoulin was replaced in the Italian race by teammate Bert de Debacker, but the Dutchman’s absence was a major blow to Giant-Alpecin after they were forced to ride without defending champion John Degenkolb, who is stilꦯl recovering from being hit by a car earlier in the year.

The team were hoping Dumoulin would be ꦍready for Catalunya and continue his preparation for upcoming starts at Pais Vasco and Amstel G🐈old Race next month.

"Unfortunately, Tom 🃏was not fit to continue today's stage,” said Giant-Alpecin coach Rudi Kemna. “We hoped that it would get better over the week, but his condition deteriorated and, as a result, he was unable to keep r🍷acing. Tom will travel home tomorrow to fully recover and we expect he will be able to resume his training again in the next few days."