Dumoulin's Tour de France altitude camp postponed
Ongoing knee problems see Dutchman turn around en route to French Al꧟ps
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Dumoulin has suffered a further setback in his race to be ready for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France, as his altitude camp has been postponed༒ to allow him to rest the knee he⛄ injured at the Giro d'Italia.
Dumoulin left the Giro on stage 5 and switched his attentions to the Tour, but has been suffering with the effects of the blow to the knee. He pulled out of the recent Critérium du Dauphiné after stage 5 due to irritation in the knee and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:underwent surgery on Sunday to remove a shard of gravel that w﷽as stiꦗll in there.
In announcing the outcome of the surgery, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Team Sunweb said Dumoulin had under🃏gone a test♒ ride and had been cleared to travel to altitude to continue his preparation for the Tour, which begins in Brussels on July 6.
He was set to head to La Plagne, a ski resort in the Alps close to the three mountain stages in the Tour's final week, ꦯon Monday afternoon. However, the team issued another update on Tuesday afternoon in which they revealed Dumoulin's departure to the French Alps had been pushed back by 'a ꦿfew days'.
"After initially deciding to make the trip to La Plagne, it was decided to stay a little longer at home at th꧑e last moment," read the statement.
According to Sunweb coach Hendrik Werner, it really was at the last moment, as he revealed Dumoulin had already left his home in Maastriไcht by car when the plug was pulled.
"He called me twice on the way yesterday," Werner told Dutch broadcaster NOS. "He asked himself the question, 'Am I ready?', and 𝔉he turned the car around."
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Team Sunweb annoౠunced on Tue🍸sday that Dumoulin's knee is still is such a way that they are having to tread cautiously.
"Yesterday the team reported he was cleared to travel to altitude camp after test ride in the morning, but 🥂the travel has been postposed for a few days," continued the statement.
"It has been a hectic week for the 28-year-old with various ups and dow♈ns. The additional few days at home allow Tom to take it easy with his knee and take some extra relaxed days."
The development casts doubts over Dumoulin's prospects of starting the Tour de France, let alone competing for th💜e yellow jersey.
