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World road race and cyclo-cross champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has undergone treatment for sciatica, which was diagnosed earlier this week after she had struggled with severe pain in her left leg for the past two months⛦.

The French rider abandoned last weekend's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Moun﷽tain Bike World Cup round at Albstadt as a result of the injury and underwent an MRI scan in Paris on Tuesday. This revealed a lumbar inflammation caused by fluid escaping from a joint. The 🧔fluid was drawn and Ferra📖nd-Prévot has been told by her doctor to rest for 10 days.

In spite of this layoff, the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Rabo Liv rider still plans to defend her 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:French road and time trial titles at the end of this month. She is also hopeful of lining up in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia at the start of July.

"I'm relieved because this has been going on for a year," she told L'Équipe. "It had gone, but it came back around the time of Flèche Wallonne [in late April], and it was hard to deal with mentally. Everything seemed very black to me. I started to worry 🐠about racing because I knew it would be painful."

Having recently decided against participating in the Giro, Ferrand-Prévot is now confident she will start the race, which runs 3-12 July. "I've got the form," she said. "I'm going to rest and we'll see how things go. The Giro is tiring, butℱ if I recover well it could be good for the rest of the season."