Jumbo-Visma will be without a team leader for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de Romandie, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Rohan Dennis pulling out of the race through illness. 

Dennis had made a big target of the six-stage Swiss race, which gets underway on Tuesday, outlining his ambitions to win the two time trials and go for the overall title in an 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:interview with Cyclingnews. 

However, he became siꦐck at the weekend and had to pull out of the race, which was one of his big individual goals for his final season. 

"Unfortunately I won’t be signing on at Romandie this year," Dennis wrote on his . "I woke up 🎀sick yesterday, the team and I have agreed it’s better to rest and recover for the next races and goals."

Dennis, who was on the cusp of overall victory last year before he 'blew up' in the final time trial, h𝓀as been replaced in Jumbo-Visma's line-up by the Dutch domestique Lennard Hofstede.

In Dennis' absence, they still have a strong squad with multiple potential general classification candidates. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tobias Foss, the world time trial champion, will be in action ahead of supporting 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Primož Roglič at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia, while former Tour de France podium finisher 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Steven Kruijswijk also lines up. 

The pair are joined by the British neo-pro 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Thomas Gloag, who was sixth overall at his first race, the Volta a la Comu💙nitat Valenciana, and is a reserve for the Giro. The 21-year-old crashed out of Coppi e Bartali but has apparently recovered and recently completed an altitude training camp with the Giro squad in Tenerife.

"It was a fantastic experience. I am trying to learn as much as possible from experienced riders like Primož Roglič or Robert Gesink," Gloag said.

"Their daily routines, preparation before training, and recovery afterwards꧑. The level was incredibly high, but I really enjoyed it. I hope🥃 they will do very well in Italy, and I have a lot of confidence in them."

The Tour de Romandie begins on Tuesday with a short prologue, follꦜowed by a couple of moderately hilly stages. The key days are the stage 3 time trial - 🍃uphill in the first half then downhill to the line - and the stage 4 summit finish at Thyon 2000 before the race concludes with a much gentler final stage on Sunday. 

"There is one real mountain stage, and I look for🅘ward to seeing how far I can get," Gloag said. "I have also꧙ been working hard on my time trial. I will have to put in a lot more effort in the future, but I am excited about the two time trials in this race.”