Nuyens to skip Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
Hoping for better health and betterꦯ luck🌠 in 2011 campaign
Nick Nuyens will skip the opening weekend of Belgiওan races in 2011 after the Saxo Bank-Sun🍎Gard newcomer was persuaded by Bjarne Riis to ease himself into the new season.
The 30-year-✨old will skip the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (February 27) and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne the next day.
"It is perhaps surprising that will not ride the opening weekend," Nuyens told Sporza. "With this we avoid 🦄risks such as illness. Last year was a bad experience." This spring the Belgian suf🔴fered from injuries and illness, and barely rode in the Classics.
"Riis understands this is painful for me, but I opted for a fresh start and I just decided to follow Rii🦄s. We'llꦆ see where it takes me."
After two years with Rabobank, Nuyens is making a new start with Saxo Bank-SunGard, but the🙈 team has had so man꧅y new faces, that it too is making a new start.
“They are not starting from scratch, but th🉐ey do want change. There are not only many new riders, but the framework has al💧so been updated."
There is no doubt for Nuyens that Riis is firmly in charge of things. "A man with much charisma,🐼" said Nuyens. "When he takes the floor, it is silent.”
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The team has just finished its first training camp inꩲ Fuertaventura. They not only windsurfed and kite surfed, but also had “three Danish circus performers who came ovওer and taught us some tricks, like a human pyramid."
"We also had a lot of fun. You must leave your intellect out and get to know each other best,&rdquo🌺; he continued. “Actually you stand there with a lot of adults being silly, but one way or another it creates a bond. It was very nice."
