168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Defending UCI Gravel World Champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot announced🃏 she will not be able t♉o defend her title in Italy on Saturday.

The French rider contracted COVID-19 before the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:European Gravel Championships and had to mis꧙s that race, and says she has been told to allow more tiཧme to recover.

"Unfortunately, the Covid infection I've been suffering with for the last week has really taken its toll on me and I'm disappointed to announce that I won't be able to defend my rainbow bands tomorrow at the168澳洲5最新开奖结果: UCI Gravel World Championships," 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ferrand-Prévot wrote on Instagram.

"It's the doctor's orders to take more reco♎very time to make𝄹 sure I come back to full health as soon as possible.

Go🐲od luck toও everyone racing this weekend, that course is going to produce some great racing."

The second edition of the UCI Gravel World Championships starts with the elite women's race at 10:3🦹0 CET o💛n October 7, 2023.

Headlining the field in Ferrand-Prévot's absence are new European Gravel Champion Lorena Wiebes and teammate Demi Vollering, winner of the Tour de France, along with cyclocross racers Yara Katelijn and Sanne Cant, gravel stand-out Tiffany Cromwell and US champion Lauren Stephens.

The elite men's race takes place on Sunday at 10:30 CET with defending champion Gianni Ver🐻meersch, Wout van Aert, Matej Mohoric, 2021 Paris-Roubaix runner-up Florian Vermeersch and Daniel Oss heading a long list of WorldTour pros.

Gravel specialists Paul Voss, Nathan Haas, Keegan Swenson, Laurens ten Dam, aꦰnd Ivar Slik are among the 200+ starters.