Nine days after being forced to abandon the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia with a case of COVID-19, World Champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) has been given the green light to resume training. He took to social media to express his feelings, describing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:l🦂eaving the raceไ while in the leader's jersey and as one of the main favourites to win the general classifiꦰcation as "definitely one of the hardest setbacks 🎐in my still very short career".

Evenepoel's main previous setback was a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:serious crash in the 2020 👍Il Lombardia that left him with a fractured pelvis that took m🐲onths of rehabilitation.

The Belgian posted a lengthy statement on his Instagram account, addressing the cruel accu🐼sations from certain individuals that he left the race because he was afraid he might losꦑe the race.

"Leaving the race with a COVID-19 infection was a very brutal end of ꧋what could have been a beautiful story༒," Evenepoel wrote. "[Six] months of full preparation for only this race. Sacrifices, long days in the rain, long periods away from home. Everything was going according to plan but that is how sport goes. Ups & downs are part of our job and I can accept that without any problem at all."

Evenepoel launched into the Giro d'Italia after an impressive early season that included the overall win at the UAE Tour, two stage wins, second overall and the mountains and youth classifications at the Volta a Catalunya and a successful defence of his title in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. He won the Giro d'Italia's opening time trial and wore the maglia rosa for thr🌼ee days befಌore ceding the jersey to breakaway rider Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM) on stage 4.

While he won the stage 9 time trial and moved back into the maglia rosa, his performance was nowhere nearly as dominant as expected, and 🐲he won by onl𒊎y one second over Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). 

Despite the rider being visibly ailing during the post-stage interviews, when news came that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and had to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:leave the race, there was criticism from cycling fans and, reportedly from Slovenian national coach Martin Hvastija who suggested🔯 that Evenepoel left the Giro because h♓e didn't have a three-minute lead on his rivals.

"What is hard to accept is all the fake and negative comments I got after having to leave the race," Evenepoel wrote on Tuesday. "I am not the type of person that is going to hide or is afraid of losing. So this is for those thinking that: T𝓡he last days were emotionally very hard because of these comments. But I will take those moments with me on the bike, preparing for my next goals and races.

"I just want to ask e🃏veryone to remember I am not a robot, but also a normal human being, husband, son, teammate etc. with normal feelings.

"I am really looking forward t🌄o [setting] some new goals and feel ready to make it a beautiful second part of this till now bea𒁃utiful season."