Rujano says mononucleosis forced his Giro abandonment
Performance had disappointed Savio





While his abandonment on the 19th stage of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia reportedly upset team manager Gianni Savio, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jose Rujano has released a statement explaining that medical tests 🌌have revealed he was suffering from mononucleosis.
Rujano had been named as a pre-race ♔threat to take overall honours however he failed to live up to expectations with a ninth placing on stage 8 his best performance. Prior to leaving the race, the Venezuelan was 37th on general classification, over 40 minutes back.
The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Androni-Giocattoli captain thought he was suffering from a bad cold but tests at the Vialarda di ওBiella medical clinic in Italy reveale♛d otherwise.
"I knew something was not right. I prepared very well for the Giro𝔉, to give satisfaction to m🍷y followers. Physically something was not right," Rujano said in a statement.
"I want all my fans know what happened to me. I was more interested in doing a good job, was the career for which he trained for seven months. I could not finish it, it was not by choice, it was because my healt🌱h did not let me."
At the time, Savio told Gazzeta.it that his charge had been examined by me☂dical staff at the race and there was noth✤ing wrong with him.
"Rujano🍌 did not have a condition that prevented him from continuing the Giro. The team doctor examined him and did not find anytღhing particular," said Savio, who emphasized that Rujano "is far from the spirit of the team. I was disappointed."
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Savio cont♉inued that h⛦e was "glad" Rujano's contract was up at the end of the season and that there would be "no second chances" after he reinvigorated his career.
Rujano's next ta✃rget is the O💖lympic Games in London.
"I will recover from this virus and will remain the same strong rider," he explained. "I ne🅷ver thought something would happen to me i♒n the Giro. God knows why things happen."