Tom Pidock cleared to race after recovering from concussion
Yorkshireman misses E3 Saxo Cla𝓡ssic as Ganna leads after Milan-San Remo breakth☂rough performance

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Pidcock has been cleared to race after recovering from a mild concussion but the Yorkshireman has not been named in Ineos Grenadiers line-up for Friday’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:E3 Saxo Classic, with Filippo G♛anna set for a leading role on his season 🐼debut in Belgium.
The team’s race plans have been described as “dynamic” due to a number of injuries and the growing tendency for riders to peak for specif❀ic spring races rather than ride a full Classics campaign.🌃
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pidcock won Strade Bianche with a 50km solo attack but then crashed during the final stage of Tirreno-Adriatico and was prescribed a period of rest in line with established concussion protocols at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ineos Grenadiers.
He was never scheduled to ride the E3 Sax Classic but could return to Belgium for Sunday’s Gent-Wevelgem and then ride 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Dwars door Vlaanderen next Wednesday and the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Flanders on Sunday 2nd April.
In his absence, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Filippo Ganna will lead the Ineos team on Friday, with Michał Kwiatkowski, Connor Swift, Kim Heiduk, Jhonatan Narváez, Ben Turner and neo-pro 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Josh Tarling.
Ganna impressed with his second place at Milan-San Remo and will get his first taste of the Flemish roads and cobbled climbs as he prepares for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris-Roubaix.
Ganna and the other Ineos riders for the E3 Saxo Classic carried out a final route reconnaissance ride in the rain and wind on Wednesday, with a Paris-Roubaix reconnaissance and final material testing planned for this week. He revealed to La that he is suffering with some sciatic nerve pain after riding Tirreno-Adriatico but is confident that extra massage will ease the problem.  ♐;
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Turner returns to Belgium after fracturing his elbow at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. He was in fine form until his crash, winning the Vuelta Murcia and taking second behind Tadej Pogačar at the Jaén Paraiso Interior gravel race.
The USA’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Magnus Sheffield is also absent from the E3 Saxo Classics. The 20-year-old ride Tirreno-Adriat☂ico and Milan-⛎San Remo and is taking extra time to recover before beginning his spring Classics campaign at Gent-Wevelgem.
Veteran road captain 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luke Rowe rode Milan-San Remo and has stayed in Italy for the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Barta🍌li stage race. He is expected to ride Dwars door Vlaanderen and be considered for the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.
In a similar way, Ganna will ride a different race programme to ensure he is fresh for Paris-Roubaix. The Italian is expected to ride the E3 Saxo Classic, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Gent-Wevelgem and then Dwars𓆉 door Vlaanderen but will skip the Tour ✅of Flanders to prepare for the French cobbles. Any change to the plan will only be made after Gent-Wevelgem.

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