Bora-Hansgrohe have confirmed that Primoz Roglič will not take part in this year’s Ardennes Classics, and will instead concentrate on making a full recovery from his injuries suffered in the mass crash on stage 4 of Itzulia Basque Country.
Although he did not suffer any fractures in the downhill crash off the Alto de Olaeta, Roglič was one of 11 abandons, including Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates), and the Slovenian’s body was badly battered in the crash.
“He plans to resume training on the bike next week. The two race days at La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège have therefore been removed from his program.”
Dan Lorang, Head of Performance Bora-Hansgrohe, added “Primož was with us the whole week to treat his extensive wounds and his knee.
“We want to give his body time to fully recover from these injuries, because our big goal is the Tour de France. That’s why we’ve decided to focus on his training for the next week.”
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