Jumbo-Visma will go away Dylan van Baarle on the sidelines Wednesday and never embody him of their seven-rider roster for Dwars door Vlaanderen. Van Baarle crashed final week within the E3 Saxo Traditional and the group seems to offer him further relaxation forward of Tour of Flanders on Sunday.
“The accidents aren’t too unhealthy. Dylan is even absolutely coaching once more, however our absolute objective is to win the Tour of Flanders on Sunday,” Grischa Niermann, Jumbo-Visma sports activities director, stated in a report Tuesday by AD.nl about one of many latest members of the group.
The 30-year-old began this season in his debut for the Dutch group with a victory in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, successful solo by 20 seconds forward of the bunch dash, the place teammate Christophe Laporte completed third behind Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny). It’s the first yr of a three-year contract for Van Baarle with Jumbo-Visma. He rode the final 5 seasons with Ineos Grenadiers, capping that point in 2022 by ending second at Tour of Flanders then successful the Paris-Roubaix title.
However since Omloop in February, Van Baarle has been compelled to desert races attributable to crashes. First it was on the sixth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico with at some point to go for teammate Primož Roglič to safe the general, saying on social media “nothing too critical however relaxation is required”. He then crashed out of E3 Saxo Traditional with lower than 50km to go, that race victory taken by teammate Wout van Aert.
Van Baarle will now go away Wednesday’s work to succesful teammates Laporte and Tiesj Benoot.
“Christophe Laporte and Tiesj Benoot are our outspoken leaders in Dwars door Vlaanderen. With Olav Kooij we’ve got the proper man with regards to a dash with a choose group,” added Niermann on plans for Wednesday.
Laporte comes off his victory at Gent-Wevelgem whereas Benoot has two podiums that embody a victory at Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne and third at Strade Bianche. The 21-year-old Kooij gained a stage at Paris-Good and completed second per week in the past at Traditional Brugge-De Panne. The steadiness of the squad at Dwars door Vlaanderen might be crammed by Timo Roosen, Tosh Van der Sande, Tim van Dijke and Edoardo Affini.
Van Baarle captured the 2021 Dwars door Vlaanderen title, whereas final yr in Waregem it was Benoot who was a part of the ultimate breakaway group headed to the end final yr and he completed second to Mathieu van der Poel.
Each Van Baarle and Benoot are within the lineup to help Van Aert at Tour of Flanders, in addition to Affini, Laporte, Van der Sande and Nathan van Hooydonck.
