Porte Ruled Out Of Tirreno-Adriatico With Illness
Zeeshan Mehtab Published March 02, 2018 | 07:26 PM
Australian Richie Porte has pulled out of next week's Tirreno-Adriatico race in Italy, his team BMC announced on Friday.
Paris, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 02nd Mar, 2018 ) :Australian Richie Porte has pulled out of next week's Tirreno-Adriatico race in Italy, his team BMC announced on Friday. The 33-year-old former Team Sky rider fell ill after the Volta ao Algarve last month and missed a week of training.
"Tirreno-Adriatico was one of Richie's goals, it wouldn't make sense for him to be in a far from ideal condition," said BMC sporting director Max Sciandri. A two-time winner of the Paris-Nice race, Porte had opted this year to race the Tirreno instead.
Back in competition since January after a serious fall at the Tour de France last year, Porte finished second in the Tour Down Under before struggling to 27th in the Algarve. For the seven-stage Tirreno-Adriatico, American outfit BMC will be built around 2016 winner Greg Van Avermaet of Belgium and Italian Damiano Caruso.
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