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Steven Kruijswijk has deserted the Critérium du Dauphiné after crashing within the opening kilometres of stage 2 to La Chaise-Dieu.
The Jumbo-Visma rider was among the many fallers in a crash that additionally noticed Steff Cras (Complete Energies) and Romain Combaud (Staff DSM) abandon the race.
It not but clear if Kruijswijk’s accidents will forestall his participation in subsequent month’s Tour de France, the place Jonas Vingegaard traces out as defending champion. Kruijswijk, who positioned third total on the 2019 Tour, crashed out of final 12 months’s race on stage 15 to Carcassonne.
The 35-year-old has been named in Jumbo-Visma’s provisional line-up for this year’s Tour alongside Vingegaard, Wout van Aert, Sepp Kuss, Christophe Laporte, Dylan van Baarle, Tiesj Benoot and Nathan Van Hooydonck.
Wilco Kelderman, who was dominated out of final month’s Giro d’Italia by damage, is the primary reserve for Jumbo-Visma’s Tour de France line-up.
Jumbo-Visma directeur sportif Merijn Zeeman confirmed on the weekend that Giro d’Italia winner Primož Roglič will not race the Tour de France, with the Slovenian as a substitute set to give attention to the Vuelta a España and Il Lombardia within the latter a part of the season.
“Earlier than the season we pencilled in that he would additionally experience the Vuelta, so that’s definitely a viable choice,” Zeeman informed Algemeen Dagblad. “Primož would additionally actually wish to experience and win Il Lombardia. He definitely has these qualities.”
Jumbo-Visma have dispatched the majority of their Tour squad to the Dauphiné, the place Vingegaard is placing the ending touches to his preparation for July. Van Aert will race at subsequent week’s Tour de Suisse, whereas Kuss, who performed a key function in Roglič’s Giro win, isn’t anticipated to race once more till the Tour.
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