Andreas Kron will target La Vuelta instead of Tour de France: "I felt that I wasn’t ready for the Tour"

Andreas Kron has already recovered from Liège-Bastogne-Liège fall, but is still far from his best form and thus, he won't travel to Bilbao for Grande Départ. The 25-year old Dane will instead target La Vuelta a España.

"I felt that I wasn’t ready for the Tour," explains the puncheur. "I am targeting a stage win at La Vuelta."

"But I had to change my plans," says the Lotto Dstny rider. "I don’t feel ready to participate and together with the team, it was decided to focus on other goals. I am a sportsman and I don’t want to just ride, I want to get results. This wouldn’t be possible with my actual shape. At the start in Bilbao you have to be 100% and I’m not yet on this level."

Kron crashed in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the final race of his spring campaign. "After that crash and the busy and tough spring campaign, I needed more time off the bike than anticipated," he explains. "I had to reset both physically and mentally."