Cian Uijtdebroeks is back on Visma | Lease a Bike's long list of injured riders again after the Tirreno-Adriatico. Although the 22-year-old didn't dramatically hit the deck, he's unlikely to return to action for the time being.
The 22-year-old climbing talent spent hours in the gym last winter to strengthen his lower back. But in Tirreno, the "old pain" from the Vuelta reared its head again. "It's a problem that you can't solve in a nice linear line," sighs
Tom Boonen in the
Cycling Club Wattage. "At first it seems to get better, but after a while the pain comes back. It fluctuates all the time and that is really not good."