Gesink to skip race

Source:Agencies-Global Times Published: 2014-4-16 0:08:01

Dutch rider Robert Gesink will skip Sunday's Amstel Gold Race due to a heart condition, Dutch newspaper the Algemeen Dagblad reported Tuesday.

The 27-year-old Belkin rider suffers from stress in major races triggering problems with his heartbeat, the paper said.

When contacted by AFP Gesink's team declined to comment ahead of a scheduled news conference the rider is due to give later Tuesday.

Gesink retired during the fifth stage of last week's Tour of the Basque country, and in March he also failed to complete the Tirreno-Adriatico.

The Amstel is the first of three Spring Classics in the Ardennes region, it's followed by the Fleche Wallonne and the Liege-Bastogne-Liege.



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