The Jumbo lose their leader for Sunday, while Belgian Wout van Aert was the big favorite for the Tour of Flanders, especially after his victory in the E3 GP.
The Belgian champion, Wout van Aert, therefore forfeited the event because he contracted Covid-19.
Since Wednesday evening, his participation was compromised, it is now recorded. “I woke up Thursday morning with a sore throat, says Van Aert in a video posted by his Jumbo-Visma training. I did a first test, positive for Covid, which was then confirmed by two other PCR tests. »
The Dutch will still have two good cards with the Frenchman Christophe Laporte and Tiesj Benoot.