Bauke Mollema will be crossing his fingers that his Trek Factory Racing teammate Fabian Cancellara can recover from a throat infection in time for the Tour de Suisse.
The race is scheduled to be Cancellara’s last major stage race outing before the Tour de France and after an already injury-hit season the Classics star is running out of time to find his best form.
Mollema, currently competing in the Critérium du Dauphiné, will lead Trek Factory Racing at this year’s Tour and is well aware of what Cancellara brings to the team.
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"It’s really important he recovers and is in the team. He’s a big leader and a really important guy," Mollema told Cyclingnews at the start of stage 4 of the Dauphiné.
"I really hope that he can do the Tour de Suisse and that he recovers in time for the Tour de France. We really, really need him in the Tour for cobbles, the team time trial and for all his experience in the race."
On stage 3 of the Dauphiné, Trek limped home in 17th place and although they are not racing the Dauphiné with their full Tour de France line-up, Mollema will be looking for a much improved outing when the Tour de France moves into team time trial mode in July.
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