Modolo leaves Dauphiné ahead of team time trial
Lampre-Merida will be without the services of sprinter Sacha Modolo for the rest of the Critérium du Dauphiné after the Italian sprinter returned to Italy to help take care of a relative's health issues, according to a statement the team released Tuesday.
Modolo did not start Tuesday’s stage 3 team time trial at the French WorldTour race, leaving the Lampre-Merida with just seven riders. Nevertheless, the team rode to an eighth-place finish, 47 seconds behind stage winner BMC.
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Modolo has been one of the top sprinters in the peloton this season, winning a stage at the presidential Tour of Turkey and taking two stage wins at the Giro d’Italia last month. The 27-year-old Italian was second during the opening stage at Dauphine, and he was third during stage 2. After Wednesday’s stage, however, opportunities for the sprinters will be limited as the race enters the Alps.
Lampre-Merida's Sacha Modolo wins a race earlier this year. (Tim de Waele/TDWSport)
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